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Part of Joel Palmer Papers, 1783-1982
Letter regarding money owed to Luke G. Torrance.
Palmer, Joel, 1810-1881
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Part of Joel Palmer Papers, 1783-1982
Letter regarding money owed to Luke G. Torrance.
Palmer, Joel, 1810-1881
Part of Joel Palmer Papers, 1783-1982
List of property received.
Palmer, Joel, 1810-1881
Part of Joel Palmer Papers, 1783-1982
Palmer, Joel, 1810-1881
Part of Joel Palmer Papers, 1783-1982
Palmer, Joel, 1810-1881
Letter from Joel Palmer regarding the sale of land in Dayton, Oregon
Part of Joel Palmer Papers, 1783-1982
Palmer, Joel, 1810-1881
Resignation of Joel Palmer, to President Franklin Pierce
Part of Joel Palmer Papers, 1783-1982
Resignation of Joel Palmer, to President Franklin Pierce (hand written, probably copy made by Palmer)
Palmer, Joel, 1810-1881
Joel Palmer to George H. Ambrose
Part of Joel Palmer Papers, 1783-1982
Palmer, Joel, 1810-1881
Part of Joel Palmer Papers, 1783-1982
Palmer, Joel, 1810-1881
Part of Joel Palmer Papers, 1783-1982
Palmer, Joel, 1810-1881
Part of Joel Palmer Papers, 1783-1982
Palmer, Joel, 1810-1881
Part of Joel Palmer Papers, 1783-1982
Palmer, Joel, 1810-1881
Joel Palmer to George Manypenny
Part of Joel Palmer Papers, 1783-1982
Palmer, Joel, 1810-1881
Joel Palmer to George Manypenny
Part of Joel Palmer Papers, 1783-1982
Palmer, Joel, 1810-1881
Joel Palmer to Berryman Jennings
Part of Joel Palmer Papers, 1783-1982
Palmer, Joel, 1810-1881
Part of Joel Palmer Papers, 1783-1982
Palmer, Joel, 1810-1881
Joel Palmer to Samuel H. Culver
Part of Joel Palmer Papers, 1783-1982
Palmer, Joel, 1810-1881
Part of Joel Palmer Papers, 1783-1982
Diary excerpts (typescript transcriptions)
Palmer, Joel, 1810-1881
Part of Joel Palmer Papers, 1783-1982
Diary excerpts (typescript transcriptions)
Palmer, Joel, 1810-1881
Part of Joel Palmer Papers, 1783-1982
Diary excerpts (typescript transcriptions)
Palmer, Joel, 1810-1881
Part of Joel Palmer Papers, 1783-1982
Diary excerpts (typescript transcriptions)
Palmer, Joel, 1810-1881
Part of Joel Palmer Papers, 1783-1982
Diary (original)
Palmer, Joel, 1810-1881
Part of Joel Palmer Papers, 1783-1982
Diaries (typescript transcriptions)
Palmer, Joel, 1810-1881
Part of Joel Palmer Papers, 1783-1982
Diaries (typescript transcriptions)
Palmer, Joel, 1810-1881
Part of Joel Palmer Papers, 1783-1982
Diaries (typescript transcriptions)
Palmer, Joel, 1810-1881
Part of Joel Palmer Papers, 1783-1982
Diaries (typescript transcriptions)
Palmer, Joel, 1810-1881
Part of Joel Palmer Papers, 1783-1982
Consists of correspondence (1848-1869) concerning the conduct of Indian affairs in Oregon, enlistment of a state militia, and efforts to establish a Union League Council. Correspondents include Benjamin Alvord, Jesse Applegate, Benjamin Bonneville, Samuel Culver, Addison C. Gibbs, and Joseph Lane. Also included is a diary (1857) kept by Palmer while on a voyage from Oregon City to Washington, D.C. via Panama; typescript copies of diaries (1854, 1856, 1860-1861) recording his travels throughout the Pacific Northwest; hand written copy of an agreement (1854) between the United States, represented by superintendent of Indian Affairs, Joel Palmer, and the Calipooia Indian tribe; and articles of incorporation (1862) of the Columbia River Railroad Company.
Palmer, Joel, 1810-1881
The papers consist of four groups of materials acquired by the Oregon Historical Society at various times. The first group, designated Mss 114, consists of correspondence (1848-1869) concerning the conduct of Indian affairs in Oregon, enlistment of a state militia, and efforts to establish a Union League Council. Correspondents include Benjamin Alvord, Jesse Applegate, Benjamin Bonneville, Samuel Culver, Addison C. Gibbs, and Joseph Lane. Also included is a diary (1857) kept by Palmer while on a voyage from Oregon City to Washington, D.C. via Panama; typescript copies of diaries (1854, 1856, 1860-1861) recording his travels throughout the Pacific Northwest; hand written copy of an agreement (1854) between the United States, represented by superintendent of Indian Affairs, Joel Palmer, and the Calipooia Indian tribe; and articles of incorporation (1862) of the Columbia River Railroad Company.
The second group of materials, designated Mss 114-1, consists of letters sent to Sarah Ann Palmer from various relatives, and receipts and other ephemera of Joel Palmer. Among these are hand written copies of poems dated 1783, possibly from one of Palmer's ancestors.
The third group within the collection, designated Mss 114-2, contains mostly biographical information about Palmer, along with letters written by his descendants and letters relating to the dedication of a statue of Palmer in 1971.
A fourth group of papers, designated Mss 114-3, consists of general correspondence, primarily political and military in nature, legal papers, and a survey of an unidentified Indian reservation.
The final group of materials, designated Mss 114-4, includes a manuscript poem, Bristol, England, 1784; letters from Palmer to General Joseph Lane and others; manuscript copy of report to the U.S. Secretary of War or the Commissioner of Indian Affairs from General Joseph Lane, ca. 1849; a letter from W. B. Bonney to Joel Palmer, 1850 Jan. 17; letter to Joel Palmer from Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin Bonneville, 1855 Mar. 27; printed copy of the treaty between the United States and the Rogue River Indians, 1855; manuscript extracts from "Articles of treatry made at Port Orford," 1857 Sept. 20; hand drawn map of the Columbia River and its tributaries, undated; and a pamphlet titled "History of the Grand Ronde Military Block House," 1911.
Palmer, Joel, 1810-1881