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Mss
577
Nesmith, James Willis,
1820-1885.
James Willis Nesmith
papers.
1845-1961
1845-1885
2 cubic feet (4 document cases, 1
oversize folder)
Papers of an Oregon lawyer, political
figure, and Superintendent of Indian Affairs who served in the U.S. Senate from
1861-1867. Collection includes letters to and from Nesmith, including many
related to the pre-Civil War political crisis; diary of overland journey, 1843;
and diary and notebook from the Yakima Indian War, 1855. Also includes business
records from Nesmith's ranch in Polk County, family and genealogical
materials.
Materials in the
collection are in English
Biography of James Willis Nesmith:
James Willis Nesmith, a lawyer, rancher, and important Democratic
political figure in Oregon, was born July 23, 1820 in New Brunswick, Canada. He
grew up in Maine, the son of Irish immigrants who suffered financial
misfortunes. He attended school in Ohio, lived for a time in Iowa, then came to
Oregon with the Applegate wagon train in 1843. Settling at first in Oregon
City, he served as a judge under the provisional government from 1845-1846, and
member of the Provisional Legislature in 1845. He married Pauline Coff in 1846
and took a donation land claim on the Rickreall River in Polk County. He served
in the Yakima Indian war of 1855 and was promoted to Colonel. He held the
office of U.S. Marshall, 1855-1856, and Superintendent of Indian Affairs from
1856-1859. In 1860 he was elected U.S. Senator and served in Washington from
1861 to 1867. He was a "war Democrat," although he later opposed the Republican
program for reconstruction. After returning to Oregon, he was elected to
Congress in 1873 to fill the remainder of the late Joseph Wilson's term.
Serving until 1875, he retired to his Polk County ranch. After suffering a
debilitating stroke in 1884, he was committed to the state asylum in Salem and
died at his ranch the following year.
Papers include: personal and official correspondence (1861-1881),
including letters related to Nesmith's work as superintendent of Indian affairs
in Oregon, state legislator, and U.S. senator, many reflecting the pre-Civil
War crisis in the Democratic Party; diary and notebook from the Yakima Indian
War (1855); draft of report (November 19, 1855) from Nesmith to George Law
Curry concerning the First Regiment of the Oregon Mounted Volunteers; speeches;
genealogical materials; account book (1850-1857); ledger (1852-1860); list of
voters (1860). Correspondents include Jesse Applegate, Asahel Bush, George Law
Curry, Matthew P. Deady, Joseph Hooker, Joseph Lane, Robert Newell, and
Benjamin Stark.
The collection is arranged in two series:
Series 1: Correspondence
Series 2: General Materials
Overland diary of James Nesmith also available on microfilm at the
Oregon Historical Society Research Library.
The collection is open to the public.
The Oregon Historical Society is the owner of the materials in the
Research Library and makes available reproductions for research, publication,
and other uses. Written permission must be obtained from the Research Library
before any publication use. The Society does not necessarily hold copyright to
all of the materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use may
require seeking additional authorization from the copyright owners.
James Willis Nesmith Papers, Mss 577, Oregon Historical Society Research
Library
The origin of the collection is unknown.
The collection is indexed under the following headings in the online
catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or
places should search the catalog using these headings:
Nesmith,
James Willis, 1820-1885--Correspondence
Nesmith,
James Willis, 1820-1885--Diaries
Bush,
Asahel, 1824-1913--Correspondence
Curry,
Geo. L. (George Law), 1820-1878--Correspondence
Deady,
Matthew P. (Matthew Paul), 1824-1893--Correspondence
Hooker,
Joseph, 1814-1879--Correspondence
Lane,
Joseph, 1801-1881--Correspondence
Newell,
Robert, 1807-1869--Correspondence
Stark,
Benjamin, 1820-1898--Correspondence
Applegate,
Jesse A., 1811-1888--Correspondence
Democratic
Party (Or.)
