(OREGON) Linn Lewis F The Select Committee to Authorize t

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(OREGON.) Linn, Lewis F. The Select Committee . . . to Authorize the President of the United States to Occupy the Oregon Territory. 2 folding maps. 23 pages. 8vo, disbound; moderate foxing, a spot of dampstaining and chipping on top edge. 25th Congress, 2nd Session, Senate Doc. 470. [Washington, 1838]

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"One of the many efforts of the indefatigable Senator Linn to awaken public interest in an American occupation of the vast area then known as Oregon Territory. . . . In this report, Mr. Linn outlines the history of American efforts toward occupation. He discusses the mission of Mr. William A. Slacum in 1836, the diplomatic background of American claims to this territory, the contentions in respect to discovery, the condition of the Indians, the status of the fur trade, and the possibilities of military occupation"--Wheat, Mapping the Transmississippi West 434. Includes Washington Hood's "Map of the United States Territory of Oregon" showing British Columbia, Oregon, and Washington; and also a chart of the Columbia River. Graff 4380; Howes L364; Wagner-Camp 69c.