Dec 04, 2003 - Sale 1988

Sale 1988 - Lot 326

Price Realized: $ 518
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
(OREGON TERRITORY.) Linn, Lewis F. Report . . . to occupy the Oregon Territory. 23 pages. 2 folding maps. 8vo, disbound; foxed, ink notations on first and last text leaves. 25th Congress, 2d Session, Senate Ex. Doc. No. 470. Washington, 1838
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"[O]ne 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; Howes L364; Graff 4380; Wagner-Camp 69c.