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DEB_1863-01-05.pdf
This is a derisive follow-up to the Letter from Washington in the 01/01/1863 issue about the Organization of the Territory. It recounts the ineptitude of the Territorial Council (forerunner of Senate) to replace temporary officers with new during…

DEB_1863-01-07.pdf
Commentary about disorganization and political office-seeking in the Territorial House and Council as they made their final selections for officers. Tone of the article is sarcastic and frustrated.

MF-politicians-18630107.pdf
The correspondent scolds those who desire division of Washington and Idaho Territories, ranting that they are disloyal, self-serving office seekers who wish to squander the Government's money.

DEB_1863-01-12.pdf
The unpopular Turney is hanging on for dear life to the office he was kicked out of previously.

MF-greenbacks18630107.pdf
There was conflict between paying soldiers in "greenbacks" (U.S. Treasury notes printed to pay for cost of the War) versus paying them in gold.

DEB_1863-01-30.pdf
In a mocking tone, this Oregon correspondent reports to San Franciscans that some people on the upper Columbia River, called Lewistonites, want a separate government east of the Cascades. They have met to pass a resolution that they "ought and must…

DEB_1863-01-30.pdf
The Assembly of the Washington Territory passed a usury law: "legal rate of Interest 10 per cent per annum, with due right to contract for 12."
Portland businessmen announced their intention to accept U.S. "greenbacks" at the same rates as in San…

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Customs Collector Victor Smith, who travels frequently to Washington City, told the Surveyor-General Dr. Anson Henry that he could travel home from Washington for free by "ordering" himself home. Dr. Henry has recently gone to Washington city, and…

DEB_1863-02-10_p1.pdf
The writer was disappointed that the Legislature didn't accomplish more.

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The writer criticizes the "scandal-mongers" for their racism, declaring that there was no impropriety in the whites attending the ceremony. The writer tried to be fair regarding the negroes but his own racism came through anyway. Comments -- such…
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