It has not been possible to search every document for this occasion, but enough has been gleaned to show something of the debt of gratitude which the Oregon country owes to the diplomatic triumphs achieved by the brains and hands of these three great men. When the century of peace shall be rounded out on next Christmas eve, it would be well to send to Quincy, Lexington, and Trinity churchyard in New York wreaths of evergreens from the Oregon hills,--memorial tributes to Adams, Clay and Gallatin. EDMOND S. MEANY. FOOTNOTES: [216] Presidential address for the special meeting of the Pacific Coast Branch of the American Historical Association, Seattle, 22 May, 1914. [217] Charles Francis Adams: Memoirs of John Quincy Adams, 111, 121, 22 Dec., 1814. [218] Henry Adams: Life of Albert Gallatin, 516. Quoted by John Austin Stevens: Albert Gallatin, 335. [219] Carl Schurz: Henry Clay, I., 113. [220] William M. Malloy: Treaties, Conventions, International Acts, Protocols and Agreements between the United States of America and Other Powers, 1776-1909, I., 613. [221] American State Papers, Foreign Relations, IV., 811. (Mr. Gallatin to the Secretary of State, 25 December, 1815.) [222] American State Papers, Foreign Relations, III., p. 731. The copy of this document was submitted to Congress in response to the Senate's request of 15 February, 1815. The statement was made that it was one of only two documents that had been withheld from Congress. In a former document under date of 21 March, 1814, there appears the line: "(Confidential paragraph omitted.)," which may be the same as that given above, though the date is one day later. [223] John Quincy Adams: Memoirs, IV., 93-94; (15 May, 1818). [224] American State Papers, Foreign Relations, IV., 808-811. [225] Malloy: Treaties, I., 632. [226] Malloy: Treaties, II., 1652-1653. [227] James D. Richardson: Messages and Papers of the Presidents, ii., 380. [228] Public Documents, Serial No. 173; 30 Congress. 1st session. House of Representatives. Documents 199, p. 77. [229] Malloy: Treaties, I., 644. [230] Albert Gallatin: The Oregon Question (New York. Bartlett & Welford, 1846); reprinted by Henry Adams: Writings of Gallatin, III., 489-553. [231] John Quincy Adams: Memoirs. XI., 219. [232] John Quincy Adams: Memoirs, XII., 220-221. [233] The Quarterly of the Oregon Historical Society. X., 1-99 (March, 1909); also the Washington Historical Quarterly, III., 131-153 (April, 1912). [234] John Quincy Adams: Memoirs, XII., 276-277. (31 October, 1846.) DOCUMENTS A New Vancouver Journal