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232 232 ACCESSIONS. who came to Portland in 1845, and bears his signature. He was founder of the town of Milton, near St. Helens of to-day. Speech of James Buchanan, Pennsylvania, in United States senate, Dec. 29, 1841, against the establishment of the "Exchequer Board" proposed by the Secretary of the Treasury. Speech by Charles Sumner, Massachusetts, April 13, 1869, on "Our Claims on England." Charter, City of Portland, Oct. 17, 1860. Report of Agricultural Department, November and December, 1866. Petition of B. F. Dowell and others for paying Volunteers in sup- pressing Indian hostilities in 1854, introduced by J. H. D. Henderson in Congress, March 25, 1867. Reference to Ward massacre, Aug. 20, 1854. Letter of Robert J. Walker, ex-Secretary of the Treasury, on National Finances, Nov. 30, 1867. Speech of H. W. Corbett, United States senate, Dec. 13, 1867, on resuming Specie Payment. Speech of O. P. Morton, United States senate, Jan. 24, 1868, on Reconstruction. Speech of Rufus Mallory, Congress, Feb. 24, 1868, on Impeaching President Johnson. Speech of H. W. Corbett, United States senate, March 11, 1868, on The Funding Bill. Policy of extending Government aid to additional railroads to the Pacific by guaranteeing interest on their Bonds. Report of Commit- tee Feb. 19, 1869. Message of President Hayes, Dec. 6, 1880. Thirtieth Annual Report of Portland Public Schools, 1902-1903. Congressional directory, first edition, Dec. 5, 1889. Presented by Mrs. Zilpha Rigdon, Pleasant Hill. Special report on Mountain Meadow Massacre, by Major J. H. Carleton, United States army, May 25, 1859. (Reprinted as House Doc. 605, 57th Congress, 1st session, 1902.) State of Washington, 1901, issued by State Bureau of Statistics. First American Public School. By William A. Mowry, Hyde Park, Mass. Some Historic Old Landmarks, Virginia and Maryland. By W. H. Snowden, Philadelphia, 1894. Game of British Columbia. Bulletin No. 17, Bureau of Provincial Information, Victoria, B. C., 1903. Acceptance of Oil Portrait of Dr. John McLoughlin by State author- ities. Presented by Oregon Pioneer Association, Feb. 5, 1889. DOCUMENTS. Commission issued by James Campbell, Postmaster General, United States of America, to Alvin T. Smith, as postmaster at Tualatin, Wash- ington County (now Forest Grove), April 9, 1853.