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234 Sketch of trip of 4th Infantry, Col. B. L. E. Bonneville, from New York to Fort Vancouver, leaving- the former city July 23, 1852, by Mrs. John D. Biles, daughter of Brevet Major William Kelly, of Co. G, then first sergeant.

Portland Levee Question. Decisions in Courts. 1860.

Logbook of Bark Henrietta sunk near Astoria. (In French.)

Letter. Abraham Lincoln to Simeon Francis, Springfield, Ill., August 4, 1860. (Donated by Mrs. Byron Z. Holmes, Portland, a niece of Mr. Francis.)

Republican campaign letter head, 1860, showing a rail fence, flatboat, and Lincoln's portrait. (Donated by A. F. Johnson.)

Muster roll of privates on special duty, City of Mexico, October, 1847, U. S. Grant, Second Lieutenant, Reg'l Q. M.

Discharge of A. L. Coffee, private in Capt. H. J. G. Maxon's Company of Washington Territory Volunteers in Yakima Indian war of 1855-56, dated Sept. 15, 1856.

Certificate No. 228, in Umpqua Land District, dated May 10, 1862, signed by John Kelly, Register, and George E. Briggs, Receiver, to the effect that William Tichenor was entitled to a patent by virtue of his residing on the premises, described in body of certificate, from May 12, 1852, to Sept. 29, 1856.

Commission of M. C. Barkwell as Surgeon General of the Territory of Oregon, dated Jan. 31, 1856. Signed by George L. Curry, Governor.

Letter of inquiry by Dr. John McLoughlin, Oregon City, Dec. 26, 1854, addressed to Joseph Watt, Amity, Oregon, relating to his treatment of early settlers, and Watt's reply.

Letter from A. L. Lovejoy to J. W. Nesmith, Oregon City, Dec, 26, 1846, referring to passage of liquor law by the provisional legislature over the Governor's veto.

Receipt of J. L. Meek to J. W. Nesmith, United States marshal, for $40 for services as crier at September term, 1854, United States court.

Copy of letter from Jesse Applegate to Dr. John McLoughlin, dated Jan. 15, 1854, relating to the services of the latter to the early settlers of Oregon.

Copy of letter from John C. Fremont to Dr. John McLoughlin, dated San Francisco, Dec. 26, 1851.

Report of Col. James W. Nesmith to Governor Geo. L. Curry, The Dalles, Nov. 19, 1855, touching operations in the Indian country.

Letter of A. B. Harden, no date, to his brother, J. D. Harden, urging that, if he decides to come to Oregon, he should take the southern route to avoid being. "robbed "by Mr. Barlow. On reverse side of letter appears a rude map of Willamette Valley settlements.

Certificate of stock of the "Portland, and Valley Plank Road Company," issued to James W. Nesmith Oct. 9, 1851.