Box 1
Container
Contains 29 Results:
Correspondence, 1890 May 8; 1891 May 8; 1897 February 22
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The bulk of the collection consists of printed copies of speeches that U.S. Senator John H. Mitchell delivered. The topics of these speeches include: tariff bills; Mitchell's opposition to Chinese immigration to the United States; Oregon's electoral vote in the 1876 U.S. presidential election; Mitchell's endorsement of a U.S.-controlled canal being built through Nicaragua; infrastructural improvements to the Columbia River; the 1890s debate over the use of silver for currency; and the Lewis...
Dates:
1890 May 8; 1891 May 8; 1897 February 22
Speech delivered at Olympia, Washington, 1869 July 5
File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The bulk of the collection consists of printed copies of speeches that U.S. Senator John H. Mitchell delivered. The topics of these speeches include: tariff bills; Mitchell's opposition to Chinese immigration to the United States; Oregon's electoral vote in the 1876 U.S. presidential election; Mitchell's endorsement of a U.S.-controlled canal being built through Nicaragua; infrastructural improvements to the Columbia River; the 1890s debate over the use of silver for currency; and the Lewis...
Dates:
1869 July 5
Speech opposing Chinese immigration to the United States (2 copies), 1876 May 16
File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The bulk of the collection consists of printed copies of speeches that U.S. Senator John H. Mitchell delivered. The topics of these speeches include: tariff bills; Mitchell's opposition to Chinese immigration to the United States; Oregon's electoral vote in the 1876 U.S. presidential election; Mitchell's endorsement of a U.S.-controlled canal being built through Nicaragua; infrastructural improvements to the Columbia River; the 1890s debate over the use of silver for currency; and the Lewis...
Dates:
1876 May 16
Speech regarding impeachment of former U.S. Secretary of War William W. Belknap, 1876 May 22
File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The bulk of the collection consists of printed copies of speeches that U.S. Senator John H. Mitchell delivered. The topics of these speeches include: tariff bills; Mitchell's opposition to Chinese immigration to the United States; Oregon's electoral vote in the 1876 U.S. presidential election; Mitchell's endorsement of a U.S.-controlled canal being built through Nicaragua; infrastructural improvements to the Columbia River; the 1890s debate over the use of silver for currency; and the Lewis...
Dates:
1876 May 22
Speeches regarding Oregon's electoral vote in the U.S. presidential election, 1876 December 15-19
File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The bulk of the collection consists of printed copies of speeches that U.S. Senator John H. Mitchell delivered. The topics of these speeches include: tariff bills; Mitchell's opposition to Chinese immigration to the United States; Oregon's electoral vote in the 1876 U.S. presidential election; Mitchell's endorsement of a U.S.-controlled canal being built through Nicaragua; infrastructural improvements to the Columbia River; the 1890s debate over the use of silver for currency; and the Lewis...
Dates:
1876 December 15-19
Argument before the electoral commission regarding Oregon's electoral vote in the U.S. presidential election, 1877 February 21
File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The bulk of the collection consists of printed copies of speeches that U.S. Senator John H. Mitchell delivered. The topics of these speeches include: tariff bills; Mitchell's opposition to Chinese immigration to the United States; Oregon's electoral vote in the 1876 U.S. presidential election; Mitchell's endorsement of a U.S.-controlled canal being built through Nicaragua; infrastructural improvements to the Columbia River; the 1890s debate over the use of silver for currency; and the Lewis...
Dates:
1877 February 21
Speech regarding Senate bill No. 15, to alter and amend an act to build a railroad and telegraph line from Missouri to the Pacific, 1878 March 20
File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The bulk of the collection consists of printed copies of speeches that U.S. Senator John H. Mitchell delivered. The topics of these speeches include: tariff bills; Mitchell's opposition to Chinese immigration to the United States; Oregon's electoral vote in the 1876 U.S. presidential election; Mitchell's endorsement of a U.S.-controlled canal being built through Nicaragua; infrastructural improvements to the Columbia River; the 1890s debate over the use of silver for currency; and the Lewis...
Dates:
1878 March 20
Speech in favor of construction of a canal and locks at the cascades of the Columbia River, and alleging that the Oregon Steam Navigation Company is a monopoly, 1878 May 29
File — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The bulk of the collection consists of printed copies of speeches that U.S. Senator John H. Mitchell delivered. The topics of these speeches include: tariff bills; Mitchell's opposition to Chinese immigration to the United States; Oregon's electoral vote in the 1876 U.S. presidential election; Mitchell's endorsement of a U.S.-controlled canal being built through Nicaragua; infrastructural improvements to the Columbia River; the 1890s debate over the use of silver for currency; and the Lewis...
Dates:
1878 May 29
Speeches about appropriations for construction of a canal and locks at the cascades of the Columbia River, 1886 December 6-21
File — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The bulk of the collection consists of printed copies of speeches that U.S. Senator John H. Mitchell delivered. The topics of these speeches include: tariff bills; Mitchell's opposition to Chinese immigration to the United States; Oregon's electoral vote in the 1876 U.S. presidential election; Mitchell's endorsement of a U.S.-controlled canal being built through Nicaragua; infrastructural improvements to the Columbia River; the 1890s debate over the use of silver for currency; and the Lewis...
Dates:
1886 December 6-21
Speech about interstate commerce regulation, 1887 January 12
File — Box: 1, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The bulk of the collection consists of printed copies of speeches that U.S. Senator John H. Mitchell delivered. The topics of these speeches include: tariff bills; Mitchell's opposition to Chinese immigration to the United States; Oregon's electoral vote in the 1876 U.S. presidential election; Mitchell's endorsement of a U.S.-controlled canal being built through Nicaragua; infrastructural improvements to the Columbia River; the 1890s debate over the use of silver for currency; and the Lewis...
Dates:
1887 January 12