Scope and content Letter to James Wightman from Elizabeth Sager Helm, the adopted daughter of Marcus Whitman. Also, clippings from the CHRONICLE EXPRESS (Penn Yan, New York) concerning Marcus and Narcissa Prentiss Whitman's journey into the Oregon Territory in the mid-1800s, Whitman's missionary work among the Indians, the Whitman massacre in 1847, D.A.R. plans for a Whitman memorial, and an article about pioneer Mary Jemison from THE ROCHESTER HERALD, n.d. Also included is a pamphlet "The Romance of a...

Abstract

"The History of Oregon and the Pacific Coast and Its Especial Connection with Ithaca, New York," a handwritten account concerning the journey begun in 1835 by the author's father, Rev. Samuel Parker, from Ithaca to the Oregon Territory. Also, "Papers Relating to the History of the Presbyterian Church, Ithaca, N.Y.," by S. J. Parker and "A Picture of Ithaca, N.Y. as I Saw It in Childhood," 1895, by S. J. Parker.