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California and Oregon United Stages Mail Line documents, 1855-1871.
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Title:
California and Oregon United Stages Mail Line documents, 1855-1871Stage Line Documents
Creator/Contributor:
Oregon Stage Company, creatorCreator/Contributor:
Andrews, John.Creator/Contributor:
Mayhew, W. P.Creator/Contributor:
Rhodehamel, W. H.Abstract:
Documents from the California and Oregon Stage Company (under several different names) consisting of waybills, receipts, deeds,
abstracts of operations, bills, and letters and telegrams from station agents.
Date:
1855 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caCorbett, Henry Winslow -- 1827-1903
Correspondence
Documents
Telegrams
Note:
Henry Winslow Corbett (February 18, 1827 - March 31, 1903) was an American businessman, politician, civic benefactor, and
philanthropist in the state of Oregon. A native of Massachusetts, he spent his early life in the East and in New York before
moving to the Oregon Territory. He was a prominent figure in the early development of Portland, Oregon, and was involved in
numerous business ventures there. Corbett became proprietor of the Oregon Stage Company in 1865, which he operated until about
1869. Corbett served as a United States Senator from 1867 to 1873.
An 1853 consolidation of stage lines in California became the California Stage Company, which secured a contract for daily
overland mail from San Francisco to Portland in 1860. The same year through trips from Portland to Sacramento were accomplished
via a connection with the Oregon Stage Company at Corvallis. By 1866 this operation was at least occasionally known as the
California and Oregon United Stages Mail Line, reorganized in 1870 as the California and Oregon Coast Overland Mail Company.
Stage Line Documents.
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1 clamshell box; 12 1/2 x 5 1/4 x 10 1/4 in.
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English
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Unrestricted. Please credit California State Library.