United
States. Office of Indian Affairs. Oregon Superintendency--Archives
Indians of North
America--Oregon--Wars
Pacific Coast Indians--Wars
with, 1847-1865
Yakama Indians--Wars,
1855-1859
Oregon--Militia--Officers--Correspondence
Oregon--Politics and government--To 1859
Oregon--Politics and government--1859-1950
Oregon--History--To 1859
Oregon--History--1859-
Oregon--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Letters
Diaries
Speeches
Reports
Financial
records
Government and Politics
Military
Oregon
Overland Journeys to the Northwestern United States
Pioneers
Series I
Correspondence
Letters to
Nesmith
1/1
Ab - Ain
-
Abernethy, George
Mar. 9, 1859; July 6, 1861
2 letters
-
Ainsworth, John
Commigers
Feb. 27, 1859-Feb. 8, 1869
6 letters
1/2
Al - Au (excluding
Apllegate, J.)
-
Alvord, Benjamin
June 22, 1862-July [25], 1863
4 letters
-
Ankeny, Alexander P.
Dec. 27, 1860
1 letter
-
Applegate, Elisha
Lindsay
Oct. 29, 1861
1 letter
-
Ark, Daniel
April 13, 1974
1 letter
-
Ashmead, Lewis
May 27 [no year]
1 letter
-
Atkinson, R. J.
Apr. 12, 1859
1 letter
-
Augur, Christopher Colon
May 8, 1861
1 letter
1/3-4
Jesse
Applegate
July 20, 1845-Jan. 16, 1884
53
letters
1/5
Ba - Barnes (excluding
Barnhart)
-
Bache, Alexander Dallas
May 13, 1862; June 15, 1862
2 letter
-
Baker, Edward Dickinson
May 20, 1862
1 letter
-
Barkwell, M. C.
Feb. 25, 1862
1 letter
-
Barnard, A. D.
June 22, 1862
1 letter
-
Barnard, W. E.
Aug. 21, 1867
1 letter
-
Barnes, Joseph K.
July 14, 1864-June 30, 1868
6 letters
1/6
Barnhart
1856-1868
-
Barnhart, William H.
Mar. 22, 1856-Dec. 16, 1868
13 letters
1/7
Barnum - Boon
-
Barnum, E. M.
Sept. 1-Oct. 22, 1862
3 letters
-
Barstow, F. S.
Jan. 5, 1867
1 letter
-
Bennett, Charles
Sept. 26, 1848
1 letter
-
Berry, Thomas W.
June 12, 1865; Mar. 19, 1868
2 letters
-
Biddle, Benjamin R.
Aug. 18, 1862
1 letter
-
Bigelow, Daniel R.
Nov. 14, 1853
1 letter
-
Boise, Elizabeth
June [1862]
1 letter
-
Bond, Frank S.
May 3, 1864
1 letter
-
Boon, John Daniel
Jan. 21, 1862
1 letter
-
Boon, John Lee
Apr. 19, 1861; May 25, 1862
2 letters
1/8
Br - Burkhart
-
Bristow, William
Wilshire
Feb. 21, 1862
1 letter
-
Brooks, Quincy Adams
July 24, 1862
1 letter
-
Broughton, N.
June 7, 12, 1862
2 letters
-
Brown, Z. J.
Mar. 7, 1862
1 letter
-
Browne, John Ross
Nov. 5, 1857-Feb. 5, 1862
4 letters
-
Bruce, James
Jan. 22, 1862
1 letter
-
Burbank, Augustus Ripley
Apr. 19, 1862
1 letter
-
Burkhart, C. D.
Apr. 2, 21, 1862
2 letters
-
Burkhart, L. C.
Apr. 26, 1862
1 letter
1/9
Burnett -
Butler
-
Burnett, Peter Hardeman
Aug. 4, 1865; Feb. 27, 1866
2 letters
-
Bush, Asahel
Sept. 9, 1855; Feb. 6-Aug. 13,
1862
12 letters
-
Bush, William W. and S. W. Moss
[letter to Nesmith and Stark]
May 13, 1862
1 letter
-
Butler, Benjamin
Franklin
Feb. 27, 1864
1 letter
1/10
Ca - Cl
-
Campbell, Lewis Davis
May 7, 1866
1 letter
-
Cann, T. H.
Sept. 19, 1881
1 letter
-
Chadwick, Stephen Fowler
Dec. 28, 1858; Mar. 12-May 12,
1862
4 letters
-
Chase, Henri M.
