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Box 1

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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