Peter H. Burnett letter to George Himes [manuscript], 1889 May 6.

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Peter H. Burnett letter to George Himes [manuscript], 1889 May 6.

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Letter from Peter H. Burnett, San Francisco, California, to George Himes, 3 pp, 6 May 1889, regretting his inability to attend the annual reunion of the Pioneer Association and reminiscing of his life in Oregon.

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Oregon Historical Society Research Library

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Oregon Pioneer Association

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The Oregon Pioneer Association was the predecessor of the Oregon Historical Society. From the description of Pioneer registers, ca. 1873-ca. 1930. (Oregon Historical Society Research Library). WorldCat record id: 42890913 ...

Burnett, Peter H. (Peter Hardeman), 1807-1895

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Burnett was Governor when California was admitted into the U.S. in 1850. From the description of ALS, 1851 January 3 : San Jose, to Thomas Fox Taylor. (Copley Press, J S Copley Library). WorldCat record id: 16951352 Peter Hardeman Burnett, the first American Governor of the state of California, was born in Tennessee in 1807. He was admitted to the bar in 1839. In 1843, he and his family moved to Oregon where he helped form the territorial government. In 1848, Burnett moved t...

Himes, George H., 1844-1940

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George H. Himes was the curator of the Oregon Historical Society. From the description of History of immigration to Oregon, undated. (Oregon Historical Society Research Library). WorldCat record id: 64446580 Historian, curator, and printer George Henry Himes was born on May 18, 1844 in Troy, Pennsylvania, and he came overland to the Oregon Territory with his family in 1853. They settled near Olympia, Washington, where Himes's father Tyrus took up farming. George...