# Oregon Historical Quarterly/Volume 6/Number 2 Accessions

ACCESSIONS
For quarter ending June 30, 1905.
PAMPHLETS.
Proceedings of a convention held at Carthage, Hancock County, Ill., Oct. 1 and 2, 1845, relating to depredations by Mormons. Donated by R. V. Short, Portland.
Speech of Col. E. D. Baker in United States senate Jan. 2, 1861, upon the secession question.
A melodrama entitled "Treason, Strategems, and Spoils," in five acts, by Breakspear (W. L. Adams). Printed at Oregonian office by Thos. J. Dryer, 1852. Donated by C. G. Morey.
Address at Hartford before the delegates to the young men of Connecticut on Feb. 18, 1840, by George Bancroft.
Speech of John Davis, Massachusetts, in reply to James Buchanan, Pennsylvania, on the Reduction of Wages and Value of Property, in United States senate, Jan. 23, 1840.
Message of President Z. Taylor, Dec. 4, 1849.
Speech of Samuel R. Thurston, delegate in Congress from Oregon, on Admission of California as a State, March 25, 1850.
General and Special Laws of Oregon Territory passed at 4th regu- lar session of Legislative Assembly, Salem, Dec. 6, 1852. Salem, Ore- gon. 8vo, paper ; 142 pp.
- 8th Regular Session, Dec. 1, 1856. Salem. 8vo, paper; 140pp.
- 9th Regular Session, Dec. 7, 1857. Salem. 8vo, paper ; 208 pp.
- 10th Regular Session, Dec. 6, 1858. Salem. 8 vo, paper ; 174 pp.
Journal of Council, Legislative Assembly, Dec. 5, 1856. Salem. 1857. 8vo, 164 pp. (Five pamphlets donated by R. V. Short, Port- land.)
Kanzas Region: Forest, Prairie, Desert, Mountain, Vale, and River. By Max Greene. 12mo, paper; New York, 1856. Map. 192 pp. (Do- nated by Mrs. Zilpha Rigdon, Pleasant Hill. Heroine of 1849, The: A story of the Pacific Coast. By Mrs. Mary P. Sawtelle. San Francisco, 1892. 12mo, paper ; 248 pp. Parks, Portland, Oregon. Report of Park Board, 1903. 8vo, 76 pp. Report of Adjutant General, Oregon Territory, Jan. 19, 1856. - Quartermaster General, Jan. 1, 1856. (Presented by Colburn Barrell, Portland.) History of the Wadsworth-Longfellow House, Portland, Me. Pre- sented by Nathan Goold, author. Portland Water Works. Rates and regulations adopted Sept. 1, 1878. Rules and orders of the House of Representatives, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1836 ; was the property of Capt. Nathaniel Crosby, ​232 ACCESSIONS. who came to Portland in 1845, and bears his signature. He was founder of the town of Milton, near St. Helens of to-day. Speech of James Buchanan, Pennsylvania, in United States senate, Dec. 29, 1841, against the establishment of the "Exchequer Board" proposed by the Secretary of the Treasury. Speech by Charles Sumner, Massachusetts, April 13, 1869, on "Our Claims on England." Charter, City of Portland, Oct. 17, 1860. Report of Agricultural Department, November and December, 1866. Petition of B. F. Dowell and others for paying Volunteers in sup- pressing Indian hostilities in 1854, introduced by J. H. D. Henderson in Congress, March 25, 1867. Reference to Ward massacre, Aug. 20, 1854. Letter of Robert J. Walker, ex-Secretary of the Treasury, on National Finances, Nov. 30, 1867. Speech of H. W. Corbett, United States senate, Dec. 13, 1867, on resuming Specie Payment. Speech of O. P. Morton, United States senate, Jan. 24, 1868, on Reconstruction. Speech of Rufus Mallory, Congress, Feb. 24, 1868, on Impeaching President Johnson. Speech of H. W. Corbett, United States senate, March 11, 1868, on The Funding Bill. Policy of extending Government aid to additional railroads to the