Price, Eli K.: [Beeson, John]:

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CIRCULAR. A NUMBER OF THE CITIZENS OF PHILADELPHIA HAVE BEEN INTERESTED IN THE STATEMENTS OF JOHN BEESON, OF OREGON TERRITORY, WHO IS VISITING THE EASTERN STATES, VITH A VIEW OF INTERESTING OUR ... A rare piece of ephemera, calling for a public meeting in Philadelphia for the purpose of establishing an "Indian Aid Society" like those recently founded in New York, largely thanks to the efforts of English immigrant and Oregon settler John Beeson. Beeson (1803-1889) was born in Nottinghamshire, moving to the United States as a young man and joining an English community in Illinois. He was at this time already an avid abolitionist, and his Illinois home served as a station on the Underground Railroad. He relocated to Oregon in 1853, where he was immediately stricken by the situation of the indigenous population, his progressive spirit enkindled by their mistreatment, and in particular by White settlers' flagrant violations of the Table Rock Treaty. He was vociferous enough in his opposition that he was forced to flee for his life in 1856, taking a long and winding route to New York. Back in the east, he lectured widely, wrote passionate editorials, published an important pamphlet entitled A Plea for the Indian, and advocated for the establishment of Indian Aid Societies. He returned to the Pacific Northwest in 1865, and remained there with his family until his death in 1889.This circular responds to Beeson's early efforts on the east coast, and reads in large part:"A number of th

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