Hall J. Kelley

Hall Jackson Kelley (February 24, 1790  – January 20, 1874) was an American settler and writer known for his strong advocacy for settlement by the United States of the Oregon Country in the 1820s and 1830s. A native of Maine, he was a school teacher and longtime resident of Massachusetts before journeying to what later became the Oregon Territory. Hall Kelley was born in Orono, Maine, on February 24, 1790. He left school and began teaching in Hallowell, Maine, at the age of 16. He graduated from Middlebury in Vermont in 1814 with a A.M. degree, and then graduated from Harvard College in 1820. Kelley also worked as school principal in Boston from 1818-1823. He later worked as a railroad surveyor in Maine. He also helped design a project...