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Meeting Minutes, Special Meeting of Methodist Board of Missions, 1844, Preservation Copy
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- 1844-07-01 (Creation)
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minutes (administrative records); 27 pages
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Typed preservation copy of Mss1212_B1F3_001. Minutes from a special meeting of a Board of the Episcopal Church, held July 1, 1844. The meeting was called to discuss the Oregon Mission. Reverend Jason Lee is present, along with members of the Oregon Committee of the Episcopal Church. The minutes describe Jason Lee addressing allegations of wrongdoing, speculation, and mismanagement at the Oregon Mission. Lee also addresses allegations against local Native tribes, and defends his decision to build the Mission House in the Willamette Valley. Other subjects include daily life in Oregon, the Hudson's Bay Company, and Lee's conversations with Dr. Joseph (sic) McLoughlin. Lee asks that the Board continue to support the mission.
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No Copyright http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
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- English
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Jason Lee Papers 1834-1845; Mss 1212; Box 1; Folder 3; 002
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- minutes (administrative records)
- Lee, Jason, 1803-1845
- Methodist Episcopal Church. Missionary Society. Oregon Mission.
- Missionaries--Northwest, Pacific
- Indians of North America--Missions--Northwest, Pacific
- Indians of North America » Indians of North America--Oregon » Kalapuya Indians
- Hudson's Bay Company
- McLoughlin, John, 1784-1857