Oregon Historical Quarterly/Volume 7/Accessions (Number 4)

ACCESSIONS

For the quarter ending September 30, 1906.
DOCUMENTS AND LETTERS.

Railroad Interests of Oregon; an address by Thomas E. Cornelius to the Oregon Legislature and the people of Oregon upon the controversy between the "Oregon Central Railroad Company, East Side," and the "Oregon Central Railroad Company, West Side," Salem, Oregon, October 13, 1868. Broadside.

Mortgage executed by William Garwood to W. L. Higgins on Lot 8, Block 47, City of Portland, for $1,000, on September 28, 1852, before Anthony L. Davis, justice of the peace. The instrument was recorded by W. S. Caldwell in Washington County October 25, 1853.

Quit-Claim Deed of James H. A. Mills to Patrick Raleigh, conveying Lot 7, Block 47, conveying his title for the sum of $100.

Quit-Claim Deed of Dorsey S. Baker to Mills for the above premises, in consideration of payment of $100.

Deed of D. H. Lownsdale, town proprietor of Portland, to Horace W. Peabody, of the brig Seguin, conveying Lot 6, Block 47, on July 2, 1850, for $110.

Deed of Horace W. Peabody to Patrick Raleigh, conveying the same lot.

Deed of W. L. Higgins to William Garwood, conveying Lot 8, Block 47, on September 28, 1852.

History of Indian Affairs among the Nez Perces. A series of seven letters by Rev. H. H. Spaulding, printed in The Pacific, San Francisco, Cal., May 25 to July 6, 1865.

Early Missionary Labors among the Indians of Oregon. A series of four letters by Rev. H. H. Spaulding, printed in The Pacific September 14, 28, October 19, November 9, 1865.

The sub-titles of these letters are as follows: I—"The First Two White Women who Crossed the Mountains." II—"Two Missionary Ladies Save this Coast to the U. S. A." III—"Dr. Whitman's Winter Journey." IV—"Dr. Whitman's Successful Mission at Washington."

(These letters mark the beginning of the controversy respecting the relation of Dr. Marcus Whitman in saving Oregon.)

(The foregoing letters were copied and carefully compared with the originals under the direction of William I. Marshall, principal of the Gladstane public school, Chicago, and presented to the Society by him.)

Diary of W. C. Hembree, from October 16, 1855, beginning with the organization of Company E, First Regiment Oregon Mounted Volunteers, at Lafayette, Oregon, and closing with April ——, 1856, when the company was discharged at Portland. (Gives numerous details of the winter campaign in Eastern Oregon in connection with the "Yakima Indian War.") Copied from the original by George H. Himes.

Address of the carrier of the Oregonian to its patrons, January 1, 1852.

Washington's Inauguration, program of Centennial Celebration of, Portland, Oregon, April 30, 1889.

Gibbs, Addison C., Correspondence of, as war Governor of Oregon, 1862-1866, embracing the following:

460 letters, largely relating to military affairs in Oregon, contained in two letter books.

Monthly reports of A. C. R. Shaw, warden of the Oregon Penitentiary at Portland from December, 1862, to June 30, 1864.

60 applications for pardon.

260 letters relating to State land matters.

19 vouchers relating to military matters.

364 vouchers relating to purchases for the penitentiary.

22 letters and documents relating to the Union League in Oregon.

20 miscellaneous letters.

NEWSPAPERS.

Oregonian, Vol. I, March 22, April 12, May 17, June 7, July 5, 12, 19, 26, August 2, 9, 16, September 6, 13, 20, 27, October 4, 25, 1851—seventeen copies. (This is an exceedingly important accession, as there is no part of the first volume of the Oregonian to be found any where outside of the rooms of the Historical Society. In addition to the foregoing the Society has the following copies: Of Vol I—No. 1, December 4, 1850; No. 20, April 19; No. 21, April 26; No. 22, May 3; No. 25, May 24; No. 29, June 21; No. 48, November l—thus making a total of twenty-four copies of the first paper published in Portland. The Oregonian has no part of its first volume whatever, the file of that year having been loaned many years ago and never returned.)

