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Up for sale is an authentic, original Typed Letter Signed (TLS) on official United States Senate stationery, dated June 25, 1907.
The letter was sent by newly elected Oregon Senator Jonathan Bourne Jr. (famous architect of the "Oregon System" of direct democracy) to Hon. J. N. Hart, a prominent attorney and former State Senator in Baker City, Oregon.
**Content & Context:**The letter discusses a General Land Office (GLO) dispute regarding a "commuted homestead entry" for a local citizen, Joseph Evans. Senator Bourne promises his personal attention to break through the bureaucratic land office delays. This is a fantastic piece of early 20th-century Western expansion, homesteading, and Oregon political history.
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