Abstract

Certificates and letters relating to appointments that James Laidlaw (1847-1913) received as British vice consul and British consul. Laidlaw was a Scottish businessman who moved to Portland, Oregon, in 1871, and who served as British vice consul for Oregon from 1874 to 1895, and as British consul for Oregon, Washington, and Idaho from 1895 until his death.

Abstract James Laidlaw (1847-1913) was born in Scotland. Laidlaw arrived in America in 1871 and in 1873 was appointed to the British Consulate for the district of Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, and Alaska. Scrapbook, 1867-1946, contains biographical sketches, newspaper clippings, etc., regarding the Laidlaw family in England and Scotland; Laidlaw's career as consul; his involvement in the movement to end shanghaiing; and his dispute with Gideon Joubert, a former officer in the Boer army and...