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Correspondence of Asahel Bush (1824-1913), primarily typescript or microfilm copies of letters sent to him. Bush was an early emigrant to Oregon, editor of the Oregon Statesman from 1851 to 1863, and a significant figure in 1850s Oregon Democratic Party politics.

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.

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...

Abstract Letters from Samuel R. Thurston (1816-1851) to Wesley Shannon (1820-1890) concerning the Oregon Donation Land Law and political happenings both in Washington, D.C. and the Oregon Territory, and a letter from Shannon to E. L. Bristow about the construction of Elijah Bristow's house in 1846 in Lane County, Oregon. Samuel R. Thurston was a delegate from the Oregon Territory to the U.S. Congress from 1849 to 1851, and helped pass the Oregon Donation Land Law. Wesley Shannon came to Oregon in...