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Van B. De Lashmutt dictation and biographical material : Portland, Oregon, 1888-1889.
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Van B. De Lashmutt dictation and biographical material: Portland, Oregon, 1888-1889Hubert Howe Bancroft collection
Creator/Contributor:
De Lashmutt, Van B., 1842-, creatorCreator/Contributor:
Stone, Nathan Jonas, correspondent.Abstract:
Includes dictation, 1888, describing his overland emigration from Iowa, 1851; service with the California Volunteers during
the Civil War; journalistic career in Utah, Nevada, and Oregon; Portland real estate and mining interests; and service as
Portland mayor. Other items include his correspondence with Nathan Jonas Stone and The History Company, 1888; typed draft
copy of the biographical sketch for Chronicles, with manuscript revisions; corrected page proof; and miscellaneous printed
matter.
Date:
1888 (issued)Subject:
n-usp-- -- n-us-or -- n-us---Overland journeys to the Pacific -- Personal narratives
Journalism -- West (U.S.)
Mayors -- Oregon -- Portland
Voyages par terre jusqu'au Pacifique -- Récits personnels
Maires -- Oregon -- Portland
Journalism
Mayors
Overland journeys to the Pacific
Portland (Or.)
Oregon -- Portland
West United States
United States. -- Army. -- California Volunteers (1861-1866)
De Lashmutt, Van B -- 1842- -- Archives
Note:
Prepared for Chronicles of the Builders.
Also available on microfilm.
Forms part of the Hubert Howe Bancroft Collection.
In English.
Preferred citation: Van B. De Lashmutt dictation and biographical material, BANC MSS P-A 162, The Bancroft Library, University
of California, Berkeley.
Type:
manuscripts for publication.Archives.
Personal narratives.
Autobiographies.
Physical Description:
print
1 portfolio
partial microfilm reel (29 exposures) : negative (Rich. 106:3) and positive
Language:
English