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WHITMAN, MARCUS

\wˈɪtmən], \wˈɪtmən], \w_ˈɪ_t_m_ə_n]\

Definitions of WHITMAN, MARCUS

1894 - Dictionary of United States history

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(1802-1847), was sent to Oregon as a missionary physician in 1836. He reported to the U.S. Government the value of the then disputed territory. His colonization efforts did much to secure that region for the United States.

1894 - Dictionary of United States history
By John Franklin Jameson

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