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Title
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Letter to Brother and Sisters from Isaac Smith
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Description
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Isaac Smith describes the general family health, gives a description of Portland, and notes the arrival of William Murphy via the Oregon Trail with livestock. He complains about the scarcity of paper money and describes his boys leaving for the mines, serving on jury duty, killing a panther, and the general weather and crop conditions in the Oregon Territory.
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Identifier
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butlertranscripts/28
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Date
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October 22, 1854
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Creator
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Isaac Smith
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Type
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Text
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Spatial Coverage
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Bridgeport, Polk County, Oregon Territory
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Source
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Butler Family Letters, MSS 2
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Western Oregon University Archives
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Rights
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The contents of this collection, including all images and text, are for personal, educational, and non-commercial use only. The contents of this collection may not be reproduced in any form without the express permission of Western Oregon University Archives. For questions or permissions, please contact University Archives at (503) 838-8893 or libarchives@wou.edu.
