OREGON. REPORT OF LIEUT. NEIL M. HOWISON, UNITED STATES NAVY, TO THE COMMANDER OF THE PACIFIC SQUADRON; BEING THE RESULT OF AN EXAMINATION IN THE YEAR 1846 OF THE COAST, HARBORS, RIVERS, SOIL, PRODUCTIONS, CLIMATE, AND POPULATION OF THE TERRITORY OF 30th Cong., 1st Sess. HMD29.
Washington: 1848. 36pp, Disbound, scattered foxing. Good+. Howison reports his many observations. "The flag, taken ashore when, in 1846, Howison's vessel was wrecked in the Columbia, was the first to wave over Oregon." Howes. "Howison spent nearly a year in the Oregon country, exploring the interior, living among the pioneers..... More