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
The collection consists of bills, deeds, contracts, receipts, statements of account, correspondence, copies of court actions, Indian War claims, and licenses reflecting the activities of Oregon pioneers. The printed Indian War claims are: John Swindin...
Description:
John T. Apperson was a lieutenant in the Army at Ft. Walla Walla and Ft. Dalles, Oregon in 1863-1864. Augustine Magloire Alexander Blanchet was Bishop of Nesqually, Multnomah County. Amory Holbrook was U. S. Attorney for the Oregon Territory.
Subject (Geographic):
Oregon., Nesqually (Or.), Oregon, and Yamhill County (Or.)
Subject (Name):
Apperson, John T., 1834-1873., Blanchet, Augustine Magloire Alexander, 1797-1887., Chadwick, Stephen Fowler, 1825-1895., Crosby, Nathaniel, Jr., Hammer, Seth R., Holbrook, Amory, 1820-1866., Lownsdale, Daniel H., Redfield, John W., Selwood, J. R. W., Stanton, Hardy C., Swindin, John., and Winter, William, 1836-1917.
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America, Claims, Wars, Rogue River Indian War, 1855-1856, Tututni Indians, and Politics and government
