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    Dr. John McLoughlin, the father of Oregon / by Frederick V. Holman ... with portraits.

    • Title:Dr. John McLoughlin, the father of Oregon / by Frederick V. Holman ... with portraits.
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    • Author/Creator:Holman, Frederick V., 1852-1927.
    • Other Contributors/Collections:Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung Collection.
    • Published/Created:Cleveland, Ohio : The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1907.
    • Holdings

      • Location:RBSC ASRS - (Confirm availability: email rare.books@ubc.ca) Where is this?
      • Call Number: F5820.1.M2 H6
      • Number of Items:1
      • Status:Available
       
    • Library of Congress Subjects:McLoughlin, John, 1784-1857.
      Oregon Territory--History.
    • Description:301 pages, [2] leaves of plates + [2] page publisher's advertisements : frontispiece (portrait), portrait ; 25 cm
    • Summary:McLoughlin came from Riviere du Loup in Quebec and worked his way up through the Hudson's Bay Company until he alone was responsible for that great chunk of continent known as the Pacific Northwest, and the help and support he offered the American emigrants to the Oregon Country in the critical years 1843-1846.
    • Additional formats:Also available in digital form on the Internet Archive Web site.
      Available also online.
    • Local note:UBC Library has a copy in The Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung Collection.
    • Notes:"This is one of one hundred copies of this work especially printed for presentation by the author."
      Issued in both numbered and unnumbered copies.
      Includes bibliographical references and index.
    • Cited in:Smith, C.W. Pacific Northwest (3rd ed.), 4583
    • Contents:Early settlements and joint-occupancy of the Oregon Country
      The Hudson's Bay Company and the Northwest Company
      Genealogy and family of Dr. John McLoughlin
      McLoughlin and the Oregon Country
      Fort Vancouver
      Punishment of Indians
      Early French Canadian settlers
      Early American traders and travelers
      Presbyterian missionaries
      Methodist missions and missionaries
      Provisional government
      Immigration of 1842-1845
      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
      Dr. McLoughlin's memorial to Congress
      The persecution continued
      The end of Dr. McLoughlin's life
      Justice to Dr. McLoughlin's memory
      Opinions by Dr. McLoughlin's contemporaries
      Eulogy upon Dr. McLoughlin.
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