[Rarebooks] FS: 1828 Congressional document authorizing hunters in Oregon Territory

[Kenneth Karmiole]

Bradford, James M. and Henry M. Dobbs. HUNTERS OF OREGON. MEMORIAL OF JAMES M. BRADFORD AND OTHERS. Dec. 10, 1828. Read, and Committed... to the Whole House... (H. R. No. 12) to Authorize the Occupation of the Oregon River [caption title]. (Washington, D.C.): Gales & Seaton, printers to the House of Reps. 1828. 6pp. Later wrappers with cover title "Hunters of Oregon." At top of the caption title: "20th Congress, 2d Session  [Doc. No. 13]."    $250.00 (trade discount allowed)
A scarce government document to authorize a group of men, organized in a quasi-military fashion, to travel to the Oregon River to establish commercial hunting and trapping "in the wilderness."

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