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■^ 2oth Congress, 
 1^^ Session. 
 
 [ SENATE. ] 
 
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 MEMORIAL 
 
 QP 
 
 HALL J. KELLEY, 
 
 PBAYINO 
 
 A grant of land in the Oregon Territory for the purpose of establishing 
 
 a colony thereon. 
 
 December 27, 1839. 
 
 Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. 
 
 To the honorable Senate of the United States : 
 
 Respectfully represents your peiitioner, Hall J. Kelley, that he is a native 
 citizen of these United States, and now resides in Massachusetts : — that for 
 more than twenty years he has been earnestly endeavoring by various 
 means to awaken the public mind and direct the thoughts of Government 
 to the formation, protection, and encouragement of settlements in the Oregon 
 Territory : that he has at divers times memorialized Congress on this sub- 
 ject ; that he has also diligently collected from all quarters, whether books 
 oi living authority, information in regard to that Territory ; which infor- 
 mation he has, by means of the press, and at great cost and trouble, laid 
 before the public ; that in pursuing his design of extending the blessings of 
 Christian knowledge, republican institutions, and the various arts of life to 
 our Pacific coast, he has spent the flower of his age, and the whole of his 
 fortune, and has exposed himself to perils and liardships, dangers and 
 calumnies, disease and penury; that about the year 1828, for the purpose 
 of establishing a colony in Oregon, he set on foot an enterprise in which 
 many hundreds of his fellow citizens engaged to participate — but which, on 
 the very eve of its success, was suspended in consequence of the false rep- 
 resentations circulated through the press concerning the Oregon Territory, 
 the facility of travelling thither, and the character and purpose of your 
 petitioner : that being thus checked in his designs, your petitioner deter- 
 mined to visit and explore the Oregon Territory, and give to the world the 
 result of his own observation ; that he accordingly set forward on his 
 journey with a few associates, and a considerable amount of property, in 
 the year 1832, for the western coast ; that during his journeying thither, 
 he was plundered, deserted by his comrades, and left to his own unaided 
 resources, so that he arrived in Oregon almost destitute of property and 
 broken down in health ; that he remained a considerable period in that 
 country, much embarrassed in his movements by the officials and subordi- 
 nates of the Hudson Bay company, as well as by bodily infirmities, pro- 
 duced by exposure and fatigue ; yet, nevertheless, collecting a large masa 
 
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 of various information for the benefit of the world ; that he was compelled 
 at last by ill health and ill treatment to return to Massachusetts, where he 
 has ever since been endeavorinjsf to communicate the results of his travel to 
 the public, although his movements have been cramped by the want of 
 health and funds, particularly by the almost entire loss of his eyesight. 
 
 Your petitioner would further state that many of the individuals" whose 
 attention had been directed by his exertions towards Oregon, ;md who ori- 
 ginally enlisted in his scheme of emigration, have subsequently settled in 
 that Territory, and that your petitioner has thus been the author of the first 
 permanent American settlements west of the Rocky mountains. 
 
 Such is a brief sketch of what your petitioner has attempted, and accom- 
 plished, done, sacrificed, and suffered in endeavoring to promote the welfare 
 of his country and the advancement of civilization. 
 
 Having thus sacrificed his time, property, and health, being now reduced 
 to poverty, and yet remaining desirous of carrying the institutions of his 
 country to the Oregon, he most earnestly and respectfully prays of this 
 honoiat)le body, the grant of so much land in that Territory as may enable 
 him at once to establish a prosperous colony, and regain some portion of 
 the property which he has expended as before described. 
 
 Referring to the documents which accompany this petition for more perfect 
 information in regard to the facts therein stated, your petitioner prays, &.c. 
 
 HALL J. KELLEY. 
 
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 for the benefit of the world ; that he was compelled 
 ill treatment to return to Massachusetts, where he 
 eavoring to communicate the results of his travel to 
 3 movements have been cramped by the want of 
 ularly by the almost entire loss of his eyesight, 
 d further state that many of the individuals whose 
 jted by his exertions towards Oregon, ;ind who ori- 
 ;cheme of emigration, have subsequently settled in 
 your petitioner has thus been the author of the first 
 ttlements west of the Rocky mountains. 
 I of what your petitioner has attempted, and accom- 
 , and suffered in endeavoring to promote the welfare 
 advancement of civilization, 
 id his time, property, and health, being now reduced 
 mining desirous of carrying the institutions of his 
 1, he most earnestly and respectfully prays of this 
 :nt of so much land in that Territory as may enable 
 1 a prosperous colony, and regain some portion of 
 tias expended as betore described, 
 nients which accompany this petition for more perfect 
 othe facts therein stated, your petitioner prays, (fcc. 
 
 HALL J. KELJ.EY. 
 
 
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