Page:Centennial History of Oregon 1811-1912, Volume 1.djvu/647

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ELI THAYER
Was born in Mendon, Massachusetts, June 14, 1819; died in Worcester, April 15, 1899. Founder of the New England Aid Company, which saved the territory of Kansas from slavery and the nation to freedom. Author of the Kansas Crusade. Member of Congress, 1859-1861. Through his determined efforts in Congress, in opposition to the powerful influence of such men as Horace Greeley of the "New York Tribune," and Senator Henry Wilson of his own state, other influential men, Oregon was admitted to the union February 14, 1859.