11 manuscript letters, most signed, documenting the work of early missionaries in Oregon. Most of the letters from Harvey Clark are addressed to fellow unaffiliated missionary Alvin T. Smith. Clark describes his overland journey to Oregon Territory,...
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Harvey Clark (1807-1858) was a missionary and pioneer in Oregon. Born in Vermont, Clark trained as a stone mason before studying theology at Oberlin College. Clark and his wife Emmeline Caldwell Clark went to Oregon as unaffiliated missionaries in 18...
Subject (Geographic):
Oregon. and Oregon
Subject (Name):
Clark, Emmeline Caldwell., Clark, Harvey, 1807-1858., Littlejohn, P. B., Munger, Asahel., Smith, Alvin Thompson, 1802-1888., Spalding, Henry Harmon, 1803-1874., Whitman, Marcus, 1802-1847., and Tualatin Academy.
Subject (Topic):
Frontier and pioneer life, Indians of North America, Education, Missions Oregon, Missionaries, Missions, Overland journeys to the Pacific, Pioneers, and Discovery and exploration
Correspondence and property records concerning the Talbot family, primarily Richard Ely Talbot. Correspondence includes circa 80 autograph letters, signed, between Richard Ely Talbot, Anna Louisa Trowbridge Talbot, and their daughters Elizabeth Talbo...
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The Talbot family was an American family of ranchers and politicians in Texas, Michigan, and Massachusetts. Richard Ely Talbot (1816-1884) was a rancher and cowboy in Georgetown, Texas who was involved in the Texas Republican Party and Texas Reconstr...
Subject (Geographic):
Texas., Texas, Williamson County., Massachusetts., Louisiana, New Orleans., Chisholm Trail., Georgetown (Tex.), and Williamson County (Tex.)
Subject (Name):
Anderson, Edwin Ruthven, -1905., Anderson, Elizabeth Talbot, 1847-1900., Kinsey, Peter., Talbot family., Talbot, Anna Louisa Trowbridge, -1869., Talbot, Elias W., 1820-1876., Talbot, John W., 1805-1876., Talbot, Joseph W., 1815-1886., Talbot, Richard Ely, 1816-1884., Talbot, Thomas, 1818-1886., Shell, Anna Louisa, 1848-, Tone, Sarah Gilleland Kinsey, 1797-1857., and Abbot Academy.
Subject (Topic):
Cattle breeders, Frontier and pioneer life, Land grants, Land titles, Pioneers, Ranches, Ranchers, Ranching, Real property, Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877), Voter registration, Women, Education, Yellow fever, Economic conditions, Social life and customs, and Politics and government
