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Matthew Paul Deady letters, dictations : and related biographical material, 1874-1889.
BANC MSS P-A 161LOCAL
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Title:

Matthew Paul Deady letters, dictations: and related biographical material, 1874-1889

Creator/Contributor:

Deady, Matthew P. (Matthew Paul), 1824-1893, creator

Creator/Contributor:

Sawyer, Lorenzo, 1820-1891

Creator/Contributor:

Wood, Charles Erskine Scott, 1852-1944

Creator/Contributor:

Stone, Nathan Jonas., Correspondent

Creator/Contributor:

History Company, San Francisco

Abstract:

Letters, 1874-1888, to H.H. Bancroft and, 1889, to N.J. Stone of the History Company; dictated statements; notes and revisions of sketch and proof-sheets; information supplied by Lorenzo Sawyer and C.E.S. Wood; drafts (portions in Deady's and in Bancroft's handwritings) and fragmentary proof-sheets; newspaper copies of speeches, 1889.
Information on Deady's early life; arrival in Oregon, 1849; appointment to the bench, 1853; negotiations with Rogue River Indians, 1853, career in the Legislature and as judge, U.S. Circuit Court; role in the Oregon Constitutional Convention and Code Commission.

Date:

1874 (issued)

Subject:

n-us-or -- n-us---
Overland journeys to the Pacific
Judges -- Oregon
Courts -- Oregon
Indians of North America -- Oregon
Voyages par terre jusqu'au Pacifique
Peuples autochtones -- Oregon
Tribunaux -- Oregon
Courts
Indians of North America
Judges
Overland journeys to the Pacific
Politics and government
Oregon -- Politics and government
Oregon -- Politique et gouvernement
Oregon
United States. -- Circuit Court (9th Circuit)
United States. -- Circuit Court (9th Circuit)

Note:

Assembled in preparing biographical sketch in H.H. Bancroft's Chronicles of the Builders of the Commonwealth.
Also available on microfilm.
Forms part of the Hubert Howe Bancroft Collection.

Type:

Autobiographies.

Physical Description:

print
12 folders in portfolio
partial microfilm reel (144 exposures) : negative (Rich. 106:3) and positive (Film P-A, reel 19)

Language:

English

Identifier:

BANC MSS P-A 161LOCAL

Origin:

Various places

Related Item:

Collection : Bancroft, Hubert Howe, : 1832-1918