Collection includes receipts, bills, forms, IOUs, a subpoena, deeds, maps, claims, and a draft of a bill belonging to several prominent Oregon men, including several governors. George Abernethy's signature appears on a bill and a receipt dated 1843 an...
Description:
George Abernethy was a prominent Oregon businessman and first provisional governor of Oregon. La Fayette Grover was clerk of the U.S. District Court of Salem, and later governor of Oregon. John P. Gaines was governor of the Oregon Territory, 1850-1853...
Subject (Geographic):
Multnomah County (Or.), Oregon, and Portland (Or.)
Subject (Name):
Abernethy, George, 1807-1877., Gaines, John Pollard, 1795-1857., Grover, La Fayette, 1823-1911., Lownsdale, Daniel H., Smith, Noyes., and Stark, Benjamin, 1820-1898.
Subject (Topic):
Tututni Indians, Population, and Politics and government
