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to the Sandwich Islands. By that time he had taught Messrs. Spalding and Rogers the art of printing so well that they carried it on with the help of some of the Indians. In 1844 M. G. Foley [sic], an emigrant of that year, was employed to take charge of it, and his name appears as printer on some of the booklets. In 1846, six persons in Salem, Oregon, wished to publish a paper : Daniel Leslie, Joseph Holman, W. H. Wilson, J. B. Mc- Claine and Messrs. Robinson and Judson. They sent A. Hinman to see if the mission press could be obtained. Having interviewed all the missionaries, he obtained it on certain conditions, and packed it on horseback to The Dalles. The conditions were such, hov/ever, that the company declined to accept them., and the press remained at The Dalles until after the Whitman massacre, when, with the consent of Mr. Spalding, Rev. J. S. Griffin took it to his home near Hillsboro, and printed on it eight numbers of the 'Oregon American and Evangelical Unionist/ It remained with Mr. Griffin for a score or so of years, when it was taken to Salem and deposited in the State Historical Rooms. Afterwards the Oregon Historic:; 1 Society obtained it, and removed it to their roorrs for historical relics at Portland, where it now
 * . It has not been used since about 1849."

the letters quoted in the preceding article have been cri-efully copied from the originals on file in the archives of the A. B. C. F. M. in Boston. As far as possible all peculiarities of spelling, punctuation and cap- itali2 .ave been retained.

aie~e little publications of the Oregon missionary press must be excessively rare and it is not known how

y are in existence. If collectors or librarians who are the fortunate possessors of any of them would make the fact known to the writer, he would be glad to com- pile and publish a list showing their number and loca- tions.

HOWARD M. BALLOU. Honolulu, Hawaii.