July 14, 1883
1 letter
-
Clark, Hansom and Joel
Palmer
Sept. 29, 1851
1 letter
1/11
Co
-
Cochran, Silas D.
Mar. 25-May 5, 1862
3 letters
-
Coe, Lawrence White
Aug. 31, July 21, 1862
2 letters
-
Coe, Nathaniel
Apr. 8, Aug. 12, 1862
2 letters
-
Cole, James
Sept. 15, 1862
1 letter
-
Conkling, Edgar
Feb. 28-May 27, 1862
3 letters
-
Connell, J. A.
Aug. 16, 1862
1 letter
-
Corbett, Henry Winslow
Mar. 8, 1862; Jan. 9, 1863
2 letters
-
Cowen, Edgar
Dec. 3, 1873
1 letter
1/12
Cr - Cu
-
Craig, T.
June 8, 1862
1 letter
-
Crane, C. H.
Mar. 15, 1879
1 letter
-
Cranston, Ephraim
Apr. 29, 1862
1 letter
-
Crawford, Medorem
May 29, Aug. 27, 1862; Jan. 9,
1879
3 letters
-
Crawford, S. G.
Mar. 29, Apr. 6, 1862
2 letters
-
Cummins, Henry
May 5, 1862
1 letter
-
Cummins, John
Apr. 23, 1862
1 letter
-
Curry, George Law
Feb. 29, 1848-Sept. 19, 1856
7 letters
-
Cushman, Joseph
Mar. 1, 16, 1862
2 letters
1/13
Da - De (excluding
Deady)
-
Dan, W. L.
Feb. 12, 1862
1 letter
-
Dandy, G. B.
Dec. 21, 1862; Feb. 27, 1867
2 letters
-
Davenport, Timothy
woodbridge
June 3, 1883
1 letter
-
Davis, Jefferson C.
May 2, 1874
1 letter
-
Davis, L. A.
June 23, 1862
1 letter
-
Deifendorff, P. H.
Jan. 2, 1848
1 letter
-
Denlinger, Henry
Mar. 25, 1862
1 letter
1/14-23
Deady, Matthew
Paul
Feb. 23, 1851-June 30, 1882
171
letters
1/14
M. P.
Deady
1851-1852
1/15
M. P.
Deady
1853-1854
1/16
M. P.
Deady
1855-1856
1/17
M. P.
Deady
1857-1859
1/18
M. P.
Deady
1860-1861
1/19
M. P.
Deady
1862-1863
1/20
M. P.
Deady
1864
1/21
M. P.
Deady
1865-1866
1/22
M. P.
Deady
1867-1876
1/23
M. P.
Deady
1877-1882
1/24
Di - Do
-
Dole, William P.
Mar. 13, 1865; Mar. 28, 1865
2 letters
-
Dolph, Joseph Norton
Mar. 28, 1862; Oct. 22, 1883
2 letters
-
Dowell, Benjamin
Franklin
Apr. 1, 1857
1 letter
1/25
Dra - Drew, E.
P.
-
Draper, Lyman C.
June 10, 1862
1 letter
-
Drew, C. S.
Feb. 22, May 23, 1862} Jan. 24,
1865
3 letters
-
Drew, Edwin P.
Apr. 14, 1855; Apr. 14, May 2,
1862
3 letters
1/26
J. Drew -
Dryer
-
Drew, Joseph W.
Mar. 8-Sept. 28, 1862
9 letters
-
Dryer, Thomas Jefferson
Nov. 23, 1861; Feb. 7, 1862
2 letters
2/1
E
-
Eddy, C. B.
July 26, 1862
1 letter
-
Edmunds, George Franklin
Oct. 9, 1883
1 letter
-
Elfelt, A. B.
Aug. 1, 1862
1 letter
-
Elkins, James
Mar. 19, 1862
1 letter
-
Emory, Matilda W.
(Bache)
July 6, [1861]
1 letter
-
Emory, W. H. (Gen'l,
USA)
June, 11, 25, 1861
2 letters
-
Evans, Charles
[Oct?] 29, 1863
1 letter
-
Evans, Elwood
Sept. 20, 1862
1 letter
2/2
Fa
-
Fagan, Robert
Mar. 7, 1876
1 letter
-
Farrar, William H.