Oregonian, Vol. 2—No. 1, December 6; No. 3, December 20 (two copies); No. 4, December 27, 1851; No. 5, January 3; No. 7, January 17; No. 8, January 24; No. 9, January 31; No. 10, February 7; No. 11, February 14; No. 12, February 21; No. 13, February 28; No. 14, March 6; No. 15, March 13; No. 16, March 20; No. 17, March 27; No. 18, April 3; No. 20, April 17; No. 21, April 24; No. 22, May 1; No. 23, May 8; No. 24, May 13; No. 25, May 22; No. 26, May 29; No. 27; June 5; No. 28, June 12; No. 29, June 19; No. 30, June 26, 1852— twenty-seven copies.

Oregonian, 1853—27 copies; 1854—5 copies; 1855—9 copies; 1857—10 copies; 1858—13 copies; 1859—10 copies; 1860—1 copy; 1861—1 copy. (All but the last two are duplicates of what the Society has in bound volumes.)

Astoria Marine Gazette, the first newspaper published at Astoria, as follows: Vol. 2, No. 13, November 7; No. 18, December 12, 1865; No. 27, February 12; No. 31, March 12; No. 34, April 2; No. 42, May 28; No. 50, July 30, 1866. Vol. 3, No. 6, September 24, 1866.

(The copies of the Oregonian and Marine Gazette, above alluded to, were secured for the Society from the heirs of Rev. Elkanah Walker and Mr. Alvin T. Smith, Forest Grove, by Prof. James R. Robertson, late professor of history in Pacific University.)

Oregon Statesman—Vol. 13, No. 36, November 9, 1863; also No. 37, November 16, 1863.

Oregon City Argus, Vol. 6, No. 25, September 29, 1860.

Christian Mirror, Vol. 27, No. 37, Portland, Maine, April 5, 1849.

BOOKS.

Naval Register, U. S., January 1, 1863. Washington, 1863. 8vo, Half Leather, 248 pp.

Navy, Report of Secretary of, December, 1862. Washington, 1863. 8vo, Paper, 530 pp.

Medical and Surgical Directory of the United States, 1866. 8vo, Cloth, 1452 pp. Autograph of Dr. R. Glisan.

Fisheries, Report of Pennsylvania State Commission on, for the year 1897. Harrisburg, Pa., 1897. 8vo, Cloth. Illustrated. 412 pp.

Baptist Annals of Oregon. 1844 to 1900. By Rev. C. H. Mattoon. Press of Register Publishing Company, McMinnville, Oregon, 1906. Vol. 1. 8vo, Cloth, 464 pp. Illustrated.

Boston Marine Society, Gleanings from the Records of, through its First Century, 1742 to 1842. Compiled by Nathaniel Spooner. Boston. Published by the Society. 1879. 12mo, Cloth, 192 pp.

Polk's Directory of Ashland, Medford, Jacksonville, Gold Hill, Central Point, Grants Pass, Roseburg, Drain, Oakland, and Yoncalla. Vol. 1, 1906. 8 mo, Boards, 590 pp.

PAMPHLETS.

Oregon National Guard, Roster of the Commissioned Officers of, July 8, 1905. 12mo, 12 pp.

—— June 30, 1906. 8vo, 24 pp.

Almanac of the Washington Life Insurance Co. for 1892, containing the Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus. 8vo. Ill. 64 pp.

Auditor's Semi-Annual Report of Receipts and Disbursements, Multnomah County, for the six months ending June 30, 1904. 8vo, 22 pp.

—— December 31, 1904. 8vo, 24 pp.

—— June 30, 1905. 8vo, 24 pp.

——December 31, 1905. 8vo, 24 pp.

—— June 30, 1906. 8vo, 24 pp.

Vallandigham, Clement L., of Ohio, speech of, on the "United States Note" Bill, in the House of Representatives, February 3, 1862. 8vo, 16 pp.

