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Rh A revision of the paper published in the Quarterly, Vol. 12.

Early Explorations and the Origin of the Name of the Oregon Country. Vol. 21, pages 332-340 Dec. 1920.

Remnant of the official log of the Columbia, May 7th to May 21, 1792, containing an account of her entrance into Gray's Harbor and the Columbia river. Annotations by T. C. Elliott. Vol. 22, pages 352-356. Dec 1921

Some Important Results From the Expeditions of John Jacob Astor to and From the Oregon Country. Vol. 12, pages 206-219. Sept. 1911.

Early Navigation of the Straits of Fuca. Vol. 12, pages 1-32. March, 1911.

Refutation of the claim that the Washington, under Captain Gray was the first vessel to navigate the Straits of Fuca and to circumnavigate Vancouver Island.

Report on Oregon, 1846. Vol. 14, pages 1-60. March, 1913.

Lieut. Howison of the U. S. Navy was detailed by the Secretary of the Navy to make an examination of the situation in Oregon. He was in the territory from July 1, 1846, to January 18, 1847. His report supplies definite information on the trade, shipping, productions, towns, Indian population and general development of Oregon at this stage. It may be of interest to note that before he left he presented a flag to Governor Abernethy and expresses his pride that this should be the first United States flag to wave over the purely American territory of Oregon.

British Side of the Restoration of Fort Astoria. Vol. 20, pages 243-260; 305-330. Dec. 1919.

The basis of this article is the information gathered by the writer by an examination of several hundred volumes in the British Public Record office dating from 1790 to 1867. One point in the British contention relating to the restoration of Astoria was that as they had never recognized the right of the United States to the territory, the capture was not a capture of conquest, but a reassertion of His Majesty's