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Nellie Latourette poetry, Lib. Acc. 12655.
The Latourette family settled in Oregon City in the late 1840s. The family members were well known for their professional and civic accomplishments. Some were judges, mayors and lawyers. Earl C. Latourette (1889-1956) was an Oregon Supreme Court justice and circuit judge. Lyman Daniel Cornwall Latourette (1825-1886) was a pioneer schoolteacher and merchant. He was also one of the founders of the Oregon City Woolen Mills.
Latourette family papers, Mss 1425, Oregon Historical Society Research Library.
Collection includes miscellaneous financial records, ephemera, correspondence, and poetry, circa 1859-1930, mostly of Lyman Ezra Latourette. Other family members include Lyman Daniel Cornwall Latourette, Lucy Jane Grey, Ann Eliza Fisher, and Nellie Edith Latourette.
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