David Wilkins letter to Oregon City merchants and businessmen
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of a single letter addressed to the "Merchants and Businessmen of Oregon City, Oregon Terotory (sic)". In the letter, Davis offers to oversee building and delivery of a "low draft steamboat" for use on the rivers of Pacific Northwest. He gives "Captain Sutter" as a reference.
Dates
- 1849 September 26
Creator
- Wilkins, David, active 1847-1849 (Person)
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Biographical / Historical
David Wilkins was a common merchant from Pittsburgh who had a hand in the steam boat commerce of that city. From about 1850, steamboats operated on the Columbia River and its tributaries, including the Willamette River.
Extent
0.1 linear feet (1 container) : 1 folder
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
David Wilkins was a common merchant from Pittsburgh who had a hand in the steam boat commerce of that city. The collection consists of a letter from Wilkins to the merchants and businessmen of Oregon City, Oregon Territory.
Processing Information
Collection processed by staff.
This finding aid may be updated periodically to account for new acquisitions to the collection and/or revisions in arrangement and description.
- Correspondence Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Merchants -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Oregon City (Or.) -- commerce Subject Source: Lcnaf
- Shipowners -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Shipping -- Oregon Territory Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Steam-navigation -- Oregon Territory Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Steamboats Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Wilkins, David, active 1847-1849
- Title
- Guide to the David Wilkins Letter to Oregon City Merchants and Businessmen
- Status
- Complete Description
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by University of Oregon Libraries, Archivists' Toolkit Project Team
- Date
- 2012
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
- Sponsor
- Funding for production of this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).
Repository Details
Part of the University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives Repository
