Manuscripts

John Carothers application to operate a ferry

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Description: This set of manuscripts documents John Carothers' application to operate a ferry across the Willamette River to Oregon. Included is a petition with signatures of residents of Clackamas County, Oregon, supporting Carothers' application. Dated 1854, June 1 - July 18.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1854.
Call number: mssHM 27808
Creator: Carothers, John(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from Fred Lockley, 1948, November 19.
Dimensions: 30 cm :

Asahel Bush letter to William H. Frush

Manuscripts

This letter acknowledges receipt from Mr. Frush the sum of seven dollars and fifty cents, paid for advertising notice of an application for a ferry license for Jon B. Stephens.

mssHM 16540

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John Bidwell petition to John Augustus Sutter

Manuscripts

This manuscript is a petition for land to John Augustus Sutter from John Bidwell, on behalf of John Townsend. In Spanish. Map mentioned is with HM 31549.

mssHM 35189

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Kazunobu Sunouchi application for admission into the United States

Manuscripts

A typewritten copy of a legal appeal relating to the 1912 immigration application of Kazunobu Sunouchi; his application was initially denied, but this statement of facts in the appeal shows the willful ignorance and prejudice of the immigration officer (Inspector Farmar) who processed his entry. This appeal to the denied application for entry shows the repeated attempts by Inspector Farmar in purposefully trying to confuse both the Japanese-English interpreter, as well as Kazunobu Sunouchi. The appeal was ultimately successful by clarifying that Sunouchi was not a contract laborer but had a firm job offer from his family; this application appeal was written by Sunouchi's attorney. The pages of this manuscript are becoming brittle and beginning to tear; the final pages are damaged, with some loss of text.

mssHM 84057

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J.A. Howard correspondence, (bulk1908-1909)

Manuscripts

Business and personal correspondence of J. A. Howard, both his letters and letters addressed to him. Much of the correspondence discusses land for sale in the Willamette Valley, including Albany and Portland, Ore. Many other companies in Oregon and Washington are represented including the Linn County Orchard Colony, the Oregon City Manufacturing Company, and the Pacific Monthly magazine. Several pieces of the correspondence are queries for information about the area from people interested in moving to Oregon. There is also one letter from the Union Pacific Railroad Company regarding the growing numbers of people moving to the West. The group also includes seven pieces of ephemera

mssHM 66387-66415

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Eldred; or, The British Father. Tragedy, 5 acts. John Jackson

Manuscripts

No application. Prod. Edinburgh, Feb., 1774; H2, July 7, 1775 (previously, Capel Street, Dublin, Dec., 1773). MS: pp. 17-18 lacking. Comp. Eldred; or, The British Freeholder, Edinburgh, 1782 (K-D 392): some differences. J.P.C. in B.D.: In Larpents List without date but after 1780 is entred a tragedy as licenced under the title of Eldred the British Father.

LA 367

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Expulsion and rejection notices for members

Manuscripts

Two documents from the Independent Order of Odd Fellows of Michigan City, Charity Lodge No. 6. Includes a notice of the rejection of Kimball Raver's membership application (September 30, 1854) and a notice of the expulsion of A.J. Van Trump for contempt (April 14, 1855).

mssHM 73995-73996

John Carothers application to operate a ferry

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