OHYMSS2252.xml Guide to the Abraham Walter Lafferty papers 1949-1991 Lafferty (Abraham Walter) papers Oregon Historical Society Research Library 2012
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Abraham Walter Lafferty papers Lafferty, A. W. (Abraham Walter), 1875-1964 Mss 2252 0.1 cubic feet 2 folders in shared box 1949-1991 Abraham Walter Lafferty (1875-1964) practiced law in Portland and was elected as a Republican to the sixty-second and sixty-third Congresses (March 4, 1911-March 3, 1915). He moved to New York City in 1919 and continued the practice of law there until 1933. He returned to Portland and later unsuccessfully ran for political office several times. Papers include letters to E. B. MacNaughton, January 1949, urging Reed College to purchase Calvert Mansion in Riverdale, Maryland; and miscellaneous documents, 1961-1963, regarding his problems with the I.R.S. and Oregon & California Railroad land claims. Also included is correspondence between Norman Wiener and Dr. Thomas R. Montgomery, 1991, regarding Lafferty's I.R.S. and Oregon & California Railroad troubles retrospectively. English

Collection is open for research.

Papers 1949-1963, gift of A. W. Lafferty, 1963; papers 1956-1991, gift of Norman J. Wiener, June 1992.

Abraham Walter Lafferty was a congressman from Oregon. He was born in Missouri on June 10, 1875. He moved to Portland, Oregon, in 1905. He practiced law in Portland and was elected as a Republican to the sixty-second and sixty-third Congresses (March 4, 1911-March 3, 1915). He moved to New York City in 1919 and continued the practice of law there until 1933. He returned to Portland and later unsuccessfully ran for political office several times.

Abraham Walter Lafferty papers, Mss 2252, Oregon Historical Society Research Library.

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The Abraham Walter Lafferty papers include letters to E. B. MacNaughton, January 1949, urging Reed College to purchase Calvert Mansion in Riverdale, Maryland, with historical references to Jonathan Bourne and Edward D. Baker; and miscellaneous documents, 1961-1963, regarding his problems with the I.R.S. and Oregon & California Railroad land claims. Also included is correspondence between Norman Wiener and Dr. Thomas R. Montgomery, 1991, regarding Lafferty's I.R.S. and Oregon & California Railroad troubles retrospectively.

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 Lafferty, A. W. (Abraham Walter), 1875-1964 Baker, Edward Dickinson, 1811-1861 Bourne, Jonathan, 1855-1940 MacNaughton, Ernest Boyd, 1880-1960--Correspondence Montgomery, Thomas R., Dr.--Correspondence Wiener, Norman J., 1919---Correspondence Reed College (Portland, Or.) Oregon and California Railroad Company United States. Internal Revenue Service Lawyers--Oregon--Portland Legislators--United States Politics and Politicians correspondence