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Legislators -- Oregon -- Clackamas County

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

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Robert Valentine Short papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2639
Abstract

Robert Valentine Short (1823-1908) was a pioneer of 1847. He was a member of the 1851 Constitutional Convention and in 1888 was elected to the Oregon Legislature from Clackamas County. He also studied surveying and was responsible for surveying the town of Portland in 1850. Collection includes diaries, correspondence, scrapbook, survey and field notes; and papers relating to donation land claims and property in Yamhill, Clackamas, and Multnomah counties.

Dates: 1852-1906