Oct. 9, 1853-Oct. 16, 1862
9 letters
2/3
Fi - Fr
-
Fisk and Hatch
Mar. 13, 1862
1 letter
-
Francis, Simeon
June 19, July 28, 1862
2 letters
-
Franz, D. W.
June 10, 1862 (2)
2 letters
-
Frisbie, John B.
Nov. 30, 1862
1 letter
2/4
Ga - Gri
-
Gaines, Archibald E.
June 15, 1862
1 letter
-
Gale, Joseph
Apr. 22, 1880
1 letter
-
Gaston, Joseph
Oct. 26, 1865; Feb. 12, 1866
2 letters
-
Gates, Nathaniel H.
Apr. 20, 1862
1 letter
-
Geary, Edward Rachford
Mar. [?], 1852; June 14, 1878
2 letters
-
Gibbons, A. M.
Aug. 27, 1862; undated
2 letters
-
Gibbs, Addison Crandall
July 18, 1862; Jan. 24, 1874
2 letters
-
Grant, Ulysses Simpson
Feb. 14, 1867; undated
2 letters
-
Greenwood, A. B.
July 16, 1859
1 letter
-
Grimm, John W.
Jan. 26, 1862
1 letter
2/5
Gro - Gu
-
Groux, D. E.
Feb. 16, 1863
1 letter
-
Grover, C.
Dec. 5, 1865
1 letter
-
Grover, Lafayette
Dec. 18, 1858-Jan. 6, 1874
7 letters
-
Guthrie, G. W.
Oct. 28, 1861; Apr. 30, 1862
2 letters
2/6
H - Han
-
Haller, Granville Owen
Dec. 16, 1855; May 12, July 21,
1856
3 letters
-
Hamilton, E.
Feb. 20, May 2, 1862; Nov. 25,
1873
3 letters
-
Hancock, Winfield Scott
Dec. 6 1864-May 14, 1866; Jan. 19,
1874
4 letters
2/7
Har - Haz
-
Hardie, James A.
Jan. 9, 1861
1 letter
-
Harding, Benjamin F.
Dec. 20, 1861-June 6, 1863
5 letters
-
Hartauff, George S.
Dec. 25, 1861
1 letter
-
Harvey, J. W. McL.
July 11, 1883
1 letter
-
Hawley, L. C.
May 29, 1862
1 letter
-
Hasen, William Babcock
Oct. 20, 1858; June 1, Dec. 14,
1862
3 letters
2/8
He - Hol
-
Heath, Lucien
Dec. 6, 1861 (2); Apr. 8, 1862
3 letters
-
Henderson, John Brooks
Mar. 29, 1869
1 letter
-
Herring, C. F.
July 28, 1877
1 letter
-
Hill, William Lair
July 12, 1883
1 letter
-
Hoffman, Ogden
Nov. 9, 1866
1 letter
-
Hoffman, William
Sept. 28, 1861
1 letter
-
Holbrook, Amory
Mar. 9, 1862 (2); Mar. 20, 1862
3 letters
-
Holbrook, Mary H.
May 22, June 6, 1862
2 letters
2/9
Hooker,
Joseph
Dec. 19, 1859-Apr. 9, 1865
12
letters
-
19 December 1859
8 pp
-
18 January 1861
3 pp
-
14 June 1861
1 p
-
26 December 1861
2 pp
-
24 April 1862
2 pp + 4 pp enclosures (4pp
typescript)
-
4 May 1862
3 pp (1pp typescript)
-
5 May 1862
7 pp (2pp typescript)
-
13 May 1862
3 pp (1pp typescript)
-
11 July 1862
4 pp (1pp typescript)
-
8 October? 1862
3 pp
-
9 April 1864
3 pp
-
9 April 1865
3 pp
2/10
Hop - Hu
-
Hopkins, Charles
June 7, 1862
1 letter
-
Howard, Hugh H.
Oct. 13, 1862
1 letter
-
Hubbard, Thomas
Jefferson
Sept. 24, 1858
1 letter, copy
-
Hubbell, William L.
Mar. 21, 1862
1 letter
-
Humason, Orlando
Jan. 1, 1862; Jan. 29, 1864
2 letters
-
Huntington, J. W. Perit
Sept. 26, 1861; Feb. 1, 1866
2 letters
2/11
I
-
Ihrie, George P.
