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Lawyers -- Oregon -- Jacksonville

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

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Benjamin Franklin Dowell papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ax 031
Abstract

Benjamin Franklin Dowell, a native of Virginia, came west on the overland trail in 1850. He practiced law in Jacksonville, Oregon and in Washington, D.C. Dowell, with the assistance of his wife and others, owned the Oregon Sentinel newspaper in Jacksonville. The Benjamin Franklin Dowell Papers includes memorandum books, diaries, scrapbooks, and correspondence between Dowell and his wife from Jacksonville and Washington, D.C.

Dates: 1847-1882