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Joseph Lane
Having now finished the observations on this, probably, the last occasion I shall have of communicating with you, all me to express the hope, that whatever errors I may have committed, will be attributed to no want of zeal in the discharge of my official duties, and that they may find a correction in the intelligence and patriotism, of the gentleman who will succeed me. And in my retirement, whatever may be my lot, I shall not cease to invoke that Beneficent Being, to whose providence we are so signally indebted for the general prosperity of the Territory; for the continuance of his blessings upon Oregon—upon you—and upon your constituents, from whom I have received uniform kindness and support in the discharge of my duties.
Joseph Lane, 1850, Legislative Message

Source edit

  • Lane, Joseph (May 7, 1850). "Governor Joseph Lane Legislative Message, 1850". Oregon State Archives. Oregon Secretary of State. pp. Source: Oregon State Archives, Oregon Provisional and Territorial Records, 1850, Calendar No. 10571. Retrieved 2012-02-16.