# Oregon Historical Quarterly/Volume 6/The Society's Activities

THE SOCIETY'S ACTIVITIES.
In this department different lines. of the Society's work will be noted from quarter to quarter.
ACCESSIONS.
For quarter ending March 31, 1905.
PAMPHLETS.
McCormick's Almanac, 1873.
In the Beginning. A sketch of Some early events in Western Washington while it was still a part of "Old Oregon." By Clarence B. Bagley. Seattle, 1905.
Cascadia Mining and Development Co. Description of. Illustrated. Maps.
St. Helen's Hall, Catalogue of. 36th year, 1904-1905. Illustrated.
Diocese of Oregon. Convention Journal. 1904. Illustrated.
Hill Military Academy. Catalogue* of, 1904-5. Illustrated.
——— Cadet Life. 1904. Illustrated.
American Catalogue. Francis P. Harper, New York. 1905.
World Almanac, The. 1905.
Opportunities for Business Locations on Line of N. P. R. R. No. 69. July 1, 1903.
Centennial Exercises of Lower Marsh Creek Presbyterian Church, Adams Co., Pa. Sept. 25, 1890.
Norfolk, Va., the Gateway of the South. Historical Norfolk, 1585 to 1890. Norfolk of To-day. Philadelphia, 1904. 4to. Copiously Illustrated.
Historical Memoire, The, of Le Loy and Vicinity. Published by
McLean Co. (Ill.) Historical Society. History of Seventy-fifth Anniversary of Settlement of Buckles' Grove. Le Roy, Ill., 1904.
Astoria, Oregon, Description of. Sidney Dell. Astoria, 1896. Illustrated.
Lewis and Clark Exposition, The, Portland, Oregon, June 1 to Oct.
15, 1905. By Olin D. Wheeler. Copiously Illustrated. Maps.
Oregon Baptist Manual. Proceedings of 19th Annual Meeting, Oct. 10-13, 1904.
City Board of Charities, Quadrennial Report of, Nov. 26, 1900, to Nov. 28, 1904.
Woman's Home Missionary Union (Cong'l), 20th Annual Report of, Portland, Sept. 28, 1904.
Porto Rico. A Descriptive Sketch of Baptist Missions in the Islands. By Henry L. Morehouse, D.D. Illustrated. Maps. 1904.
, Archives of the Government of the United States. Guides to. By Claude Halstead Van Tyne and Waldo Gifford Leland. Published by the Carnegie Institution, Washington, D. C. 1904, Peace River. A Canoe Voyage from Hudson's Bay to the Pacific by Sir Georg.e Simpson, Governor Hon. Hudson's Bay Co., in 1828. Journal of Archibald McDonald, Chief Factor of H. B. Co., who ac- companied him. Edited, with notes, by Malcolm McLeod, Barrister, etc. Ottawa, 1872. Map of 1832 reproduced, showing route. Pre- sented by Mrs. Eva Emery Dye, Oregon City. Synod of Oregon, minutes of 14th session held at Calvary Presby- terian Church, Portland, Oct. 13-17, 1904. Canadian Archives, by Geo. F. O'Halloran, Deputy Minister of Agriculture, 1903. National Grange, Patrons of Husbandry, 37th Annual Session, Rochester, N. Y., Nov. 11, 1903. Oregon Agricultural College, Catalogue of, 1902-1903. Illustrated. Irrigated Lands, Columbia Southern Irrigation Company. Illus- trated leaflet. 1904. Farm, Ranch, and Range in Oregon. By Wallis Nash. 1904. Illus- trated. Horticulture in Oregon, By Henry E. Dosch. 1904. Illustrated. Mineral Resources of Oregon. By J. H. Fisk. 1904. Illustrated. Mitchell, John H. , United States Senator. Answer to charges made against him Jan. 17, 1905, in United States Senate. Souvenir Album, Bohemia Mining District, Oregon. 1904. Illlus- trated. Annual Reports. University of Oregon. 1903-1904. - Department of Fisheries. 1903-1904. - State Biologist. 1903-1904. Illustrated. - Bureau of Labor, first. June 3, 1903, to Sept. 30, 1904. - Board of Horticulture. 1902. Illustrated. Game Warden. 1903-1904. Illustrated. BOOKS. Short History of Oregon, A. Compiled by Sidona V. Johnson. Chicago, 1904. Presented by Miss Johnson. 12mo. Cloth. Illustrated.' 329pp. Revised Ordinances of Portland, Oregon, in force Jan. 2, 1905. Presented by Thomas C. Devlin, Auditor. 8vo. Half leather. 