Dentistry: Incident in the Pioneer Practice of. An address by Dr. J. R. Caldwell before the Oregon State Dental Association. 8vo, 8 pp.

Oregon, Territory of. Journal of the House of Representatives, Legislative Assembly, third session, Salem, December 1, 1851. 8vo, 120 pp. Paper covers.

Spanish Press of California, The. 1833-1844. By Robert E. Cowan, San Francisco, Cal. 8vo, 12 pp. Reprinted by the author from the California Historic-Genealogical Society Publication III, and presented by him.

Militia Law of Oregon, passed by the Legislative Assembly in 1862, and approved by the Governor on October 16, 1862. 8vo, 30 pp.

McCormick's Almanac, Portland, Oregon, 1856. Pamphlet, 12mo, 48 pp.

—— 1873. 12mo, 72 pp, with cover.

—— 1874. 12mo, 72 pp, with cover.

Drawings and data relating to a writing machine which Charles Beal Talbot was endeavoring to perfect in 1860.

Academic Journal, Vol. 9, No. 8, January, 1862. (Manuscript, letter size.) 26 pp. Written and edited by Charles Beal Talbot, a student in Portland Academy and Female Seminary.

"Memorabillia," by Charles Beal Talbot, July 16, 1860. Relating to inventions, etc.

RELICS.

Skillet. Brought to Oregon from Iowa, by Mr. and Mrs. John Wolverton, who crossed the plains in 1853 and settled in Polk County. Placed in the custody of the Society by the children of Mr. and Mrs. Wolverton, Judge Charles E. and Bruce Wolverton, Portland.

Hand Saw. Brought across the plains to California in 1849 by an immigrant, who sold it to Amasa Brooks for $10. Brooks used it in San Francisco until 1852, when he removed to McMinnville. He used it while working at his trade until 1858, when he sold it to Collins A. Wallace for $4. Presented by C. A. Wallace, Salem.

Blacksnake (whip.) Bought by Collins A. Wallace of S. Sherlock & Co., Portland, 1858, and used by him in driving cattle and sheep to Portland for many years.

Tongs. Brought across the plains to Oregon from Indiana by Alfred Stanton in 1847, who located a short distance east of Salem. Donated by his daughter, Mrs. Olive Stanton Enright, Salem.

Medical Chest of the Civil War period. Was used by Gen. U. S. Grant, and taken to Fort Spokane soon after the Civil War was ended. Placed in the custody by Rev. Lewis Davies, Warren, Oregon.

MAPS AND CHARTS.

New Map of the Mining Regions of Oregon and Washington, Territory, by Alonzo Leland. 1863. Compiled from observations made in 1861 and 1862. Scale 24 miles to the inch. Litho. Of Britten & Rey, San Francisco. This map shows Mullan's wagon road from Walla Walla to Fort Benton; also all the wagon roads and Indian trails of that time east of the Cascade Mountains.

Map of Oregon Branch of the Pacific Railroad. Military camps and posts indicated. 1866.

Mitchell's Traveler's Guide through the United States, 1832, giving a map of the United States as it was at that time, with the canal and steamboat routes, stage or turnpike roads, tables of distances, lengths of railroads, finished or in progress—the longest was the Baltimore & Ohio, from Baltimore to Pittsburg, 250 miles—and a number of statistical tables. 16mo, Morocco. Compiled by J. H. Young. Published by S. Augustus Mitchell, Philadelphia. Map 17½×22.

Accompaniment to Mitchell's New Map of Texas, Oregon, and California, with the Regions adjoining. Philadelphia, 1846. 16mo, 38 pp. Descriptive text. Map 21×22½.

County and Township Map of Oregon. Published by J. K. Gill & Co., Portland, 1882. Size, 27½×30½.

Wardner, Idaho, and its Mines, Sketch of, in 1887, by J. T. Pickett, a son of Gen. George T. Pickett.