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...

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Documents and campaign ephemera relating to Charles G. North of Portland, Oregon. North was Multnomah County constable from 1933 until his death in 1952. The collection also includes an account of how, as a young man, North was abducted in San Francisco and forced into service on a whaling ship for over three years.