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Curry, Geo. L. (George Law), 1820-1878

 Person

Found in 3 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

George L. Curry correspondence relating to the Yakima War and the Rogue River War

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 895
Abstract

Correspondence of Oregon Territorial Governor George L. Curry (1820-1878) relating to the Yakima War and the Rogue River War of 1855-1856. Most of the correspondence, which relates to raising and supplying volunteers or to military orders, consists of drafts or office copies written on Curry's behalf by Benjamin Stark (1820-1898), who acted as Curry's aide-de-camp.

Dates: 1855 October-1856 May 29

George L. Curry house documentation

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 286
Abstract

Documentation on a house in Wilsonville, Oregon, that was once occupied by George L. Curry, territorial governor of Oregon, and later owned by the family of Frederick William Wagner. Includes copies of photographs, copies of scale drawings by John Gray Design, LLC, and background by David G. Wagner.

Dates: 1948-2011

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correspondence 2
American newspapers -- Oregon -- 19th century 1
Journalism 1
Military 1
Oregon 1