ORU_CBT395.xml Guide to the Jessy Quinn Thornton Papers circa 1810-1888 Thornton (Jessy Quinn) papers Finding aid prepared by University of Oregon Libraries, Archivists' Toolkit Project Team and Jenn Newby University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives 2012
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1299 University of Oregon Eugene, OR 97403-1299 spcarref@uoregon.edu http://libweb.uoregon.edu/speccoll
Jessy Quinn Thornton papers Thornton, J. Quinn (Jessy Quinn), 1810-1888 CB T395 0.1 linear feet 1 container 1 folder circa 1810-1888 J. Q. Thornton (1810-1888) was a lawyer, Oregon pioneer, judge and lobbyist. Collection includes one, fifteen paged copy of "Oregon History" written by Thornton; one, eleven paged letter to Thornton concerning the Indian Delegation that went to St. Louis to inquire about the Bible; and one, six paged autobiography of Thornton. English . multiple collection box [CB T395] 1

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 Oregon Territory--Politics and government Frontier and pioneer life--Oregon Territory Judges--Oregon Pioneers--Oregon Territory Pioneers Territorial Government Autobiographies Letters (Correspondence) Histories

Born in Mason County, Virginia in 1810, Jessy Quinn Thornton was educated at the University of Virginia where he studied law. He later practiced law in Palmyra and Hannibal Missouri, and in Quincy, Illinois. In 1838 he married Nancy M. Logue at Hannibal. In 1846 he traveled overland to Oregon with his family. He became a judge of the Oregon Provisional Government Supreme Court and was sent to Washington to lobby for the establishment of a territorial government. His works include Oregon and California in 1848 (1849). He died in Salem, Oregon, in 1888.

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Collection includes one, fifteen paged copy of "Oregon History" written by Thornton; one, eleven paged letter to Thornton concerning the Indian Delegation that went to St. Louis to inquire about the Bible; and one, six paged autobiography of Thornton.

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