A narrative of the life and work of Eliza Spalding Warren, the second white child born in Oregon Territory, with other facts relating to the coming of the early missionaries from 1834-38, the first printing press, the Indian tribes, the Whitman Massacre, the conspiracy to kill Gov. I. I. Stevens, and other events connected with the pioneer history of the Northwest.
Subject (Geographic):
Oregon Territory --History --Sources and Washington (State) --History
Subject (Name):
Eells, Edwin, 1841-1917, Stevens, Isaac Ingalls, 1818-1862, and Warren, Eliza Spalding, 1837-1919
Subject (Topic):
Cayuse Indians, Frontier and pioneer life --Oregon --History, Frontier and pioneer life --Washington (State), Indians of North America --Washington (State), Missionaries --Washington (State), Nez Perce Indians, Pioneer children --West (U.S.) --History, and Whitman Massacre, 1847 --Personal narratives
Autograph manuscript transcribed by William Partridge. Pages 67-137 contain "A compendium of logick, according to the modern philosophy, extracted from Le-grand & others their systems." This is followed by shorthand notes. Given by Partridge to Timothy Edwards, and later owned by Jonathan Edwards when a student at Yale in 1718. A note in F. B. Dexter’s hand says the book was also used by Warham Mather. On the verso of the first leaf: "Jonathan Edward’s Book 1751."
Subject (Name):
Harvard University --Students, Partridge, William, 1669-1693, Ramus, Petrus, 1515-1572, and Yale University --Students
Subject (Topic):
Logic --Study and teaching --Early works to 1800 and Shorthand--Early works to 1800
Initials (?) on title page: B.D.B. Manuscript note on page 172: Nil advo[?] paruum est, tibi quin solatia pro[ce]ssit [undeciphered] punctum unum grande te[?]num hab[undeciphered].