Dr. John McLoughlin, the Father of Oregon

by Frederick V. Holman

[38] Vol. 1, p. 253, History of the Pacific Northwest, by Elwood Evans; The River of the West, by Frances Fuller Victor, pp. 360, 361; Vol. 1, pp. 224, 225, History of Oregon, Bancroft's Works.

[39] Vol. 1, p. 207, History of Oregon, Bancroft's Works; Vol. 1, p. 243, Elwood Evans's History of the Pacific Northwest. See also Document H.

[40] See Document H, which is a true copy of all the Shortess petition as printed in 1844 by order of the United States Senate.

[41] See Document N.

[42] See Document K.

[43] Set forth in Document J.

[44] Congressional Globe, Vol. 21, Part Second, p. 1079, first Session of 31st Congress.

[45] This letter of Dr. McLoughlin is set forth in full in Document L. See also letter of William J. Berry, Document M.

[46] See Document N, where excerpts from this speech are set forth.

[47] White's Ten Years in Oregon, pp. 220, 221.