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McLoughlin, John, 1784-1857

 Person

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

Thomas M. Anderson letters

 Collection
Identifier: Mss495
Abstract

Letters from C. C. Augur and William C. McKay to Thomas M. Anderson (1836-1917), discussing topics relating to the history of the Pacific Northwest. Anderson was a U.S. Army officer who commanded the 14th Infantry at Fort Vancouver, Washington, in the 1880s and 1890s and who fought in the U.S. Civil War and the Spanish-American War.

Dates: 1890-1891

James H. McMillen reminiscences

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2242
Abstract

James H. McMillen (1823-1913) was an Oregon pioneer of 1845, volunteer in the Cayuse Indian war, and resident of Washington County, Oregon. Collection consists of McMillen's manuscript reminiscences, 1910-1911, in the form of a letter to George Himes, regarding his journey to Oregon in 1845; his acquaintance with John McLoughlin and Peter Skene Ogden; and his recollections of the Whitman killings, Cayuse Indian War, and early Portland, Oregon.

Dates: 1910-1911

Letters to the editor of the Oregon Spectator

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 943
Abstract

Collection includes two manuscript letters from Samuel R. Thurston, dated December 9, 1850, and January 16, 1851, the latter also containing a manuscript copy of a letter from William P. Bryant to William J. Brown, concerning the hand bill of John McLoughlin. Also included is a manuscript copy of a March 14, 1851, letter from Jesse Applegate.

Dates: 1850-1851

Joelle Smith portraits of Oregon pioneers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 5058
Abstract

Ink portraits of famous Oregon pioneers, including George Abernathy, Jonathan Bourne, Robert Gray, Joseph Lane, John McLoughlin, Joe Meek, Peter Skene Ogden, Oswald West, John Whiteaker, Narcissa Whitman, W. S. U'Ren and Jason Lee, and Oregon pioneer archetypes, such as a trapper and farmer.

Dates: 1976

Allen J. Stover collection

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 5335
Abstract

Pen and ink portraits of Joseph Lane, first governor of the Oregon Territory; John McLoughlin; and Reverend Joab Powell.

Dates: circa 1900-1950

Samuel R. Thurston and Elizabeth Thurston papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 379
Abstract Papers of Samuel R. Thurston (1816-1851) and his wife, Elizabeth Thurston (1816-1890, later Elizabeth Odell), and a property deed relating to their children, George Henry Thurston (1846-1927) and Elizabeth Blandina Thurston (1849-1904, later Elizabeth Blandina Stowell). Papers include correspondence, Samuel R. Thurston's diary, and speeches by Samuel R. Thurston. Thurston was a delegate from the Oregon Territory to U.S. Congress, and helped pass the Oregon Donation Land Law in 1850; he died...
Dates: 1838-1887; Majority of material found within 1849-1851

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

Richard Evett Wiley papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2158
Abstract

Papers of Richard Evett Wiley date from 1844 to 1869 and consist of legal documents and manuscript correspondence from family members, 1852-1869, which regards family matters and genealogy.

Dates: 1844-1869

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correspondence 5
Pioneers 3
Pioneers -- Oregon 2
portraits 2