Description:
Letter from Mrs. Spalding, dated August 5, 1850 to her sister, Miss Lorene
Hart at Holland Patent. Written from Calapooya, Oregon. Mrs. Spalding makes
mention of the massacre; how they got out; the "guilty biogoted Catholic";
cost of living in Oregon; her own poor health, etc. [Caption from Clifford M.
Drury's notes.]
Creator:
Spalding, Eliza Hart, 1807-1851. (author)
Subject names:
Spalding, Eliza Hart, 1807-1851., Spalding, Henry Harmon, 1803-1874., Whitman, Marcus, 1802-1847., Hart, Lorene., Drury, Clifford Merrill, 1897-1984.
Topics:
Indians of North America--Missions., Whitman Massacre, 1847.
Geographic subjects:
Holland Patent (N.Y.), Calapooya Mountains (Or.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:2161