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Palmer (Mass.) The word "Bancroft" refers to the biblio- graphical lists in the Bancroft histories. I. Kelley, Hall Jackson. The American Instructor, second book. Designed for the common schools in America ; contain- ing the elements of the English language ; lessons in orthogra- phy and reading, and the pronunciation of Walker's Critical Pronouncing Dictionary : all made easy by the arrangement and division of words, and by an improved use of figures and letters. Boston, 1825. 168 p. Athenaeum, Bost. Pub. Same., Boston (2 ed.), 1826. 168 p. Bost. Pub., Harvard. Congress, N. Y. State. Same. Concord, (2 ed.) 1846. 12. British Museum Cata- logue. This is the same as " Kelley 's Second Spelling Book," and the "Western Spelling Book." (The American Society for Encouraging a Settle- ment of the Oregon Territory.) This book of stock, subscrip- tions, etc., in which shall be enrolled the names of all persons contributing to the success of founding a settlement in Ore- gon, either by subscription, donations or investments in the Society's stock, shall be preserved, in perpetuum, by the set- tlement, and a true copy of the same shall be deposited in the archives of the government of the United States of America. A. D. 1831. [Boston] , 1831. 4 p. Congress. Colonization of the Oregon Territory. Chapters I and II. In the Palmer Sentinel, Palmer "Depot," (Mass.), December 31, 1846, January 7, 1847. Discoveries, purchases of lands, etc., on the North- west Coast, being a part of an investigation of the American title to the Oregon Territory, n. t. p. [1839.] 16 p. Ath- enaeum, Bost. Pub., Bancroft. First spelling book, or child's instructor. Boston, (8 ed.) 1827. 84 p. Harvard. This is the same as ' ' The Instructor, First Book. ' ' A geographical sketch of that part of North Ameri- ca called Oregon, containing an account of the Indian title* etc. * * to which is attached a map of the country. Boston, 1830. 80 p. Antiquarian, Athenaeum, Bost. Pub.*