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• Title:Oregon, our right and title : containing an account of the condition of the Oregon Territory, its soil, climate, and geographical position, together with a statement of the claims of Russia, Spain, Great Britain, and the United States : accompanied with a map / prepared by the author.
  
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• Author/Creator:Robertson, Wyndham, 1803-1888, author.
  
• Published/Created:Washington [D.C.] : Printed by J. & G.S. Gideon, 1846.
  

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  • Location:RARE BOOKS & SPECIAL COLLECTIONS Where is this?
    
  • Call Number: F880 .R65 1846
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Oregon question.
  Northwest boundary of the United States.
  Oregon--Description and travel.
  
• Description:ii, 203, [1], xxiv p., [1] leaf of plates : folded map ; 23 cm.
  
• Additional formats:Available also online.
  
• Notes:Errata leaf inserted.
  "This work contains a general review of the United States claims to the Oregon country based on the history of discovery and settlement in the Northwest, as well as statements by Wyeth, Greenhow, Wilkes, and Fremont, including the latter's table of distances. It also contains a portion of a letter from Hugh Burns dated Multnomah City, Oregon Territory, October 29, 1844, with advice to immigrants and the 'Resolutions of the Oregon Emigrating Society.' The latter sets out rules of conduct for traveling on the plains."--The Plains and the Rockies.
  "Appendix, containing the diplomatic correspondence, treaties and negotiations, between Russia, Spain, Great Britain and the United States, as contained in the excellent work of Lieutenant George Wilkes": pages [i]-xxiv.
  The addition of "Jr." to the author's name on the title page is curious: his father's name was William; his son, born in 1851, was called Wyndham Robertson, Jr.
  Collation: pi⁴ [1]⁴ 2-3⁴ 4-10⁸ 11-21⁴; 116 leaves, pages [4 unnumbered] [i] ii [iii-iv (iv blank)] 5-203 [204 (blank)], [i] ii-xxiv + folded map.
  Map (27 x 41.5 cm, unfolded): "Map of the United States territory of Oregon west of the Rocky Mountains exhibiting the various trading depots or forts occupied by the British Hudson Bay Company connected with the western and northwestern fur trade. Engraved expressly for W. Robertson's history, of Oregon. Washington, D.C. 1846. O.H. Throop, sc. Wn D.C."