Dec. 14, 1855; Jan. 26, 1856
2 letters
-
Ingalls, Rufus
June 15, 1861-Mar. 23, 1864
8 letters
-
Ironsides, R. B.
June 13, 1862
1 letter
2/12
K
-
Kearny, E. S.
Mar. 13, 1860-June 21, 1862
5 letters
-
Kelly, John
Jan. 1, 1862
1 letter
-
Kendall, Benjamin
Freeman
Nov. 12, 1861-July 18, 1862
7 letters
-
Kilgore, James
Mar. 29, 1862
1 letter
-
Killin, Benton
Dec. 27, 1874
1 letter
-
King, Preston
May 26, 1862
1 letter
2/13
La (except
Lane)
-
Ladd, John Wesley
July 20, 1866
1 letter
-
Ladd, Robert J.
May 20, 1862
1 letter
-
Ladd, William Sargent
Jan. 10-May 14, 1862
4 letters
-
LaDow, George Augustus
Apr. 20, 1874
1 letter
-
Lamson, Roswell H.
May 13, 1862; Jan. 7, 1865
2 letters
-
Latham, Milton Slocum
Oct. 12, Dec. 25, 1863; Feb. 11,
1865
3 letters
2/14
Lane
-
Lane, Joseph
Sept. 11, 1849-Apr. 14, 1855
18 letters
2/15
Le - Lo
-
LeConte, John L.
June 19, 1862
1 letter
-
Lee, Hugh
Feb. 7, 1862
1 letter
-
Leonard, W. B.
Aug. 20, 1862
1 letter
-
Leonard and Green
July 20, Sept. 2, 1862
2 letters
-
Livermore, W. H.
Oct. 1, 1874
1 letter
-
Logan, David
Feb. 12, 1869
1 letter
-
Lovejoy, Asa Lawrence
Dec. 21, 1846; Dec. 18, 1847; July 8,
1866
3 letters
2/16
Mc - Mag
-
McBride, James
Dec. 12, 1865
1 letter
-
McClure, T. C.
Mar. 19-May 25, 1862
3 letters
-
McCoy, J. F.
Mar. 20, 1862
1 letter
-
McCully, Asa A.
Jan. 3, 1862
1 letter
-
McFeely, Michael
Jan. 20, 1862
1 letter
-
McKay, William Cameron
July 3, 1854
1 letter
-
Magruder, W. T.
June 1, 1862
1 letter
2/17
Man - May
-
Mansfield, J. K, F.
Mar. 29, 1862
1 letter
-
Marshall, Anson S.
May 22, Sept. 27, 1862
2 letters
-
Maury, Reuben F.
Jan. 6-Mar. 4, 1862; Apr. 22, 1866
4 letters
-
May, Samuel E.
Mar. 24, May 1, 1862
2 letters
2/18
Me - My
-
Merry, T. B.
Oct. 21, 1878
1 letter
-
Miller, Frank, and
others
Sept. 14, 1865
1 letter
-
Mitchell, Ira
May 31, 1862
1 letter
-
Mix, Gustavus L.
Mar. 31, 1862
1 letter
-
Monteith, Thomas
Mar. 22, 1862
1 letter
-
Morehouse, Edgar P.
July 7, 1862
1 letter
-
Morgan, Edward S.
Feb. 18, 26, 1862
2 letters
-
Morrow, R.
May 11, 1866
1 letter
-
Mott, C. H.
Sept. 29, 1859
1 letter
-
Mulkey, Marion F.
Apr. 18, 1862
1 letter
-
Myer, Albert J.
Oct. 20, 1867
1 letter
2/19
N
-
Nesmith, John
Mar. 29, 1862
1 letter
-
Newell, Robert
Jan. 13, 1861-Jan. 20, 1863; Apr. 9,
1868
9 letters
-
Nibley, A. E.
Apr. 28, 1862
1 letter
2/20
O
-
Olney, Cyrus
July 15, 1854-Feb. 24, 1862
5 letters
-
Olney, Nathan
Oct. 31, 1854
1 letter
-
O'Meara, James
Feb. 13, 1860
1 letter
-
O'Neill, James
July 26, 1862
1 letter
-
Owen, H. C.