Pacific by guaranteeing interest on their Bonds. Report of Commit- tee Feb. 19, 1869. Message of President Hayes, Dec. 6, 1880. Thirtieth Annual Report of Portland Public Schools, 1902-1903. Congressional directory, first edition, Dec. 5, 1889. Presented by Mrs. Zilpha Rigdon, Pleasant Hill. Special report on Mountain Meadow Massacre, by Major J. H. Carleton, United States army, May 25, 1859. (Reprinted as House Doc. 605, 57th Congress, 1st session, 1902.) State of Washington, 1901, issued by State Bureau of Statistics. First American Public School. By William A. Mowry, Hyde Park, Mass. Some Historic Old Landmarks, Virginia and Maryland. By W. H. Snowden, Philadelphia, 1894. Game of British Columbia. Bulletin No. 17, Bureau of Provincial Information, Victoria, B. C., 1903. Acceptance of Oil Portrait of Dr. John McLoughlin by State author- ities. Presented by Oregon Pioneer Association, Feb. 5, 1889. DOCUMENTS. Commission issued by James Campbell, Postmaster General, United States of America, to Alvin T. Smith, as postmaster at Tualatin, Wash- ington County (now Forest Grove), April 9, 1853. ​ACCESSIONS. 233 Commission issued by John P. Gaines, Governor of Oregon, to Alvin T. Smith, as probate judge of Washington County, July 3, 1851. Receipt for note to Alvin T. Smith from Rev. Elkanah Walker, Sept. 13, 1858. Agreement by Revs. Elkanah Walker and Horace Lyman with Alvin T. Smith to assist in completing the "Congregational Meeting House" at Forest Grove, dated Sept. 13, 1858. Certificate of election of Alvin T. Smith to office of probate judge, issued by Wm. Geiger, Jr., June 9, 1851. Instructions from Postoffice Department, April 3, 1855. Receipt for letters and postal supplies, 'Signed by Alvin T. Smith to W. S. Caldwell, postmaster at Hillsboro, July 14, 1851. Quarterly account of Alvin T. Smith, postmaster at Tualatin, March 31, 1855. Commission issued by Nathan K. Hall, Postmaster General, United States of America, to Alvin T. Smith, postmaster at Tualatin, June 5, 1852. Election tickets, Democratic and American (Know Nothing), voted June, 1855, at West Tualatin (Forest Grove). Letter from Alvin T. Smith to Postoffice Department, Tualatin, July 31, 1855. - July 31, 1855. - Aug. 6, 1855. - Jan. 9, 1856. Letter from Auditor of Postoffice Department to Alvin T. Smith, dated October 6, 1855. Note to editor of Oregon Weekly Times from Alvin T. Smith, May 18, 1859. House Joint Resolution No. 2 introduced in legislative assembly Dec. 14, 1857. Letter from J. E. Long, "Secretary of Oregon," June 28, 1844, to Alvin T. Smith, notifying him that he in connection with Adam Hewett and James Waters had been appointed by the legislature to "view out the road leading from the Willamette Falls to the Tualatin Plains." Preceding eighteen documents donated by Mrs. Alvin T. Smith, Forest Grove. Letter. Frederick and Catherine Elgin to James Elgin, dated Clover Bottom, Ky., June 5, 1822. Deed of Wm. M. Turpin to William Taylor, Polk County, Oregon, dated Dec. 29, 1853. Letter. Col. J. B. Backenstos to Gen. Joseph Lane, May 26, 1854. Ticket of Admission to Impeachment Trial of President of the United States April 13, 1868. Presented by Judson Holcomb, To- wanda, Pa. Early History of Tacoma. Address by Thomas W. Prosch, April 12, 1905. ​Sketch of trip of 4th Infantry, Col. B. L. E. Bonneville, from New York to Fort Vancouver, leaving- the former city July 23, 1852, by Mrs. John D. Biles, daughter of Brevet Major William Kelly, of Co. G, then first sergeant.
