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QUARTERLY OF THE OREGON HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

Contents No. 1, Vol. I, March, 1900.

The Genesis of Political Authority and of a Commonwealth
Government in Oregon
James R. Robertson
1
The Process of Selection in Oregon Pioneer SettlementThomas
Condon
60
Nathaniel J. Wyeth's Oregon Expeditions—"In Historic Mansions
and Highways Around Boston"
66
Reminiscences of F. X. MatthieuH. S. Lyman 73
Documents—Correspondence of John McLoughlin, Nathaniel J. Wyeth,
S. R. Thurston, and R. C. Winthrop, pertaining to claim of Dr. McLoughlin
at the Falls of the Willamette—the site of Oregon City
105
Notes and News 70

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