678 pp. South Dakota Historical Collections. Compiled by the State His- torical Society. Vol. 2, 1904. Maps and engravings. Contains His- tory of the Sioux Indians. Cloth. 523 pp. Treasurer State of Oregon, Report of. 1903-1904. 8vo. Cloth. 127 pp. Portland Fire Department, Souvenir of. January, 1905. Presented by Col. Milton Weidler, Secretary of the Fire Committee. 4to. Cloth. Illustrated. 304 pp. ​102 THE SOCIETY'S ACTIVITIES. Librarian of Congress, Annual Report of, for year ending June 30, 1903, with special report on copyright legislation. 8vo. Cloth. 600 pp. - June 30, 1904. Cloth. 8vo. 522 pp. History of the Library of Congress. Vol. I, 1800-1864. By Wil- liam Johnston. Washington, 1904. Royal 8vo. Cloth. Illustrated. 321 pp. with insert. West Shore. Vol. XIII, 1887. 8vo. Illustrated. 928 pp. L. Samuel, Publisher. Overland to Oregon, 1843. By Edward Henry Lenox. 8vo. Cloth. 111. 69pp. Pennsylvania Handbook, Smull's, 1904. 8vo. Illustrated. 1072 pp. Presented by Capt. Jesse M. Baker, Q. M. U. S. A. America and Europe. By Adam G. De Gurowski. New York, 1857. 12mo. Cloth. 411pp. Paper and Printing Trades Journal. London, 1882. Half-roan. 8vo. 500 pp. Charter of Dalles City as amended, together with the General Ordi- nances, 1882. Portland, Oregon, Geo. H. Himes, Printer, 1882. Half- sheep. 120 pp. American Conflict, The. A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States, 1860-1864. Leather. 2 Vols. 8vo. Illustrated ; and maps. Military Heroes of the War of 1812 and War with Mexico, The. By Charles J. Peterson. 10th ed. Philadelphia, 1858. 8vo. Half- roan. 490 pp. Ten Years in Wall Street. 1857-1867. By Wm. Worthington Fowler. Hartford, 1870. 8vo. Cloth. Illustrated. 536 pp. War Between Germany and France, 1870, History of. By James D. McCabe. New York, 1871. 8vo. Full sheep. Illustrated, with maps. 815 pp. Remarkable Adventures of Celebrated Persons in Europe and America. New York, 1860. 12mo. Cloth. Illustrated. 410 pp. Lewisiana, or the Lewis Letter. Vol. IV, No. 1, July, 1893, to Vol. XI, No. 12, June, 1901. Bound in Z Vols. 8vo. Half-roan. 768 pp. each. Oregon Native Son. Vol. I, May, 1899 April, 1900 ; Vol. II, May, 1900 -March, 1901. 8vo. Half-roan. Illustrated. 1170pp. Laws of Oregon, passed at Third and Fourth Sessions of the Legis- lature, 1864-1866; also Decisions of Supreme Court. Salem, 1866. 8vo. Half-sheep. 118 pp. Lincoln, Abraham, Life of. By J. G. Holland. Springfield, Mass., 1866. 8vo. Half-turkey. Illustrated. 544 pp. Life and Public Services of. By Henry J. Raymond. New York, 1865. 8vo. Full sheep. Illustrated. Lewis and Clark. By William R. Lighton. Boston, 1901. 12mo. Portraits. 159 pp. ​THE SOCIETY'S ACTIVITIES. 103 Tales of the Sierras. By J. W. Hayes. Portland. F. W. Baltes & Company, 1905. 8vo, Illustrated. 136 pp. ( Preceding- 20 vols. donated by Geo. H. Himes.) Instructions to the Surveyors General of Public Lands, etc. Illus- trated by diagrams. Washington, D. C., 1855. 8vo. Full sheep. 90 pp. Donated by R. V. Short, Portland. Report on Indian Affairs to the Secretary of War in 1820. By Rev. Jedidiah Morse, D.D., commissioned by the President. New Haven, 1822. 8vo. Full calf. 496 pp. Black Hawk, Life and Adventures of, with Sketches of Keokuk, the Sac and Fox Indians, and the Late Black Hawk War. By Ben- jamin Drake. 7th ed. Cincinnati, 1847. 12mo. Cloth. Illustrated. 288pp. (The two preceding vols. presented by Jos. Dobbins, Quincy, Oregon.) Mayor's Message and Municipal Reports, Portland, Oregon, 1903. 8vo. Cloth. 404 pp. Six Sermons on Intemperance. By Rev. Lyman Beecher. New York, 1827. Owned by Thomas C. Shaw, a pioneer of 1844. Has his autograph. 32mo. Cloth. 104 pp. Portland City Directories: 1864, 1865, 1866, 1868, 1869, 1870, 1871, 1872, 1873, 1874, 1875, 1876, 1877, 1878, 1879, 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1885, 1886, 1887, 1888, 1889, 1890. Donated byN. B. Lappeus, Portland. Bible, with Psalms of David in Metre. Edinburgh, 1758. 