Amory Holbrook came to Oregon from Massachusetts when he was appointed
the United States Attorney for Oregon by President Zachary Taylor. He
prosecuted and won the murder trial after the deaths of Marcus and Narcissa
Whitman. From 1862 to 1864 he was the editor of
The collection consists of letters, speeches and documents from the public life of Amory Holbrook. Several (perhaps all) of the speeches were delivered at meetings in the Methodist Church. Most of the documents are certificates recording Holbrook's appointments as a land Commissioner or as U.S. Attorney; some date to the time when he was still living in New England.
The collection is open to the public.
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Amory Holbrook Papers, Mss 1171, Oregon Historical Society Research Library.
Oversize materials have been moved to a separate storage box; see Container List.
The origin of the collection is unknown.
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