Jan. 25, 1862
1 letter
2/21
Pa - Po
-
Page, William Wilmor
Feb. 7, 1862
1 letter
-
Parker, S. H.
Apr. 30, 1862
1 letter
-
Parmer, Thomas
Aug. 8, 1862
1 letter
-
Parrish, Josiah L.
July 6, 1878
1 letter
-
Pendleton, George Hunt
[1862?]
1 letter
-
Pengra, Bynon J.
Jan. 21, May 10, 1862
2 letters
-
Pettygrove, Francis W.
Nov. 15, 1861
1 letter
-
Pickett, Charles E.
Aug. 25, 1860
1 letter
-
Pinn, Franklin
May 23, 1862
1 letter
-
Plessonton, A.
June 5, 11, 1861
2 letters
-
Porter, David W.
Jan. 15, 1861-May 7, 1862
5 letters
2/22
Pr - Py
-
Pratt, Orville C.
Mar. 31, 1853; Jan. 27, 1861-Aug. 18,
1862; ??? 25, 1875
11 letters
-
Pyle, James M.
Mar. 14-June 1, 1862
4 letters
2/23
Q - Rector
-
Quimble, J. M.
Aug. 30, 1862
1 letter
-
Rector, William Henry
Dec. 5, 1861-Nov. 20, 1862
6 letters
2/24
Reed - Ru
-
Reed, Simeon Gannett
Jan. 1, 1862
1 letter
-
Rogers, Amos E.
Feb. 22, Mar. 22, 1862
2 letters
-
Rowland, George
Feb. 19, 1862
1 letter
-
Ruffner, Peter
Apr. 18, 1858; Feb. 6, 1859
2 letters
2/25
Se - Si
-
Seward, William Henry
Dec. 15, 1864
1 letter
-
Shannon, Wesley
Mar. 1, 1862
1 letter
-
Shattuck, Erasmus D.
Nov. 26, 1874
1 letter
-
Sheridan, Philip Henry
Dec. 5, 1862; Jan. 15, 1866
2 letters
-
[Shrubrick?], W. B.
Dec. 28, 1863
1 letter
-
Simpson, Benjamin
Nov. 28, 1861; June 14, 1862
2 letters
2/26
Sm - Sp
-
Smallwood, James B.
May 26, Aug. 28, 1862
2 letters
-
Smith, Albert J.
Oct. 29, 1858
1 letter
-
Smith, Delazon
Nov. 30, 1858; Feb. A, 1859
2 letters
-
Smith, [Edward Henry?]
Jan. 8, 1862
1 letter
-
Smith, Hiram
Dec. 12, [1861?]
1 letter
-
Smith, James A.
Mar. 7, 1876
1 letter
-
Smith, John
Sept. 3, 1866
1 letter
-
Smith, Truman
May 29, 1862
1 letter
-
Snook, J. S.
Nov. 25, 1862
1 letter
-
Spencer, W. H.
June 9, 1862
1 letter
2/27
Sta
-
Staats, Stephen
Dec. 1, 1861; June 16, 1862
2 letters
-
Stark, Benjamin
Nov. 21, 1855-Jan. 12, 1884
9 letters
-
Starkweather, William A.
Feb. 21, 1862
1 letter
2/28
Ste
-
Steinberger, Justus
Feb. 20-July 10, 1862
4 letters
-
Stephens, James B.
Feb. 21, 1862
1 letter
-
Stevens, Isaac Ingalls
Mar. 15-June 20, 1862
5 letters
2/29
Sto - Sw
-
Stout, Lansing
Feb. 5, 1858; Jan. 28, 1860; Mar. 4,
1866
3 letters
-
Stratton, Riley Evans
Jan. 20, 1862
1 letter
-
Strong, William
May 19, 1853
1 letter
-
Swords, Thomas
Feb. 24, 1858-June 19, 1862
5 letters
2/30
Th - Tichenor
-
Thornton, Jesse Quinn. [See also E.
Hamilton to Nesmith]
May 22, 1847
1 letter
-
Tichenor, William
Dec. 12, 1861-Apr. 24, 1862
5 letters
2/31
Tilton - Tw
-
Tilton, Alfred E.
