TY - BOOK AU - Wilkes,George AU - Wilkes,George TI - The history of Oregon, geographical and political: embracing an analysis of the old Spanish claims, the British pretensions, the United States title ... : and a thorough examination of The project of a national railroad from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean ... AV - F880 .W68 PY - 1845/// CY - New York PB - W.H. Colyer KW - Pacific railroads KW - Early projects KW - Oregon Territory KW - History KW - Northern boundary of the United States KW - United States KW - Boundaries KW - Canada KW - Foreign relations KW - Treaties N1 - "To which is added a journal of the events of the celebrated emigrating expedition of 1843 ... from Missouri to Astoria ... by a member of the recently organized Oregon Legislature : the whole concluding with an appendix containing the treaties, diplomatic correspondence, and negotiations between Spain, Russia, Great Britain, and the United States in relation to the north west coast."; LC copy has green paper wrapper bound at end; Checklist Amer. imprints; 45-6903; Wagner-Camp (4th ed.); 119:1 ER -