The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1884-06-27

0FigiaaI Letters Of Washington, Jefserssn.
Say. etc, I'm Albany.

4 ~Ays StCsg IN AhDAuls
One hundred yesrs ago, during th'
Revolutionary period, from 1774 to 1883
Charles Thomson was Secretary of th.
famous Continental Congress, In which
position he was the friend and confden
Of the leading men Of that epoch, whose
equal he was considered. lie was known
~ "the man OF truth" As the intimate
friOnd OF George Washington, Thomas
Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, John Jay
and the famous men Of that period, he
had large corrsspondence,m most OF which
has been preserved, and Is now, through
inheritonce, just descended - our honored
follow citizen Hon Georgs Il Chamberlain,
whose popularity was lately so smphati.
cally expressed At the polls. Mr. Cham
berlain's grandmother was tho niece of
Charles Thomson. Through her and her
daughter, Mr. Chamberlaln's mother, the
valuable papers have cpme TO their pres
ont owner, and are now stored for safe
Keeping Ia the vaults Of the First National
Bank in this city.
examination Of this most wonderful col.
lection Of letters and documents, number
Ing several hundred In all. Yellow with
ago, bearing unmlstalxabic marks Of orig
inality, q sight OF them takes one back a
hundred years and makes ons realize
more than anything else could, hnw real.
the men ofthe Revolutionary period were
The writing OF Washington himself pro-
duced by his OWE hand, directly before
us, makes the "Father Of our Country" q
genuine being. In this collection are
several letters from Washington 10 Thorn
Son, In . bold round hand, made lifelIke
bya little bad spelling, (for instance style
with an ~ On Washington's election
Thomson had ths honor OF being the one
delegated 20 make the formal announce.
msnt 70 Washington. In the collection
are fifteen or twenty letters from Thomas
Jefferson to Thomson. written In Jeffer.
sons neat, beautiful style, In a friendly
manner. mover though neglcctlng the for
NAL ending Of "ysur most obr humble
ssrYant,r or something Of as formal a
nature; fifteeu Or twenty letters from Beu.
Jauin franklin written In his very pecu.
liar hand and characteristic style, one as
early a. Jan. q, 1885; ten or fifteen from
John Jay, q splendid writer and q con-
summaied student, as we'll as an able states
man one from Jas Monroe, afterwards
President, dated In 1884; others from
Robt Howe, + Peterson, Gouveneur Nor.
ria, Robt Morris, signer OF the Decia-a-
ton Of fIndependeoce, Morris. Samuel
Wharton. VIM Spear, Richard Peters, jas
Lowell. John Montgomery. Jas Wilson,
one Sfth signers Of the Declarati on ,Robt
w Livingstone and many others. A let.
ter from the famous John Dickinson was
= lament over the death Of his sweet heart
One Of WashIngton's asked for his Com.
mission as General Of tho Army. He
stated that II might servo his grand chill
dren my or one hundred years hence Il
they chose 10 on inmate. He missed hi,
mark on that point.
The original declaration OF cessation Of
postilIties, by act Of Congress, Is amonl
the papers; 1t l. q great Gu riosity. IL
date is April II, 1888. An agreement
signed by Thomson. franklin and others
for G6ooe, 10 BE used Tor the government
10 relic worth s.uiyIng,as Is also proc
lamAtIon announcing the runway Of TIVE
slaves, Jonathan and Frank, and headed
''Stop Them! Sop Them Stop Them .
and numerous others OF an Intensely in-
tsrostinG nature. This collection was eI
4 . - ~ bs I'll y
duly Gagged and gazsd at by hundreds o
Thousands OF sight seers. No amount @
money would purchase It. although ther
are those who would pay . fortune 10
original documents OF such great va,u
a. these, but few Of which have eve
been published TO the world, nor will b
permitted TO be.