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Levi Scott papers, 1830-1852
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Scott, Levi, 1797-1890
- Title
- Levi Scott papers
- Dates
- 1830-1852 (inclusive)18301852
- Quantity
- 0.1 cubic feet, (1 folder in shared box)
- Collection Number
- Mss 2340
- Summary
- Correspondence and land papers of Levi Scott (1797-1890), and a letter by his son, John M. Scott (1827-1905). Levi Scott emigrated to Oregon in 1844, where he helped establish the Applegate Trail and served as a member of the Oregon territorial legislature and the Oregon constitutional convention.
- Repository
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Oregon Historical Society Research Library
1200 SW Park Avenue
Portland, OR
97205
Telephone: 503-306-5240
Fax: 503-219-2040
libreference@ohs.org - Access Restrictions
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Collection is open for research.
- Additional Reference Guides
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Levi Scott's 1844 letter is described in "Overland passages: a guide to overland documents in the Oregon Historical Society," entry 179.
- Languages
- English
Historical NoteReturn to Top
Levi Scott was born in 1797 in Monroe County, Illinois. By 1844, he was living in Iowa. That year, he and his son, John M. Scott (1827-1905), emigrated to Oregon. In 1846, Scott, along with Jesse Applegate and Lindsey Applegate, helped establish a route through southern Oregon for emigrants; this trail would become known as the Applegate Trail. In 1850, Scott founded the town of Scottsburg along the Umpqua River. He was a member of the territorial legislature from 1852 to 1854, and a delegate at the state constitutional convention. Scott died in 1890 in Malheur County, Oregon.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The collection consists of correspondence and land documents of Levi Scott. Correspondence includes: an 1844 letter from Scott to his family, written in Missouri, in which Scott reports that he has lost all eight oxen he had, but will continue his journey to Oregon; a photostatic reproduction of an 1852 letter from Scott to his son-in-law, William Buntin, asking if Buntin intends to come to Oregon; and an 1852 letter from Scott's son, John M. Scott, to Buntin. Other items in the collection are: a survey of land in Morgan County, Illinois, 1830; a deed for land in Morgan County, Illinois, 1835; and a document granting William Buntin the power to lease or sell Scott's land in Iowa, 1852.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Preferred Citation
Levi Scott papers, Mss 2340, Oregon Historical Society Research Library.
Restrictions on Use
The Oregon Historical Society owns the materials in the Research Library and makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. The Society does not necessarily hold copyright to all materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use may require seeking additional authorization from copyright owners.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Land tenure--Illinois--Morgan County
- Land tenure--Iowa
- Overland journeys to the Pacific
- Pioneers--Oregon
Personal Names
- Buntin, William, 1820-1888--Correspondence
- Scott, Levi, 1797-1890
Form or Genre Terms
- correspondence
Other Creators
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Personal Names
- Scott, John M., 1827-1905 (creator)