Mar., 1862
2 letters
-
Tilton, Charles E.
Aug. 19-Sept. A, 1862
5 letters
-
Tilton, A. E. and C. E.
Apr. 4-Oct. 15, 1862
2 letters
-
Tolmie, William Fraser
June 19, 1883; undated
2 letters
-
Twogood, James Henry
Dec. 8, 1866
1 letter
2/32
V - Wa
-
Van Riper, S.
undated
1 letter
-
Wait, Aaron E.
Feb. 28, 1866
1 letter
-
Wakeman, Dimon & Co.
May 14-June 2, 1862
3 letters
-
Wakeman, Gookin &
Dickinson
May 9, 1864
1 letter
-
Walker, C. M.
Aug. 26, 1849
1 letter
-
Waller, Alvin F.
Apr. 30, 1862
1 letter
-
Warren, W.
Feb. 27, 1862
1 letter
-
Watt, Joseph
Apr. 24, 1862
1 letter
-
Waymire, Fred
Jan. 18, Nov. 4, 1850; Jan. 14,
1853
3 letters
2/33
Wh - Wy
-
White, Elijah
Mar. 30, 1862
1 letter
-
White, William L.
Feb. 19, 1862
1 letter
-
Whiteaker, John
Mar. 24, 1861
1 letter
-
Whittlesey, S. H.
Jan. 3, 1862
1 letter
-
Wilbur, James Harvey
Dec. 28, 1861-July 23, 1864
4 letters
-
Williams, George
Feb. 9, 1862
1 letter
-
Williams, George Henry
Aug. 14, 1883
1 letter
-
Wilson, Eupheme C.
Apr. 11, 1862
1 letter
-
Wilson, Joseph Gardner
[1853?]-Sept. 29, 1862
4 letters
-
Wilson, James M.
July 11, Oct. 11, 1862
2 letters
Letters by
Nesmith
Many of these are copies
3/1
A- Bo
-
Alvord, Benjamin
Dec. 29, 1862
1 letter
-
Applegate, Jesse
Jan. 3, 1859-Apr. 20, 1876
8 letters
-
Bond, Frank S.
Apr. 29, 1864
1 letter
3/2
Bush
-
Bush, Asahel
May 28, 1851-Dec. 11, 1866
35 letters
3/3
C - G
-
Campbell, L. D.
May 20, 1866
1 letter
-
Crawford.
Apr. 2, 1863
1 letter
-
Dole, William P.
June 2, 1862, June 27, 1864
2 letters
-
Doolittle, J. R.
Mar. 28, 1865
1 letter
-
Dowell, Benjamin
Franklin
June 11, 1877
1 letter
-
Edmunds, George R.
Oct. 20, 1883
1 letter
-
Failing, Henry
July 22, 1877
1 letter
-
Goff, David
Mar. 20, 1863
1 letter
-
Gordon, Harvey
Dec. 22, 1860; Feb. 6-Apr. 19,
1861
6 letters
-
Grier, William
Nov. 19, 1858
1 letter
3/4
H - Ladd
-
Harlan, James
Oct. 23, 1865
1 letter
-
Hill, William Lair
Feb. 15, 1883
1 letter
-
Jenkins, Willis
Sept. 2, 1856
1 letter
-
Jordan, Thomas
Sept. 7, 1859
1 letter
-
Knott, W. W.
Nov. 19, 1883
1 letter
-
Ladd, William Sargent
May 3, 1885
1 letter
3/5
Lane - M
-
Lane, Joseph
Aug. 21, 1858; undated
2 letters
-
McArthur, L. L.
Dec. 28, 1873; Ap 4, 1874; Feb. 12,
1880
3 letters
-
Maury, Reuben F.
Apr. 3, 1862
1 letter
-
[Mendell?], ______
Jan. 3, 1862
1 letter
-
Miller, Frank, and
others
Sept. 16, 1865
1 letter
-
Mix, Charles E.
Nov. 12, 1858
1 letter
3/6
O - S
-
O'Meara, James
Dec. 4, 1859; June 3, 1873
2 letters
-
Pope, John
Dec. 12, 1863
1 letter
-
Smith, Delazon
June 9, 1859 [incomplete]
-
Squier, E. G.
