GENEALOGY AND FAMILY OF DR. JOHN MCLOUGHLIN

MCLOUGHLIN AND THE OREGON COUNTRY

FORT VANCOUVER

PUNISHMENT OF INDIANS

EARLY FRENCH CANADIAN SETTLERS

THE QUALITY OF THE EARLY IMMIGRANTS

THE RESIGNATION OF DR. JOHN MCLOUGHLIN.

DR. MCLOUGHLIN'S RELIGION.

DR. MCLOUGHLIN'S LAND CLAIM

ABERNETHY ISLAND

THE SHORTESS PETITION

LAND LAWS OF THE PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT.

DR. MCLOUGHLIN'S NATURALIZATION.

CONSPIRACY AGAINST DR. MCLOUGHLIN
THURSTON'S LETTER TO CONGRESS
PROTESTS AGAINST THURSTON'S ACTIONS

THE OREGON DONATION Land Law
THE CONSPIRACY EFFECTIVE

CAREER AND DEATH OF THURSTON

THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH .

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JUSTICE TO DR. MCLOUGHLIN'S MEMORY

OPINIONS BY DR. MCLOUGHLIN'S CONTEMPORARIES

EULOGY UPON DR. MCLOUGHLIN

ILLUSTRATIVE DOCUMENTS REFERRED TO IN

THE TEXT:

A: Article 3 of Convention of October 20, 1818, be-
tween the United States and Great Britian

B: Convention of August 6, 1827, between the United
States and Great Britian

C: Statement concerning merger of Hudson's Bay
Company and Northwest Company; and grant
to Hudson's Bay Company of 1821 and 1838
to trade in the Oregon Country

D: Excerpts from Manuscript Journal of Rev. Jason
Lee
E: Rev. Jason Lee's visit to Eastern States in 1838;
and his report to the Missionary Board at New
York in 1844

F: Excerpts from Narrative of Commodore Charles Wilkes, U.S.N., published in Philadelphia in 1845

G: Letter from Henry Brallier to Frederick V. Holman of October 27, 1905

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H: Shortess Petition; excerpts from Gray's "History

I:

of Oregon" relating to Shortess Petition; and
excerpt from speech of Samuel R. Thurston in
Congress, December 26, 1850, as to author of
Shortess Petition

Ricord's Proclamation; letters of A. Lawrence
Lovejoy and Rev. A. F. Waller of March 20,
1844; Ricord's Caveat; invalidity of Waller's
claim to Dr. McLoughlin's land; and excerpts
from letters of Rev. Jason Lee to Rev. A. F.
Waller and Rev. Gustavus Hines, written in
1844

J: Agreement between Dr. John McLoughlin, Rev. A. F. Waller, and Rev. David Leslie, of April 4, 1844; statement of cause and manner of making said agreement

K: Statement of career in Oregon of Judge W. P.
Bryant

L: Letter of Dr. John McLoughlin, published in the
"Oregon Spectator" Thursday, September 12,
1850

M: Letter by William J. Berry, published in "Oregon Spectator," December 26, 1850

the

N: Excerpts from speech of Samuel R. Thurston in
Congress, December 26, 1850

O: Correspondence of S. R. Thurston, Nathaniel J.
Wyeth, Robert C. Winthrop and Dr. John
McLoughlin, published in the "Oregon Spec-
tator," April 3, 1851

P: Letter from Rev. Vincent Snelling to Dr. John
McLoughlin of March 9, 1852

Q: Excerpts from "The Hudson's Bay Company and Vancouver's Island" by James Edward Fitzgerald, published in London in 1849; and excerpt from "Ten Years in Oregon," by Rev.

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R: Note on Authorship of "History of Oregon" in
Bancroft's Works; and sources of information
for this monograph .

S: Excerpts from opinions of contemporaries of Dr.
McLoughlin

INDEX

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ILLUSTRATIONS

PORTRAIT OF DR. JOHN MCLOUGHLIN, taken from daguerreotype of 1856; from original belonging to Mrs. Josiah Myrick, Portland, Oregon Frontispiece PORTRAIT OF DR. JOHN MCLOUGHLIN, taken from miniature painted on ivory, 1838 or 1839; from original belonging to Mrs. James W. McL. Harvey, Mirabel, California.

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