Joseph Henry Brown letter to Nettie Spencer
Scope and Contents
In the letter, Brown claims he and W. H. Gray are the main two authorities on the history of the provisional government in Oregon. Brown states that he found a great deal of information on Oregon's early history while researching papers left by former Governor Abernethy, the first Governor of the provisional government of Oregon.
Dates
- 1895 April 27
Creator
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Biographical / Historical
Joseph Henry Brown was born near Wilmington, Will County, Illinois, in 1837, and came overland to Oregon with his parents in 1847.
He served as an apprentice with the Oregon Statesman newspaper in Salem in the late 1850s. He joined the First Oregon Cavalry in 1861 and saw action in conflicts with Native Americans in eastern Oregon. He served as a clerk in the state legislature, and was employed as the Salem correspondent for the Oregonian newspaper.
In 1869 he married Margaret R. Graves, with whom he had four children, and around 1880 they moved to Portland.
Brown wrote monographs of histories of Oregon, and of "Indian wars in Oregon." The first volume of Political History of Oregon to 1848, was published in 1892, but subsequent volumes (1949-1860) remained unpublished due to Brown's ill health.
[Source: Joseph Henry Brown papers, Mss 1002, Oregon Historical Society Research Library; UO Libraries Digital Collection: Tribal Legacies.]
Extent
0.025 linear feet (1 container) : 1 folder
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Joseph Henry Brown (1867-1898) was an Oregon pioneer, newspaper printer and correspondent, a Veteran, and a historian who wrote about politics, and especially Native American culture and conflicts in Oregon. The collection contains a letter dated April 27, 1895 from Brown to Nettie Spencer regarding his and other's writings on the history of provisional government in Oregon.
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- Brown, J. Henry (Joseph Henry), 1837-1898
- Brown, J. Henry (Joseph Henry), 1837-1898
- Correspondence Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Oregon Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Oregon -- Politics and government -- 1859-1950 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Oregon Territory -- History Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Oregon Territory -- Politics and government Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Guide to the Joseph Henry Brown Letter to Nettie Spencer
- Status
- Complete Description
- Author
- Tanya Parlet.
- Date
- 2013
- 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
