Thornton, J. Quinn (Jessy Quinn), 1810-1888
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
J. Quinn Thornton papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 371
Abstract
Papers of and relating to Jessy Quinn Thornton (also written as Jesse Quinn Thornton, 1810-1888), a lawyer who served as a judge for the Oregon Provisional Supreme Court and who lobbied for the establishment of the Oregon Territory. The bulk of the collection consists of speeches and essays by Thornton on a variety of topics, including matters relating to Oregon, as well as an autobiographical sketch and a bound volume of typescripts of these writings. The collection also includes a...
Dates:
1837-1929; Majority of material found within 1860-1874
Frances Fuller Victor papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss1199
Abstract
A small collection of papers of the Oregon historian and author Frances Fuller Victor, including: correspondence with early emigrants to Oregon Jesse Applegate and Jessy Q. Thornton; typescript of a poem; a copy of her work "The Women's War with Whisky"; and a scrapbook of reviews of Victor's works.
Dates:
1874-1899
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