Alexander V. McCarty letter to Joseph Lane [manuscript], 1854 April 5.

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Alexander V. McCarty letter to Joseph Lane [manuscript], 1854 April 5.

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Letter from Alexander V. McCarty, Polk County, Oregon, to Joseph Lane, 1 p, 5 April 1854, listing voters and their political affiliations residing in the neighborhood of McCarty's post office.

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Oregon Historical Society Research Library

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McCarty, Alexander V.

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Lane, Joseph, 1801-1881

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Joseph Lane was born in North Carolina December 14, 1801, and moved to Kentucky when he was three years old. At age fourteen Lane moved away from his family to Indiana. At the age of twenty-one Lane married Mary Hart Polly. The couple had eight children. From 1822 to 1846, Lane served in the Indiana State Legislature. After serving in the war against Mexico, where he became a major-general in 1847, he accepted the position as Territorial Governor of Oregon. Lane was sworn in as Governor on March...