Dr. Truman Augustus Bonney

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June 17, 1846 Oregon City "We the undersigned, left the United States in 1845 to proceed to Oregon, and upon our arrival at Fort Hall, having been told by Capt. Grant that the road to Oregon was so bad and destitute of grass and wood, by his advice and others, we were induced to leave the Oregon trail and go to California. When we arrived in at the plains of the Sacramento Valley we found the whole country burnt up by the sun, and no food for either man or beast; having been deceived ourselves or objective is prevent others being deceived in like manner.....When we left California for Oregon, Lansford W. Hastings started to meet the emigration from the states, to try to persuade them to go to California. He told us publicly that he and Capt. Suter intended to revolutionize the country, as soon as they could get sufficient emigrants into California to fight the Spaniard; this plan was laid between Capt. Suter and L. W. Hastings, before said Hastings published his book of lies in 1844." Statement signed by Truman Bonney, James Bonney, and corroborated by Abner Frazer.

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Ancestry.com Public Member Trees Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;; @R1@ Database online. Record for Peluea Esther Townsend

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Ancestry.com U.S., Appointments of U. S. Postmasters, 1832-1971 Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010; @R2@

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Ancestry.com Public Member Trees Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;; @R1@ Database online. Record for Peluea Esther Townsend