Gill, John Kaye (sold)
John Kaye Gill (May 6, 1851 - December 30, 1929) was an American journalist, publisher, and stationer active in Massachusetts and Oregon in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Gill was born in Holmfirth, England, but emigrated to the United States in 1855, when he was just 3 or 4. After working as a correspondent for the Smithsonian Institution, he relocated to Portland, Oregon, where he established himself as a stationer, publisher, and bookseller. He is best known for issuing an updated and expanded edition of François Norbert Blanchet's 1852 Dictionary of the Chinook Jargon. While involved with emigration and settlement in Oregon, Gill was openly critical of the poor treatment of the indigenous population. He published several important maps of Oregon, Washington, and Alaska, both with others, such as Robert Alexander Habersham (1838 - 1921) and independent under his own imprint. Gill lived in Portland until his death of an arterial hemorrhage in 1929.
Manuscript record of an egregious (and successful) Swamp Act land grab.
Habersham's Sectional and County Map of Oregon.
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This 1874 Gill / Habersham map of Oregon is one of the earliest and best separate issue maps of Oregon, here amended with meticulous manuscript annotations illustrating one of the largest and most egregious land grabs in Oregon history. Moreover, the manuscript annotations also bring to light the impact of the little-known Swamp Lands Act on eastern Oregon. (more details)
'... one of the first and best maps that show both Oregon and Washington together, in a large scale, published as a separate' - Rumsey
J.K. Gill and Cos. Map of Oregon and Washington Ter.
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This is the 1878 Robert Habersham and John Gill map of Oregon and Washington Territory. It was issued during Washington's early push for statehood. According to David Rumsey, 'this is one of the first and best maps that show both Oregon and Washington together, in a large scale, published as a separate'. The present example has provenance connecting it to Jacob Kamm, co-founder of the Oregon Steam Navigation Company. (more details)