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Auction 175, Lot 667
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Scarce Early Oregon Settlement Document

"Settlement on the Oregon River. - Memorial of Citizens of the United States, Praying for a Grant of Land ... Forming a Colony on the Northwest Coast of the United States", U.S. Government

Subject: Document - Oregon

Period: 1828 (published)

Publication: H.R. Doc. 139, 20th Congress, 1st Session

Color: Black & White

Size:
5.5 x 8.7 inches
14 x 22.1 cm
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This is one of the cornerstone documents on Oregon by Hall Jackson Kelley. In this brief appeal to Congress, he states that "the time has fully come when it is the wisdom and policy of Congress to open this western wilderness to the skilful and persevering industry of civilized man." According to Streeter this is the first Oregon publication by Kelley, who spent his life promoting settlement there. 4 pages, disbound.

References: Streeter #3341.

Condition: A

Remarkably clean and bright.

Estimate: $200 - $250

Sold for: $250

Closed on 11/13/2019

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