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Collection consists of a negative copy of John Day's petition for land on the Missouri River, 1798; a typescript copy of Day's will, circa 1820; documents concerning the controversy surrounding who John Day really was, 1953-1958; photocopy newspaper clipping regarding Day's life, 1960.

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Typescript copy of Henry Failing's April 1879 will, and a typed assessment of his estate with pencil annotations. Henry Failing (1834-1898) was a businessman, politician, and early resident of Portland, Oregon.

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Uriah S. Hayden was a politician in Jacksonville, Oregon. Collection consists of manuscript correspondence, 1878-1879, regarding Oregon and national politics and mining in Southern Oregon. Also included is Hayden's will, circa 1878.

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Papers of and relating to Berryman Jennings (1807-1888), primarily correspondence relating to his role as quartermaster during the Cayuse War. Jennings emigrated to Oregon in 1847, helped build the steamer Lot Whitcomb, and was the first grand master of the Oregon Masonic Lodge. The town Jennings Lodge, Oregon, is named for him.

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Collection includes deeds in Portland, Oregon, for Amos and Melinda King, and a deed in Long Beach, Washington Territory, for E. J. Jeffery; wills for Melinda King and Edward James Jeffery; a baptism certificate for Nautilla Jeffery, née King; and a stock certificate for Edna J. Jeffery.

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Collection includes a right of way given by Sarah E. Laighton and J. H. Laighton of Seaside, Oregon, for a drainage ditch to be dug on their land; a typescript will of J. C. Kinney of Astoria, Oregon; and a typescript letter to William J. Laighton regarding the sinking of the British bark Lupatia off Tillamook Head in 1881.

Abstract Collection includes correspondence, 1975, regarding Willard Leonard's childhood in Lakeview, Oregon, in the early 1900s, cowboys, riding, cattle raising, houses and social customs; and a typescript monograph, 1974, with photographs, regarding geological phenomena and his childhood in Lake County, Oregon. Also included is a typescript photocopy of Dr. Bernard Daly's will, filed January 1920; and a typescript report prepared by Georgie Stephenson, November 1967, regarding the Bernard Daly...

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The McAfee family owned a drugstore in Astoria, Oregon. Family papers include shares of stock in the Pacific Silver & Copper Mining Company, Salem, Oregon, belonging to Dr. J. W. McAfee, 1865-1876; correspondence regarding and stock in The Educators Company, Portland, Oregon, belonging to William Edward McAfee, 1917-1918; and a manuscript will of Mary Ellen Norton, née McAfee, with typescript supplement, 1916.

Abstract Materials relating to Charles Henry McColloch (1861-1950) a circuit court judge in Baker County, Oregon; his son Claude C. McColloch, a federal judge; and Charles Henry McColloch's niece and nephew, spouses Lucille Cartwright and Roy Cartwright. Collection includes a typescript autobiography by Charles Henry McColloch, a printed booklet by Claude McColloch titled "Notes of a District Judge," 1948, and a typescript history, also by Claude McColloch, titled "The Strange Case of Alger Hiss."...

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Manuscript last will and testament of George Pratt, October 25, 1871, bequeathing property in Portland, Oregon, to his wife, Hannah Pratt.