Box 1
Container
Contains 27 Results:
"Extravagance in dress" (manuscript), undated
File — Box: 1, Folder: 11
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 thoughtfulness of children" (manuscript), undated
File — Box: 1, Folder: 12
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 bar and the bench" (manuscript), undated
File — Box: 1, Folder: 13-14
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 climate of Oregon" (manuscript), undated
File — Box: 1, Folder: 15
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
"A dream of the better land" (manuscript), undated
File — Box: 1, Folder: 16
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 winter of life and the spring of the year: or fallen leaves from the portfolio of an old lawyer" (manuscript), undated
File — Box: 1, Folder: 17
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
"Educational facilities in Oregon" (manuscript), undated
File — Box: 1, Folder: 18
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 spring of the year or thoughts appropriate to a floral festival" (manuscript), undated
File — Box: 1, Folder: 19
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
"Is Christianity a part of the common law?" (manuscript), undated
File — Box: 1, Folder: 20
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
Autobiographical sketch (manuscript), circa 1870
File — Box: 1, Folder: 21
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:
circa 1870