Portland Levee Question. Decisions in Courts. 1860.
Logbook of Bark Henrietta sunk near Astoria. (In French.)
Letter. Abraham Lincoln to Simeon Francis, Springfield, Ill., August 4, 1860. (Donated by Mrs. Byron Z. Holmes, Portland, a niece of Mr. Francis.)
Republican campaign letter head, 1860, showing a rail fence, flatboat, and Lincoln's portrait. (Donated by A. F. Johnson.)
Muster roll of privates on special duty, City of Mexico, October, 1847, U. S. Grant, Second Lieutenant, Reg'l Q. M.
Discharge of A. L. Coffee, private in Capt. H. J. G. Maxon's Company of Washington Territory Volunteers in Yakima Indian war of 1855-56, dated Sept. 15, 1856.
Certificate No. 228, in Umpqua Land District, dated May 10, 1862, signed by John Kelly, Register, and George E. Briggs, Receiver, to the effect that William Tichenor was entitled to a patent by virtue of his residing on the premises, described in body of certificate, from May 12, 1852, to Sept. 29, 1856.
Commission of M. C. Barkwell as Surgeon General of the Territory of Oregon, dated Jan. 31, 1856. Signed by George L. Curry, Governor.
Letter of inquiry by Dr. John McLoughlin, Oregon City, Dec. 26, 1854, addressed to Joseph Watt, Amity, Oregon, relating to his treatment of early settlers, and Watt's reply.
Letter from A. L. Lovejoy to J. W. Nesmith, Oregon City, Dec, 26, 1846, referring to passage of liquor law by the provisional legislature over the Governor's veto.
Receipt of J. L. Meek to J. W. Nesmith, United States marshal, for $40 for services as crier at September term, 1854, United States court.
Copy of letter from Jesse Applegate to Dr. John McLoughlin, dated Jan. 15, 1854, relating to the services of the latter to the early settlers of Oregon.
Copy of letter from John C. Fremont to Dr. John McLoughlin, dated San Francisco, Dec. 26, 1851.
Report of Col. James W. Nesmith to Governor Geo. L. Curry, The Dalles, Nov. 19, 1855, touching operations in the Indian country.
Letter of A. B. Harden, no date, to his brother, J. D. Harden, urging that, if he decides to come to Oregon, he should take the southern route to avoid being. "robbed "by Mr. Barlow. On reverse side of letter appears a rude map of Willamette Valley settlements.
Certificate of stock of the "Portland, and Valley Plank Road Company," issued to James W. Nesmith Oct. 9, 1851. ​ACCESSIONS. 235 Postal accounts of Robert Nesmith, a brother of James W. Nes- mith's father, at Francestown, N. H., in 1817. (Preceding eleven documents presented by Mrs. Harriet K. McAr- thur, Portland, a daughter of James W. Nesmith.) Seven Documents relating to an arbitration between J. L. Parrish and W. H. Gray on August 13, 1846. Article of Agreement between John Davis and J. L. Barlow, Jan. 17, 1861. Act to provide for a special election, Sept. 29, 1849. Letter. W. G. T' Vault to Oregon Printing Association, Oregon City, Dec. 27, 1845, offering to edit the Oregon Spectator one year for $300 in currency; also minutes of said association Jan. 3, 1846. Letter. N. W. Col well to Oregon Printing Association, Oct. 5, 1846, offering to print the Spectator for $800 in "orders on solvent merchants in Oregon City, or cash at one third discount." Letters, contracts, minutes of meetings, receipts, etc., relating to the business of the Oregon Printing Association and the issuing of the Oregon Spectator, the first newspaper printed in American territory west of the Rocky Mountains, its first issue being at Oregon City, Feb. 5, 1846. Eighteen documents. (Donated by Mrs. George A. Harding, Oregon City.) Letter to Governor Gibbs, Feb. 29, 1864, announcing completion of telegraph line to Portland, signed by R. R. Haines, superintendent