Box 1
Container
Contains 89 Results:
Stock certificate of the American Society for Encouraging a Settlement of the Oregon Territory, entitling the holder to 160 acres of good farming land or $100. Certificate does not contain name of shareholder., ca. 1832
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Oregon-California Collection is an artificial, or subject-based, collection comprising of a variety of documents that have been placed in this collection over the years due to their common subject matter. The collection consists primarily of letters, diaries, and articles from Missouri newspapers relating to overland travel to Oregon and California in the 1840s and 1850s. Most of these items are transcriptions or reproductions, rather than original documents. The collection also includes...
Dates:
ca. 1832
Handwritten transcript (in pencil) of St. Louis Weekly Reveille newspaper article describing affairs of members of an Oregon emigrant party under Sir William Stewart while encamped near Weston, Missouri, prior to departing for Oregon. Includes accounts of visits to nearby Methodist and Catholic missions; the arrest of “Young Watson,” a member of the emigrant party, and his imprisonment in the jail at Independence, Missouri; impressions of a Mormon missionary named Rockwell, who was also confined in the Independence jail; and account of St. Louisan Samuel Lowry being thrown from a horse. (8 pages), 1844 Aug 19
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Oregon-California Collection is an artificial, or subject-based, collection comprising of a variety of documents that have been placed in this collection over the years due to their common subject matter. The collection consists primarily of letters, diaries, and articles from Missouri newspapers relating to overland travel to Oregon and California in the 1840s and 1850s. Most of these items are transcriptions or reproductions, rather than original documents. The collection also includes...
Dates:
1844 Aug 19
Mimeograph of typescript copy of a “Petition of Citizens of the United States. Praying that measures may be adopted by Congress to protect the citizens of the United States in Oregon, &c.” Petition was submitted by Bryan Mullanphy and Samuel Hawken, March 17, 1846, and ordered to lie on the table and be printed, April 10, 1846. (3 pages), 1846 Apr 10
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Oregon-California Collection is an artificial, or subject-based, collection comprising of a variety of documents that have been placed in this collection over the years due to their common subject matter. The collection consists primarily of letters, diaries, and articles from Missouri newspapers relating to overland travel to Oregon and California in the 1840s and 1850s. Most of these items are transcriptions or reproductions, rather than original documents. The collection also includes...
Dates:
1846 Apr 10
Photostat of letter signed William Riley, Clatsop Planes, Oregon Territory, to Isaac D. Norcott, Steuben County, New York. Recounts his experiences of an overland journey, beginning near Independence, Missouri, to Oregon the previous year. Includes accounts of his effort to recapture a horse that the Kansas Indians stole from him; an encounter with Pawnee Indians; his sickness; and Independence Rock. Also includes an addendum to the letter written April 13, 1847, describing his life in Oregon. (10 pages) (Gift of C. Corwith Wagner, St. Louis, January 3, 1957; original document was in Wagner’s possession in 1957.), 1846 May 15
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Oregon-California Collection is an artificial, or subject-based, collection comprising of a variety of documents that have been placed in this collection over the years due to their common subject matter. The collection consists primarily of letters, diaries, and articles from Missouri newspapers relating to overland travel to Oregon and California in the 1840s and 1850s. Most of these items are transcriptions or reproductions, rather than original documents. The collection also includes...
Dates:
1846 May 15
Typescript copy of The Liberty Weekly Tribune newspaper article titled “From California.” Includes excerpts from the diary of James Clymer chronicling his overland journey from California to Liberty, Missouri. (3 pages), 1846 Aug 8
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Oregon-California Collection is an artificial, or subject-based, collection comprising of a variety of documents that have been placed in this collection over the years due to their common subject matter. The collection consists primarily of letters, diaries, and articles from Missouri newspapers relating to overland travel to Oregon and California in the 1840s and 1850s. Most of these items are transcriptions or reproductions, rather than original documents. The collection also includes...
Dates:
1846 Aug 8
Typescript copies of three Daily Missouri Republican newspaper articles:, 1848-1855
File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Oregon-California Collection is an artificial, or subject-based, collection comprising of a variety of documents that have been placed in this collection over the years due to their common subject matter. The collection consists primarily of letters, diaries, and articles from Missouri newspapers relating to overland travel to Oregon and California in the 1840s and 1850s. Most of these items are transcriptions or reproductions, rather than original documents. The collection also includes...
Dates:
1848-1855
1. Article contains a letter signed “Nebraska,” Fort Childs, Nebraska Territory, August 22, 1848, which describes recent affairs of the Oregon Battalion and disputes with the Pawnee Indians. (4 pages), 1848 Sept 7
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Oregon-California Collection is an artificial, or subject-based, collection comprising of a variety of documents that have been placed in this collection over the years due to their common subject matter. The collection consists primarily of letters, diaries, and articles from Missouri newspapers relating to overland travel to Oregon and California in the 1840s and 1850s. Most of these items are transcriptions or reproductions, rather than original documents. The collection also includes...
Dates:
1848 Sept 7
2. Article contains a letter signed “Nebraska,” Fort Childs, Nebraska Territory, October 6, 1848, which describes recent affairs of the Oregon Battalion and the warfare between the Pawnee Indians and the Sioux. (4 pages), 1848 Oct 31
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Oregon-California Collection is an artificial, or subject-based, collection comprising of a variety of documents that have been placed in this collection over the years due to their common subject matter. The collection consists primarily of letters, diaries, and articles from Missouri newspapers relating to overland travel to Oregon and California in the 1840s and 1850s. Most of these items are transcriptions or reproductions, rather than original documents. The collection also includes...
Dates:
1848 Oct 31
3. Article contains an unsigned letter dated Mineto, or Blue Creek, near Ash Hollow, 150 miles from Fort Laramie, September 5, 1855, which contains a soldier’s account of the movement from Fort Kearney to Fort Laramie, including an account of a battle with the Brule Indians near the mouth of Ash Hollow on September 3. (4 pages), 1855 Sept 27
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Oregon-California Collection is an artificial, or subject-based, collection comprising of a variety of documents that have been placed in this collection over the years due to their common subject matter. The collection consists primarily of letters, diaries, and articles from Missouri newspapers relating to overland travel to Oregon and California in the 1840s and 1850s. Most of these items are transcriptions or reproductions, rather than original documents. The collection also includes...
Dates:
1855 Sept 27
Typescript copy of St. Louis Weekly Reveille newspaper article titled “Route to the Pacific,” which contains a letter of former Missouri governor, Lilburn W. Boggs, written from Sonoma, California. Gives advice to emigrants regarding what materials and provisions to take, and the best times and routes to travel. Warns of difficult terrain and Indians. (3 pages), 1848 May 22
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Oregon-California Collection is an artificial, or subject-based, collection comprising of a variety of documents that have been placed in this collection over the years due to their common subject matter. The collection consists primarily of letters, diaries, and articles from Missouri newspapers relating to overland travel to Oregon and California in the 1840s and 1850s. Most of these items are transcriptions or reproductions, rather than original documents. The collection also includes...
Dates:
1848 May 22