ORU_CA1851Apr17.xml Guide to the Edward R. Geary Letter to John McLellan Geary (Edward R.) Letter to John McLellan Finding aid prepared by University of Oregon Libraries, Archivists' Toolkit Project Team and Austin Munsell Funding for production of this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC). University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives 2012
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Edward R. Geary letter to John McLellan Geary, Edward R., 1811-1886 Geary, Edward R., 1811-1886 CA 1851 Apr 17 0.1 linear feet 1 folder 1851 April 17 1 folder Edward R. Geary (1811-1886) was a pioneer, missionary and educator. The collection consists of a typed transcription of a letter to John McLellan in which Geary describes his "travel's history" in Latin America and Oregon. English . 1

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 Geary, Edward R., 1811-1886 Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Presbytery of Oregon Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. (Old School) Oregon Territory--History Missions--Oregon Territory Pioneers--Oregon--Correspondence Missionaries--Oregon--Correspondence Pioneers Correspondence

Edward R. Geary (1811-1886) was a pioneer, missionary and educator. He was born in Boonsboro, Maryland on April 30, 1811. He arrived in Oregon in 1851 as a Presbyterian missionary, preaching at Brownsville, Pleasant Grove and Albany, before settling in Eugene in 1875. In 1866, Geary co-founded Albany College, and in 1876 became a regent of the University of Oregon. He served as Superintendent of Indian Affairs in Oregon and Washington Territory from 1859-1861.

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The collection consists of a typed transcription of a letter to John McLellan in which Geary describes his "travel's history" in Latin America and Oregon. The letter was transcribed from a copy printed in the Wooster Democrat of Wooster, Oregon Territory dated June 19, 1951.

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