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Contributing Institution:
The Huntington Library
Title: Benjamin Franklin Dowell papers
Creator:
Dowell, B. F. (Benjamin
Franklin)
Identifier/Call Number: mssDO
Physical Description:
4.8 Linear Feet
(4 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1855-1895
Abstract: A collection of correspondence,
documents, and manuscripts related to the career of American attorney and newspaperman
Benjamin Franklin Dowell.
Language of Material: Materials are in
English.
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[Identification of item]. Benjamin Franklin Dowell papers, The Huntington Library, San
Marino, California.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Fred Lockley, March 1924.
Benjamin Franklin Dowell (1826-1897), Oregon attorney and newspaperman, was born in
Virginia and graduated in law from the University of Virginia in 1847. He emigrated to
California from Missouri in 1850, then to Oregon where he participated in the Indian wars as
a member of the 1st Regiment, Oregon Volunteers. He settled in Jacksonville, Oregon, became
proprietor of the Oregon Sentinel, and was influential in local politics.
A collection of 277 items which contains correspondence, a letterbook, documents, and
manuscripts. The material is related to Oregon politics and government, transportation,
including some material on pack trains, mail routes and railroads; there is also material on
the Indian Wars including the Rogue River Indian War.
Processed by Huntington Library Staff, circa 1930. In 2020, Gayle Richardson created the
finding aid derived from legacy in-house summary report.
Arranged chronologically.
Former call number: mssDO 1-206.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Indians of North America -- Wars -- Oregon
Rogue River Indian War, 1855-1856
Transportation -- Oregon
Jackson County (Or.) -- Politics and Government -- 19th
century
Oregon -- History -- 19th century
Business papers -- Oregon -- 19th century
Documents -- Oregon -- 19th century
Letters (correspondence) -- Oregon -- 19th century