Thomas J. Hobbs letter to Col. William M. King [[manuscript], 1850 January 1.

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Thomas J. Hobbs letter to Col. William M. King [[manuscript], 1850 January 1.

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Letter from Thomas J. Hobbs, Astoria, Oregon, to Col. William M. King, Portland, Oregon, 1 p, 1 January 1850, regarding politics and new tax laws.

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Oregon Historical Society Research Library

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Hobbs, Thomas, Jr.

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Landowner, of Berwick, Me. From the description of Thomas Hobbs, Jr., deed, 1756 Jan. 29. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 74983833 ...

King, William M., 1800-1869

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William M. King was a merchant, civic leader, and territorial legislator of Portland, Oregon. A native of Danbury, Connecticut, King was identified with a number of enterprises in the northeast, including the Pennsylvania extension of the Erie Canal and a sawmill at DeWitt, New York. He brought his family overland from Missouri to Oregon in 1848, settling at the new town site of Portland and starting a sawmill. He entered the mercantile business with various partners, including George Kittredge,...