The Washington Historical Quarterly, Svazek 1,Vydání 2

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Washington University State Historical Society., 1907
 

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Strana 92 - Adde hereunto, that though we searched the coast diligently, euen vnto the 48. deg. yet found we not the land, to trend so much as one point in any place towards the East, but rather running on continually Northwest, as if it went directly to meet with Asia...
Strana 13 - Commonwealth : The department of public records provided for at the last session In connection with the library has been organized and is doing efficient work. The archives upon which the foundations of our history rest, which up to the present time have lain about the cellars and out of the way places, being gradually stolen, lost, or destroyed, have been gathered together and are now being prepared and permanently secured in volumes chronologically arranged and open to the investigations of scholars.
Strana 13 - I suggest that the administration of unemployment and distress relief within the State be placed in the hands of a temporary emergency commission of three persons to be appointed by the Governor to serve without pay. This commission, to be known as the " TEMPORARY EMERGENCY RELIEF ADMINISTRATION...
Strana 51 - To His Excellency, James Buchanan, President of the United States : Sir, I have the honor to inform you of my arrival at this place on the Qth, and of my entering upon the duties of Executive of this Territory, on theiOth ultimo.
Strana 23 - Clallums. are at a small distance, upon a portage over which we have to cross, we at once, upon the advice of our Indian Interpreters, &c., put ashore and were to remain all very quiet in order, if possible, to take them by surprise during the night. The Iroquois, Owhyees, and Cheenook slaves painted themselves ready for battle. But all the ceremony must be rendered a burlesque by our men, at least, one or two of them discharging their pieces and behold, we to mend the matter, send off rockets! !...
Strana 36 - The late Dr. John McLoughlin resided at Fort Vancouver, and he was Chief Factor of the Hudson's Bay Company west of the Rocky Mountains. He was a great man, upon whom God had stamped a grandeur of character which few men possess and a nobility which the patent of no earthly sovereign can confer.
Strana 14 - ... Washington. During the last summer he spent considerable time at Olympia and was given free access to all records. It is quite certain that he gained a broader knowledge of what the state possesses in the way of records than any other man. His report, no doubt, was presented at the December...
Strana 3 - PURPOSES OF THE SOCIETY. The purposes for which this corporation shall be formed are as follows, to-wit : To establish and maintain a society for the collection and preservation of historical facts and records ; to gather and preserve memorials of the pioneers and early settlers of the Territory and State of Washington ; to purchase, own, hold, enclose, maintain and mark the places of historical interest within this State by suitable and appropriate monuments, tablets and enclosures : to promote...
Strana 37 - Dr. John McLoughlin, then at the head of the Hudson Bay Company, from his own private resources rendered the new settlers much valuable aid by furnishing the destitute with food, clothing and seed, waiting for his pay until they had a surplus to dispose of. Dr. John McLoughlin was a public benefactor, and the time will come when the people of Oregon will do themselves credit by erecting a statue to his memory.
Strana 3 - Indians and Indian tribes; to engage in, carry on and promote historical, antiquarian, archaeological, literary and scientific researches, and to publish the results of the same ; to collect, collate, bind and put in convenient form for use and preservation the papers, documents, materials and records collected by the society ; to publish, provide for and superintend the publication and distribution of, any papers, manuscripts, documents and records collected by the society; to establish and maintain...

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