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Thurston, Samuel Royal, 1816-1851

 Person

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Asahel Bush letters

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 581
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1837-1938; Majority of material found within circa 1850-1910

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

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