32mo. Leather. Mutilated. Inscribed "Agness Burnie is the owner of this Bible, Anno Domino, 1773." Bible. New York, 1848. 32mo. Morocco. Inscribed " Presented to the Rev. John Rigdon, late of the Christian Church of Louisa County, Iowa, now Missionary to Oregon Territory, by the Young Men of Columbus City, Iowa, Sunday, March 4, 1852. ' ' Donated by his daughter, Mrs. Phebe Ellen Parker, Goshen, Oregon. Bible. In German. Tr. by Martin Luther. Printed in Wittem- berg, 1626, by Samuel Selfisch's Sons. Large quarto, heavy wooden boards 3-16 thick. Full leather ornately stamped. Copiously Illus- trated. Family record on flyleaf, 1698 to 1737. Prayer Book. German. Frankfort, 1679. Title p. in 2 colors. 24mo. Leather. (Last two books loaned by John Jessen). Bible. English. Oxford, 1769. Small quarto. Loaned by Mrs. E. B. Porter, Portland. Adventures of James Capen Adams, The, Mountaineer and Grizzly Bear Hunter of California. By Theodore H. Hittell. San Francisco, 1860. 12mo. Cloth. Illustrated. 378pp. Discoverers and Pioneers of America, by H. F. Parker. New York, 1856. 12mo. Cloth. Illustrated. 416pp. (Two preceding vols. presented by D. W. Craig, Salem.) ​104 THE SOCIETY'S ACTIVITIES. Babylon, The Evergreen Shore, The Homesick Prospector, The Ride of '42, and Other Poems. By Joseph W. Dorr. Illustrated. Tacoma, 1897. Presented by the author. Description of the World, about 1765. Mutilated. 605 pp. 8vo. Maps. COINS, ETC. Partlow, J. W., Oregon City, coins as follows: English penny, 1861; Canadian cent, 1876; Canadian 25-cent piece, 1874; 3-cent pieces, 1852, 1865, 1870; 5-cent pieces, 1850, 1857, 1863; 1 cent, 1863; 20 cents, 1875. Lieberman, Albert S., Duluth, Minn.: 15 Danish coins from 1798 to 1901. From miscellaneous sources : one quarter Anna, India, 1892; Ca- nadian one cent, 1903; 10 ore, Denmark, 1894; 5 centimes, 1861; 2 pfen- ning, 1875; copper cents, 1857, 1859, 1860, 1862, 1863, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904; one cent 1835; 2 cents, 1857; silver coin, Spanish, 1825; i, 1, 2, 5, and 10 sen, Japanese: one thaler, 1820; 5 pennia, 1889; English penny, 1881; half dollar, 1807 the words "half dollar" on edge of coin; 50 pennia, 1889; Spanish centimes, 1879; skilling danske, 1771; Hong Kong cent (English), 1879; peculiar silver coin, size of a dollar, 1824, found in a garden at Harrisburg, Oregon; Spanish coin, Carolus IIT., dei gratia, 1776; Canadian 5-cent, 1896; Spanish coin, Carolus III., 1787; 2 pfenning, 1875; coin of Republica La Bogota, 1825; 5 centimes, 1861; English halfpenny, 1902; penny, 1903; one mil, Hong Kong, 1865; English copper coin, 1780; Hawaiian coin, hapa haneri, 1847; Medal- lion, General Grant, 1868; Medallion, Myles Coverdale, struck "to commemorate that glorious event, the publication of the First English Bible by Myles Coverdale, Bishop of Exeter, Oct. 4, 1535, and the third centenary of the Reformation Oct. 4, 1835"; 3-cent, 1859, 1866; 10-cent, 185.8; nickel, 1867. Bills as follows : $2.00 on Bank of Cincinnati, about 1836 ; 5-cent scrip good for meat at Bishop's Central Storehouse, Salt Lake City, Utah, April 1, 1898, presented by C. Kasson, cousin of Hon. John A. Kasson, ex-Postmaster General ; 10-cent scrip, good for produce at General Tithing Storehouse at Salt Lake City, Utah; $20 on Bank of East Tennessee, Knoxville, date and signature badly faded ; $20 on Southwestern Railroad Bank, bill No. 95, Charleston, S. C., July 1, 1862; $5.00 Merchants' Bank, New Bedford, Mass., March, 1864; $5.00 Confederate bill, Richmond, Va., February 17, 1864, donated by Earl Crosby ; un peso Republica Dominicana, 1848 ; Vale un peso, August 17, 1895.