Dr. John McLoughlin, the Father of Oregon

by Frederick V. Holman

[58] Transactions of the Oregon Pioneer Association for 1888, pp. 135, 136.

[59] For further opinions of contemporaries of Dr. McLoughlin, see Document S.

[60] Greenhow's History of Oregon and California, pp. 323-325, 467-476 (second edition, 1845); Martin's Hudson Bay Territories and Vancouver's Island, pp. 151-165; Bryce's The Remarkable History of the Hudson's Bay Company, Chapters XXIV to XXIX.

[61] This copy of the Shortess petition is made from the United States Senate Document as printed by its order of February 7, 1844. It is Senate Document 105, 28th Congress, 1st Session. One copy of this original Senate Document is in the possession of Milton W. Smith, Esq., of Portland, Oregon. By his courtesy the foregoing copy was made from said Senate Document. The purported copy of the Shortess petition in Gray's History of Oregon and in Brown's Political History of Oregon are not true copies.

[62] See Document N.

[63] Bernard's Heirs v. Ashley's Heirs, 18 Howard (U. S. Supreme Court) 43; Hot Spring Cases, 2 Otto (U. S. Supreme Court) 698, 706.

[64] Rev. Gustavus Hines, History of Oregon, Chapter x.

[65] See Document J.

[66] Mrs. Frances F. Victor, The River of the West, pp. 359, 360; History of Oregon, Bancroft's Works, Vol. I, p. 223.

[67] See Document L, where this injunction by Thurston, written on the copy of his letter, is set forth in full.