Oregon Telegraph Co. i , Letter to Governor Gibbs from Gen. George Wright, San Fran- cisco, Jan. 12, 1864, respecting the probable drafting of soldiers in Ore- gon for the United States army. Commission issued to George W, Salisbury as Recorder of Porter County, Indiana, for seven years, by Daniel Wallace, Governor, Aug. 17, 1839. (Mr. Salisbury crossed the plains to Oregon in 1850, went to Sandwich Islands soon after, and died there.) Letter from Miss Chloe A. Clark, afterwards Mrs. W. H. Willson, whose husband was the founder of Salem, dated "Ship Lausanne, May 22, 1840," lying off the mouth of the Columbia River, to Miss Mary A. Norton, Litchfield, Conn. Miss Clark arrived at Vancouver, June 1, 1840; was appointed teacher at Puget Sound on the 8th, and was mar- ried to Dr. W. H. Willson, at Fort Nesqually on Aug. 16, 1840 the second white couple to be married north of the Columbia River. (Pre- sented by Mrs. J. K. Gill, Portland, a daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Will- son.) Letter from Mrs. Thomas A. Hendricks, Indianapolis, Ind.^ Feb. 17, 1888. Letter of Senator E. D. Baker, Salem, Oct. 2, 1860, to R. F. Maury, Jacksonville, announcing his election to the United States senate. Letter. H. W. Corbett to Col. R. F. Maury, Portland, Feb. 10, 1863. ​236 ACCESSIONS. Letter. Nesmith to Maury, Washington, D. C., April 3, 1862, re- lating to war matters. Letter. Brigadier General Alvord, Fort Vancouver, Feb. 15, 1864, to Colonel Maury, on political and war matters. Letter. Lieut. J. A. Waymire to Colonel Maury, Walla Walla, Feb. 17, 1863, relating to military matters. Telegram. R. C. Drumm, Assistant Adjutant General, Depart- ment of Pacific, San Francisco. March 1, 1864, to Col. R. F. Maury. Letter. Capt. Geo. E. Pickett to Colonel Maury, Feb* 13, 1861. (The last seven documents donated by Col. R. F. Maury, Jacksonville, Oregon.) Letter. A. McDonald to Napoleon McGillivray, May 4, 1879. Letter. Geo. B. Roberts to Napoleon McGillivray, Nov. 21, 1878. Sixty-five bill heads, receipts, orders, etc., connected with the busi- ness of King & Kittredge, merchants in Portland, and Wm. M. King, 1849-1854. Sixty-two letters to Col. Wm. M. King relating to early business and political life in Portland prior to 1855. Thirteen letters, contracts, etc., relating to business matters in which Col. Wm. M. King was engaged in New York State between the years 1835 and 1847. Commissions issued to Wm. M. King by the Governor of New York in 1835 and 1837 as major and colonel of the State militia. Circular, "Oregon and California," issued at Independence, Mo., Feb. 15, 1847, by Geo. W. Buchanan, postmaster, also a letter by the same, dated March 25, 1847, sent to Col. Wm. M. King, then in New York. Proclamation of Governor Joseph Lane calling special session of the legislature, dated April 6, 1850. (Donated by the family of Col. King through his son, James W. King, Portland.) Statement by Andrew J. Laws, who is believed to have fired the first gun on the part of the whites in the Yakima Indian war of 1855-56. Articles of agreement between Capt. John A. Sutter, Lewis San- ders, and William Muldrow, about his property in Sacramento, dated Feb. 24, 1854. Notice relating to "Express Matter to and from the Outside," dated Nome, Dec. 12, 1900. Correspondence, scrapbooks, letterbooks, etc., of Governor Addison C. Gibbs, war governor of Oregon, 1862-1866, numbering ten volumes; and in addition about 3,000 pages of testimony before United States Court, District of Oregon, relating to the final settlement of title in the Caruthers land claim, City of Portland. (Donated by Mrs. Mar- garet W. Gibbs.)