Item #8842 [drop-title] Oregon -- Governor Gaines. Message from the President of the United States, Transmitting Copies of Correspondence with Governor Gains in Reference to the Government of the Territory of Oregon, May 3, 1852. Territories, Millard Fillmore, John P. Gaines, John J. Crittenden, Oregon.

[drop-title] Oregon -- Governor Gaines. Message from the President of the United States, Transmitting Copies of Correspondence with Governor Gains in Reference to the Government of the Territory of Oregon, May 3, 1852.

[Washington]: 1852. Disbound. Very Good binding. Item #8842

Octavo. 8 pp. Removed from volume. A very nice copy, notwithstanding. Gaines was appointed governor of the Territory of Oregon in 1849 by President Fillmore and served in that position until 1853. The controversy over the location of the capital (related here) lasted throughout Gaines's administration. Rare, with less than half a dozen institutional holdings according to OCLC.

Price: $75.00

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