Sylvester Pennoyer letters [manuscript], 1889-1897.

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Sylvester Pennoyer letters [manuscript], 1889-1897.

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Photocopy letters from Sylvester Pennoyer, Portland, Oregon, to William Marion Cake, City Attorney, 4 pp, 4 May-29 October 1897, regarding the creation of the office of License Inspector for Portland, responsibilities of Police Chief and Portland City Council, and a suit between Portland and the City and Suburban Railway; Letter from Sylvester Pennoyer, Salem, Oregon, to John Boyle O'Reilly, 1 p, 8 March 1889, commenting on political prisoners while Governor of Oregon.

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Oregon Historical Society Research Library

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O’Reilly, John Boyle, 1844-1890

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