DR. JOHN McLOUGHLIN[1]

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Dr. John McLoughlin

Taken from a daguerreotype of Dr. John McLoughlin made in 1856, about ayear before his death. The original daguerreotype belongs to Mrs. JosiahMyrick of Portland, Oregon, a granddaughter of Dr. McLoughlin.

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DR. JOHN McLOUGHLIN

the Father of Oregon

BY

FREDERICK V. HOLMAN

Director of the Oregon Pioneer Association and of theOregon Historical Society

With Portraits

Cleveland, Ohio

The Arthur H. Clark Company

1907

COPYRIGHT, 1907, BY[6]

FREDERICK V. HOLMAN

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

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To the true, good, brave Oregon Pioneers of 1843, 1844, 1845, and 1846,whose coming in the time of joint-occupancy did so much to help saveOregon and assisted in making it what it is today; whose affections andregards for Dr. John McLoughlin and whose remembrances and heartfeltappreciations of his humanity and kindness to them and theirs can andcould end only with their deaths, this volume is most respectfullydedicated.

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