A GENERAL CIRCULAR TO ALL PERSONS OF GOOD CHARACTER, WHO WISH TO EMIGRATE TO THE OREGON TERRITORY, EMBRACING SOME ACCOUNT OF THE CHARACTER AND ADVANTAGES OF THE COUNTRY; THE RIGHT AND THE MEANS AND OPERATIONS BY WHICH IT WILL BE SETTLED

Book Description

Charlestown. 1831.. 27,[1]pp. Original printed wrappers, stitched. Old faint stain in lower portion of front wrapper, wrappers torn along spine. Ex-American Antiquarian Society, properly deaccessioned, with their blindstamp on the titlepage. Internally very clean and fresh. Near fine, untrimmed. In a half morocco box. This is the first major proposal by visionary promoter Kelley, all of whose schemes came to nothing, but whose ideas encouraged many others. This pamphlet outlines his well reasoned plan for settlements in Oregon near the mouth of the Columbia River, with a woodcut plan of one of the proposed settlements printed on the last page. Kelley tried to obtain the assistance of the ministry in promoting his plan, with assurance of converting the Indians. This copy retains the original wrappers, noting a price of 12 1/2 cents on the front wrapper, and giving a list of agents on the verso. At the end of the text Kelley calls on newspaper publishers to print his circular in their papers as a public service. WAGNER-CAMP 44a. STREETER SALE 3345. HOWES K43, "b." TWENEY 89, 39 (note). GRAFF 2286. SABIN 37260. SMITH 2007.

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