Dec. 27, 1865
1 letter
-
Stanton, Edward M.
Dec. 18, 1865
1 letter
-
Stark, Benjamin
Apr. 27, 1860
1 letter
-
Stevens, Isaac Ingalls
Nov. 1, 1858, Jan, 16. 1860
2 letters
3/7
T - W
-
Thornton, Jesse Quinn
May 20, 1847
1 letter
-
Tilton, A. E. and C. E.
May 28, 1862
1 letter
-
Waldo, Clara
June 22, 1882
1 letter
-
Whitson, W. C.
May 27, 1864
1 letter
-
Wilson, Joseph Gardner
Nov, 29, 1862
1 letter
-
Wilson, Samuel
June 27, 1845
1 letter
-
Wyeth, George
Dec. 29, 1862
1 letter
3/8
Letters to family
27
letters
-
Letters to wife and children
1853-1881
27 letters
-
Letter to his cousin Harriet
Sept. 23, 1863
1 letter
-
Letters to his mother
July 26, 1862; Sept. 22, 1862
2 letters
3/9
Letters to cousin, Albert
Otis
1867-1881
(typescript copy), 7
letters
3/10
Other letters
These letters in the Nesmith collection neither addressed to
him nor from him.
- William Henry Rector to Harvey
GordonJan. 9-Apr. 24, 1862
3 letters
- S. G. French to Rufus
IngallsJune 14, 1866
1 letter
- F. Haven to Benjamin Alvord, relating to
joint occupation of San Juan IslandSept. 18, 1864
copy, 1 letter
- J. K. Barnes to Lloyd BrookeFeb. 6, 1866
copy, 1 letter
- J. K. Barnes to John GreenFeb. 6, 1866
copy, 1 letter
- J. K. Barnes to R. R.
ThompsonFeb. 6, 1866
copy, 1 letter
- James Harlan to Andrew
JohnsonDec. 20, 1665
copy, 1 letter
- Oregon Delegation to William P.
FessendenJan. 5, 1865
copy, 1 letter
Series II
General Materials
3/11
Draft of report to George Law
Curry. First Regt. Oregon Mounted
Nov. 19, 1855
3/12
Eulogy of Charles Sumner
(incomplete) delivered in House of Representatives.
1874
3/13
Address to Oregon Pioneer
Association
June 15, 1875
3/14
Diary and notebook, Yakima
War
1855
3/15
Autobiography, biography,
letters relating to Nesmith family history, genealogy.
1881-1187; 1961; undated
3/16
S. A. Clarke notes on
Nesmith
undated
3/17
Biographical and genealogical
notes, letters and manuscripts
1893-1894, undated
3/18
Receipt note and general
materials
1855-1866, undated
3/19
General materials
1844-1866
-
Telegram. Harding, Bush, Boise, and
Heath to Nesmith
Feb. 22, 1862
1 letter
-
Bond, Supt. of Indian
Affairs
Apr. 22, 1857
1 letter
-
Orders and Instructions to Capt. Jas. W.
Nesmith... [Curry]
Aug. 25, 1853
1 letter
-
2 passes, "over the bridge and within
the lines," [Washington D.C.]
June 14, July 7, 1861
1 letter
-
Notice of election, Judge of
Oregon
June 12, 1845
1 letter
-
"General Orders No. 19" - R. F.
Maury.
June 23, 1865
1 letter
3/20
Design of
Gravestone
undated
1
letter
4/1
Account book
1850-1857
J. W. Nesmith & Co., and newspaper subscribers'
accounts.
4/2
Ledger
1852-1860
1
volume
4/3
List of voters, 1860
election, Oregon.
1860
1
volume
4/4
Diary of westward
journey
1843
2
volumes
Ends Sept. 15. Not complete. For transcription, see Oregon
Historical Quarterly, vol. 7 (1906), pp. 330-359. Complete diary also available
on microfilm.
Oversize folder
Continuation of
diary
1843
4/5
"Names of the emigrants of
1843, including all who started either to Oregon or California"
undated
Oversize folder
Certificate of appointment of
James Nesmith as Superintendent of Indian Affairs for the Territory of
Washington and Oregon
1857 March 15
Oversize folder
Coat of arms of Nesmith
family, on cloth
undated