Oregon And Its Institutions; Comprising a Full History of the Willamette University, the First Established On the Pacific Coast
Oregon And Its Institutions; Comprising a Full History of the Willamette University, the First Established On the Pacific Coast
Hines, Gustavus, 1809-1873
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B. Brewer 200 Robert Shortess 100 James Bates 60 James S. O'Neil 50 Orpha Carter 10 -W. H. Gray 50 A. P.Waller 200 At the time this Bnbscription was raised the entire business of the eommtmity was done by the way of barter trade, as, properly speaking, there was no cash or money in the country, and the cash men- tioned in connection with the subscriptions simply means accepted orders either upon the mission store at Oregon City, or upon the Hudson's Bay Company at Vancouver. To show the earnest...ness and liberality with which this enterprise was carried forward it will be proper to observe that, in proportion to the means possessed, perhaps there never was a better subscription raised for any similar purpose, many of the persons cheer- ftdly giving from one quarter to one third of all they possessed in the world. The subscription, amounting to about four thousand dollars, was thought to be Digitized by VjOOQIC 152 OREGON AND ITS INSTITUTIONS. sufficient to warrant the erection of bnildings ; but there were difficulties in the way ; the whole matter was yet afloat.
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