Nesmith George W (3 results)

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. Original publisher's beige paper wrappers. Small holes along spine where string may have used to be. 5 1/4" x 8." Eighty-eight pages, complete. Pages are virtually pristine and intact except for light age toning. Covers are clean and intact overall but have significant splitting and chipping along spine, some darkening, embossed lettering ("Massachusetts") at bottom of front cover, and the small holes along spine. A Very Good copy. This is a collection of printed speeches that were originally given by prominent Oregon politicians and settlers on the occasion of the 3rd Annual Reunion of the Oregon Pioneer Association, a summary of events during the occasion, and a brief biography of Joseph L. Meek (1810-1875) by Mrs. F. F. Victor. The speakers at the event were Matthew P. Deady (1824-1893), James W. Nesmith (1820-1885), George P. Holman (1842-?), and George L. Curry (1820-1878). Each of the speakers honor the Oregon pioneers, many of whom are specifically mentioned by name, and briefly describe the general history of the westward migration to Oregon and its subsequent development. Includes several references to events, songs, and the like that pay tribute to Oregon pioneers. Very brief section on Pioneer Day also included.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. Perine, George E. (illustrator). First Edition. Pages 88-128. Features: Hon. Dexter Richards - article with excellent one-page engraving of Mr. Richards; Reminiscences of Distinguished Men; Rev. Leander S. Coan; Sonnet; Diary of rev. Timothy Walker of Concord, N.H. for the year 1780; Slavery in New Hampshire in the Olden Time; Major Frank; It Rains; Mary Teviotdale - or Athyne's Heir; Reminiscences of Daniel Webster, No. 3 . Above-average external wear and soiling. Chips and openings to backstrip. Faint prior owner's name atop front cover. Moisture stains throughout. A worthy reference copy.

Fourteen parts in one vol. Thick 8vo. 96; 88; 65, [3]; 98; 95, [1]; 63, [1]; 64; 80; 90, [2]; 29, [3]; 43, [1]; 44; 109, [1]; 10 pp. Oregon Pioneer Association emblem on titles, 3 collotype photo plates, tables. Contemporary quarter-brown calf over black cloth (rubbing, edgewear, scuffing, rubbing & wear to fore-edges, wear to corners, shaken), still G copy, from the library of Addie Mae Wilson Brant (1898-1985), noted home cook from Yoncalla, Oregon, granddaughter of famed Oregon settler William Hunt Wilson (1822-1902), who drove wagons for Jesse Applegate (1811-1888) over the Oregon Trail, and a staunch abolitionist who virulently opposed the anti-immigration and anti-Black laws passed in early Oregon, w/ additional pencil inscription of "Uncle Jesse Applegate" on front pastedowns, possibly indicating this was his copy. First editions of these thirteen early publications issued by the Oregon Pioneer Association, featuring an invaluable separately printed index, as well as the first local printing of Applegate's famed "A Day with the Cow Column in 1843" which was first published in 1868 in the Overland Monthly. The account is still considered one of the best early first person accounts of pioneer families trekking across the Oregon Trail. Nesmith (1820-1885) has included his own memoir of the 1853 Rogue River War serving with General Joseph Lane, and commanding forces at the pivotal 1853 engagement at Evans Creek resulting in the Table Rock Treaty. Within two years, following the 1855 Lupton Massacre, the Rogue River War renewed, resulting in the forced removal of the Takelma, Shasta, and Applegate Indigenous Peoples to the Siletz Reservation.