Box 1
Container
Contains 27 Results:
Historical sketch by unidentified author, titled "Why Dr. McLoughlin withdrew from the Hudson's Bay Company," which mentions Thornton, undated
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The bulk of the collection consists of handwritten essays and speeches by Jessy Quinn Thornton, a lawyer in 19th-century Oregon known in his life as J. Quinn Thornton. These writings cover a variety of topics, such as the legal profession, education, Oregon history, the Oregon Bible Society, temperance, and Thornton's own autobiography. Some of these works have words or lines crossed out, indicating that they may have been drafts. The collection also includes a bound volume with typescript...
Dates:
undated
Receipt from James Moffet; complaint against Justus Wells and Edward Morgan, 1851
File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The bulk of the collection consists of handwritten essays and speeches by Jessy Quinn Thornton, a lawyer in 19th-century Oregon known in his life as J. Quinn Thornton. These writings cover a variety of topics, such as the legal profession, education, Oregon history, the Oregon Bible Society, temperance, and Thornton's own autobiography. Some of these works have words or lines crossed out, indicating that they may have been drafts. The collection also includes a bound volume with typescript...
Dates:
1851
Letter from Samuel R. Thurston, 1850 December 8
File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The bulk of the collection consists of handwritten essays and speeches by Jessy Quinn Thornton, a lawyer in 19th-century Oregon known in his life as J. Quinn Thornton. These writings cover a variety of topics, such as the legal profession, education, Oregon history, the Oregon Bible Society, temperance, and Thornton's own autobiography. Some of these works have words or lines crossed out, indicating that they may have been drafts. The collection also includes a bound volume with typescript...
Dates:
1850 December 8
Poem (typed transcript), 1874 August 14
File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The bulk of the collection consists of handwritten essays and speeches by Jessy Quinn Thornton, a lawyer in 19th-century Oregon known in his life as J. Quinn Thornton. These writings cover a variety of topics, such as the legal profession, education, Oregon history, the Oregon Bible Society, temperance, and Thornton's own autobiography. Some of these works have words or lines crossed out, indicating that they may have been drafts. The collection also includes a bound volume with typescript...
Dates:
1874 August 14
"Salem titles: a history of real estate in Salem," by J. Quinn Thornton (printed pamphlet), 1874
File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The bulk of the collection consists of handwritten essays and speeches by Jessy Quinn Thornton, a lawyer in 19th-century Oregon known in his life as J. Quinn Thornton. These writings cover a variety of topics, such as the legal profession, education, Oregon history, the Oregon Bible Society, temperance, and Thornton's own autobiography. Some of these works have words or lines crossed out, indicating that they may have been drafts. The collection also includes a bound volume with typescript...
Dates:
1874
"Carrier's address to the Patrons of the Political Examiner" (printed broadside of poem), 1837 January 1
File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The bulk of the collection consists of handwritten essays and speeches by Jessy Quinn Thornton, a lawyer in 19th-century Oregon known in his life as J. Quinn Thornton. These writings cover a variety of topics, such as the legal profession, education, Oregon history, the Oregon Bible Society, temperance, and Thornton's own autobiography. Some of these works have words or lines crossed out, indicating that they may have been drafts. The collection also includes a bound volume with typescript...
Dates:
1837 January 1
"Leaves from the portfolio of an old lawyer" (manuscript), undated
File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The bulk of the collection consists of handwritten essays and speeches by Jessy Quinn Thornton, a lawyer in 19th-century Oregon known in his life as J. Quinn Thornton. These writings cover a variety of topics, such as the legal profession, education, Oregon history, the Oregon Bible Society, temperance, and Thornton's own autobiography. Some of these works have words or lines crossed out, indicating that they may have been drafts. The collection also includes a bound volume with typescript...
Dates:
undated
"The Stowe-Byson story by an Oregonian" (manuscripts), undated
File — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The bulk of the collection consists of handwritten essays and speeches by Jessy Quinn Thornton, a lawyer in 19th-century Oregon known in his life as J. Quinn Thornton. These writings cover a variety of topics, such as the legal profession, education, Oregon history, the Oregon Bible Society, temperance, and Thornton's own autobiography. Some of these works have words or lines crossed out, indicating that they may have been drafts. The collection also includes a bound volume with typescript...
Dates:
undated
Speech to Oregon State Teachers' Association, "Ancient literature and modern science" (manuscript), 1869 July
File — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The bulk of the collection consists of handwritten essays and speeches by Jessy Quinn Thornton, a lawyer in 19th-century Oregon known in his life as J. Quinn Thornton. These writings cover a variety of topics, such as the legal profession, education, Oregon history, the Oregon Bible Society, temperance, and Thornton's own autobiography. Some of these works have words or lines crossed out, indicating that they may have been drafts. The collection also includes a bound volume with typescript...
Dates:
1869 July
"The treatment of enemies" (manuscript), undated
File — Box: 1, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The bulk of the collection consists of handwritten essays and speeches by Jessy Quinn Thornton, a lawyer in 19th-century Oregon known in his life as J. Quinn Thornton. These writings cover a variety of topics, such as the legal profession, education, Oregon history, the Oregon Bible Society, temperance, and Thornton's own autobiography. Some of these works have words or lines crossed out, indicating that they may have been drafts. The collection also includes a bound volume with typescript...
Dates:
undated