George W. Ebbert autobiography [manuscript], 1876 February 1.

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George W. Ebbert autobiography [manuscript], 1876 February 1.

Autobiography of George W. Ebbert, written in a letter to J. Henry Brown, 5 pp, 1 February 1876, including adventures with Joseph L. Meek.

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Meek, Joseph Lafayette, 1810-1875

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Ebbert, George Wood, 1810-1890.

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Brown, J. Henry (Joseph Henry), 1837-1898

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Joseph Henry Brown, pioneer and historian of Salem, Oregon, was born near Wilmington, Will County, Illinois, in 1837, and came overland to Oregon with his parents in 1847. He served as an apprentice with the Oregon Statesman in Salem in the late 1850s, went to California in 1858, and after various enterprises in The Dalles and elsewhere returned to the printing trade in Salem. He joined the First Oregon Cavalry in 1861 and saw service fighting Indians in eastern Oregon. He served as a clerk in t...