Thornton, J. Quinn (Jessy Quinn), 1810-1888
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found: His Oregon and California in 1848, 1849:t.p. (J. Quinn Thornton)
found: LC in OCLC, 9/2/93(hdg.: Thornton, Jessy Quinn, 1810-1888; no usage)
found: Jessy Quinn Thornton papers, circa 1810-1888(Jessy Quinn Thornton; J. Quinn Thornton; born in Mason County, Virginia in 1810; educated at the University of Virginia where he studied law. He later practiced law in Palmyra and Hannibal, Missouri, and in Quincy, Illinois. In 1838 he married Nancy M. Logue at Hannibal. In 1846 he traveled overland to Oregon with his family. He became a judge of the Oregon Provisional Government Supreme Court and was sent to Washington to lobby for the establishment of a territorial government. His works include Oregon and California in 1848 (1849). He died in Salem, Oregon, in 1888)
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1993-09-08: new
2017-06-02: revised
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