Lot
1079 
1817 Oregon Missionary Letter. Outside sheet of folded letter incoming with red cds "Baltimore Md Jan 8", matching red "Ship" with manuscript "52" rate marking, addressed to Capt. Pinkham at Cincinnati, endorsed "Schooner - Capt Phillips"; docketing reads "Ontario / Rio de Jan / Dec 22d 1817" with further notation "The ship Ontario is bound to Valparaiso with our missionary Judge Prevost and from there to Lima & the Columbia River," file folds as expected, Fine. Estimate $300 - 400.
Realized: $240
Lot
1080
O. & C. R.R. (Oregon & California Rail Road). Lot of eight cover/entires with manuscript "O. & C. R.R." marking used during the 1870's, also included is three covers/entires with "Cal. & Oreg. R.P.O." cds's, some with orginial enclosures, mixed condition, Fine and rare. Estimate $300 - 400.
Realized: $425
Lot 1081
Oregon City 1854 Ship Disaster Letter. Letter written by eyewitness to the explosion of a steamship just leaving port, with gory and explicit details of the horror of the dead and injured, mentions his friend was "blown to atoms" and other descriptions of arms and legs and blood everywhere, victims scalded to death, and of rescue attempts being made; newspaper article mentioned in letter not present, Fine (no photo).Estimate $200 - 300.
Realized: $350
Lot 1082
Oregon Revenue Documents, 1860's-1870's. Group of 16 items, mostly deeds, mortgages and indentures, regarding real estate, etc., all with U.S. Internal Revenue adhesives affixed, including some better imperfs, etc; please inspect, F.-V.F (no photo).Estimate $300 - 400.
Realized: $375
Lot 1083
Oregon Territory Letters & Documents. Group of 12 or so items, including an 1858 receipt for $17 for "Watch taken by the Indians in the Symco Vally", 1857 letter from U.S. Treasury to Gov. Curry about being short some money, couple Civil War related letters, 1861 letter from Sen. Lane about ordering a Hawkins rifle, several letters from the Hubbard correspondence, 1897 Don Juan Gold Mining letter, 1862 letter from Deschutes about repairing a boat and the writer having some "dust but no coin"; etc., interesting contents worth a close reading (no photo).Estimate $200 - 300.
Realized: $280
Lot
1084
Oregon Trail Letter. Datelined May 28 1849, carried by hand by a Mr. Pappan of Ft. Larime and posted at St. Joseph, Mo., postmarked Jun 23 with manuscript "5" and addressed to Kansas, Mo., to sister and wife and speaks of "scoars of the emagrants have died….theare is at this time over foar thousand wagons a head of us", etc; a few nicks but condition is remarkably good considering its itinerary. Estimate $200 - 300.
Realized: $1,800
Lot
1085
Oregon, July 1845. Stampless letter carried privately on the Oregon Trail, posted at Independence, Mo., Nov 18 cds, with manuscript "10", addressed to West Troy, N.Y.; contents of letter datelined as above and written by female missionary teaching at Oregon Institute, some sort of boarding school for the native population, and speaks of "converting souls" and other "Lord's work"; reasonably well preserved with some separations, F.-V.F. Estimate $500 - 750.
Realized: $1,350
Lot
1086
Registry Receipts 1855-7. Group of 30 or so receipts, mostly from California towns to Jacksonville, O.T., with some other originations and destinations including Colorado Terr., should be inspected, F.-V.F. lot. Estimate $200 - 300.
Realized: $95
Lot
1087
(Baker) Flickbar, Oreg. Boldly struck cds (Whittlesey #1, R8) with target cancelled 2¢ small Banknote (damaged) on 1898 usage to North Yakima, Wash. & forwarded to Tampico, cover with Northwest Railway Co corner card, roughly opened at right, Fine and rare, this cover is pictured in Whittlesey. Estimate $200 - 300.
Realized: $575
Lot
1088
(Baker) Richland, Oreg., Mar 21 1899. Clear cds with target cancel on 2¢ green entire, to Utah, Very Fine, none recorded. Estimate $100 - 150.
Realized: $105