TWISS (Travers).
The Oregon Question Examined, in respect to Facts and the Law of Nations.
One of the most important works on the subject, arguing in favor of the British claims, in an attempt to refute Greenhow’s argument as stated in his 1840 Memoir…On The Northwest Coast Of America. In regard to lucidity and competent referral to authorities, Twiss is cited by some as the more adequate of the two works, though not necessarily the best historical account. Twiss includes some account of the voyages of Drake, Vancouver, Gray, Broughton, et al. The two maps support the British view of the Oregon question. The large one of North America shows a boundary including all of Oregon, although the more detailed map rather belies the argument by being based on a U.S. survey, evidently by Hood.
HOWES T442, “aa.” SABIN 97544. TPL 2812.
