[Rarebooks] FS: Scarce Work on Oregon, 1883

[Charles Agvent]

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EELLS, Rev. M[yron]. MARCUS WHITMAN M.D. PROOFS OF HIS WORK IN SAVING 
OREGON FOR THE UNITED STATES AND IN PROMOTING THE IMMIGRATION OF 1843. 
Portland, OR: Geo. H. Himes' Book and Job Printing House, 1883. First 
Edition. Original printed stitched salmon wraps (5-1/2" x 9"), 34 pages, 
housed in a cloth chemise and slipcase. INSCRIBED on the front wrap 
"Gift of Reverend Myron Eels--/Union City/Washington." A discussion on 
the role of Marcus Whitman as a leader of the first large party of wagon 
trains along the Oregon Trail in 1843. Quite scarce, the last comparable 
copy selling at auction in 1948. Dampstains on front wrap extending in 
greatly diminished size through much of the text. Very Good. 
(#020850)        $850

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