S. D. Jacobs letter to the Postmaster of Nesmith, Oregon [[manuscript], 1852 October 22.

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S. D. Jacobs letter to the Postmaster of Nesmith, Oregon [[manuscript], 1852 October 22.

Letter from S. D. Jacobs, First Assistant Postmaster General, to the Postmaster of Nesmith, J. W. Nesmith, Oregon, 1 p, 22 October 1852, informing of the closure of the Nesmith Post Office.

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Jacobs, Solomon D.

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Nesmith, James Willis, 1820-1885

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James Willis Nesmith was born July 23, 1820 in New Brunswick, Canada. He arrived in Oregon in 1843 with pioneer missionary Dr. Marcus Whitman. Nesmith held several public offices, including provisional government supreme court judge, state legislator, captain in the Cayuse, Rogue River, and Yakima Indian Wars, U.S. marshall, superintendent of Indian affairs, and U.S. senator. From the description of James Willis Nesmith papers, 1845-1885. (Oregon Historical Society Research Library)....