Produced by Larry B. Harrison, Barry Abrahamsen, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.) THE QUARTERLY OF THE OREGON HISTORICAL SOCIETY (Vol. 1, No. 1) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ THE QUARTERLY OF THE OREGON HISTORICAL SOCIETY --------------------------------------------------------- VOL. 1 MARCH, 1900 NO. 1 --------------------------------------------------------- Illustration: Logo CONTENTS THE GENESIS OF POLITICAL AUTHORITY AND OF A 1 COMMONWEALTH GOVERNMENT IN OREGON—James R. Robertson THE PROCESS OF SELECTION IN OREGON PIONEER 60 SETTLEMENT—Thomas Condon NATHANIEL J. WYETH’S OREGON EXPEDITIONS—“In 66 Historic Mansions and Highways Around Boston” REMINISCENCES OF F. X. MATTHIEU—H. S. Lyman 73 DOCUMENTS—Correspondence of John McLoughlin, 106 Nathaniel J. Wyeth, S. R. Thurston, and R. C. Winthrop, pertaining to claim of Dr. McLoughlin at the Falls of the Willamette—the site of Oregon City NOTES AND NEWS 70 ------------------ PRICE: THIRTY-FIVE CENTS PER NUMBER, ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR ------------------------------------------------------------------------ THE OREGON HISTORICAL SOCIETY ORGANIZED DECEMBER 17, 1898 -------------- H. W. SCOTT PRESIDENT C. B. BELLINGER VICE-PRESIDENT F. G. YOUNG SECRETARY CHARLES E. LADD TREASURER GEORGE H. HIMES, ASSISTANT SECRETARY. -------------- DIRECTORS THE GOVERNOR OF OREGON, ex officio. THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION, ex officio. Term Expires at Annual Meeting in December, 1900, H. W. SCOTT, MRS. HARRIET K. McARTHUR. Term Expires at Annual Meeting in December, 1901, F. G. YOUNG, L. B. COX. Term Expires at Annual Meeting in December, 1902, JAMES R. ROBERTSON, JOSEPH R. WILSON. Term Expires at Annual Meeting in December, 1903, C. B. BELLINGER, MRS. MARIA L. MYRICK. --------------