BOOK
Title:
The Western journals of Dr. George Hunter, 1796-1805
Creators:
Hunter, George, 1755-1824 | McDermott, John Francis, 1902-
Publication:
American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, 1963.
Notes:
Bibliography: p. 125-127.
Call #:
506.73 AM4T V.53, PT.4
Extent:
133 p. : maps, facsims ; 30 cm.
BOOK
Title:
The valley of the Mississippi illustrated in a series of views
Creator:
Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846
Publication:
J. Garnier, St. Louis, 1948].
Notes:
Originally published monthly in 9 nos. from July 1841 to Mar. 1842, with an extra number for Sept. 1841. "The reproduction was made from a copy of the original work now in the possession of the State Historical Society of Missouri, Columbia."
Extent:
vi, 145 p., [35] leaves of plates : ill. ; 29 cm.
BOOK
Title:
The Mississippi and its forty-four navigable tributaries: A descriptive,commercial and statistical review illustrated with three diagrams
Creators:
Anderson, Alexander D. (Alexander Dwight) | Switzer, W. F. | United States Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Publication:
Government Printing Office, Washington, 1888.
Notes:
At head of title : U.S. Treasury Department Part V of the report by W.F. Switzer, Chief of the Bureau of Statistics, on the Internal Commerce of the United States. Contents: I. Historical Notes, II. Descriptive Notes, III. Economical Features, IV. Products of the states intersected, V. Internal commerce of the states intersected, VI. Alluvial Lands, VII. Destructive Floods, VIII. National Features, IX. International Features, Appendix.
BOOK
Title:
Monumental grandeur of the Mississippi Valley: Now exhibiting for a short time only, with scientific lectures on American aerchiology. Dr. Dickeson ... will lecture this evening on the antiquities & customs of the unhistoried Indian tribes ... this gorgeous panorama
Creators:
Egan, John J., fl. 1850 | Dickeson, Montroville Wilson.
Publication:
Printed at the Mercury Office, Newark, N.J, [ca. 1851]
Notes:
Presented with the John A. Mason papers, April 1968. See also Mason Papers, Egan-Dickeson Panorama (B:M384)
Extent:
Broadside ; 8 x 21.
BOOK
Title:
Recollections of the last ten years: passed in occasional residences and journeyings in the valley of the Mississippi, from Pittsburg and the Missouri to the Gulf of Mexico, and from Florida to the Spanish frontier : in a series of letters to the Rev. James Flint, of Salem, Massachusetts
Creator:
Flint, Timothy, 1780-1840
Publication:
Cummings, Hilliard, Boston, 1826.
BOOK
Title:
The history and geography of the Mississippi Valley: to which is appended a condensed physical geography of the Atlantic United States, and the whole American continent
Creator:
Flint, Timothy, 1780-1840
Publication:
E.H. Flint and L.R. Lincoln, Cincinnati, 1832.
Notes:
Vol. 2 has title: The United States and the other divisions of the American continent.
Extent:
2 v. in 1 ; 23 cm.
BOOK
Title:
Diary: a trip from New York to the falls of St. Anthony in 1845
Creators:
Moore, Nathaniel Fish, 1782-1872 | Butler, Ruth Lapham, b. 1896 | Pargellis, Stanley McCrory, 1898-
Publication:
Published for the Newberry Library by the University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1946.
Notes:
Maps on lining papers. Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (p. 81-98).
Extent:
xviii, 101 p., [8] leaves of plates : ill., front., maps, port. ; 21 cm.
BOOK
Title:
Narrative of a journey down the Ohio and Mississippi in 1789-90
Creators:
Forman, Samuel S., 1765-1862 | Draper, Lyman Copeland, 1815-1891
Publication:
Robert Clarke & Co, Cincinnati, 1888.
Notes:
Narrative written in 1849.
BOOK
Title:
The prairie and the making of middle America: four centuries of description
Creator:
Dondore, Dorothy Anne, 1894-1946
Publication:
Antiquarian Press, New York, 1961, [1926]
Notes:
Includes index. Edition limited to 750 copies. Bibliographical notes: p. 435-451.
Extent:
xiii, 472 p., [12] leaves of plates : ill., facsims., front. ; 21 cm.
BOOK
Title:
Jonathan Carver's travels through America, 1766-1768: an eighteenth-century explorer's account of uncharted America
Publication:
Wiley, New York, c1993.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-230) and index.
Extent:
vi, 245 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
PAMPHLET
Title:
Report of a missionary tour through that part of the United States which lies west of the Allegany Mountains: performed under the direction of the Massachusetts Missionary Society
Creators:
Mills, Samuel John, 1783-1818 | Smith, Daniel, 1789-1823 | Massachusetts Missionary Society | PBA Galleries
Publication:
Printed by Flagg and Gould, Andover [Mass.], 1815.
BOOK
Title:
Early western journals, 1748-1846
Creators:
Thwaites, Reuben Gold, 1853-1913 | Croghan, George, d. 1782 | Post, Christian Frederick, 1710?-1785 | Weiser, Conrad. | Morris, Thomas. | Thwaites, Reuben Gold, 1853-1913
Publication:
Clark, Cleveland, 1904.
BOOK
Title:
A topographical description of the western territory of North America: containing a succinct account of its soil, climate, natural history, population, agriculture, manners, customs ... to which are added, the discovery, settlement, and present state of Kentucky, and an essay towards the topography and natural history of th
Creators:
Imlay, Gilbert, 1754?-1828? | Filson, John, ca. 1747-1788
Publication:
Printed for J. Debrett, London, 1793.
Extent:
xvi, 433 p., [4] folded leaves of plates : ill., maps. ; 23 cm.
ANALYTIC
Title:
The forgotten expedition
Parent:
Humanities, v.23, no.6
Publication:
Washington, D.C, 2003.
Call #:
050 H88 V.23, NO.6
Extent:
p. 14-16. : ill. (colored), facsims., ports. (some colored) ; 30 cm.
BOOK
Title:
Letters from the West: containing sketches of scenery, manners, and customs, and anecdotes connected with the first settlements of the western sections of the United States
Creator:
Hall, James, 1793-1868
Publication:
H. Colburn, London, 1828.
Extent:
vi, 385 p. ; 23 cm.
BOOK
Title:
Documents relating to the purchase & exploration of Louisiana: I. The limits and bounds of Louisiana
Creators:
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 | Dunbar, William, 1749-1810 | Dunbar, William, 1749-1810 | American Philosophical Society
Publication:
Houghton Mifflin & company, Boston and New York, 1904.
Notes:
Number of 518 of limited edition.
Extent:
[iv], 45, 189, 76 p. : fold. map, ports. ; 25 cm.
BOOK
Title:
Statistics of the West: at the close of the year 1836
Creator:
Hall, James, 1793-1868
Publication:
James, Cincinnati, 1837.
Notes:
Later editions pub. under titles: "Notes on the western states" and "The West: its soil, surface, and production." "Western steamboats" [including an alphabetical list]: p. 213-263.
Extent:
xviii, 284 p. ; duodecimo.
BOOK
Title:
Trip to the West and Texas: comprising a journey of eight thousand miles through New-York, Michigan, Illinois, Missouri, Louisiana, and Texas in the autumn and winter of 1834-5 ... with a brief sketch of the Texian War
Creator:
Parker, A. A. (Amos Andrew), 1791-1893
Publication:
William White, Benjamin B. Mussey, Concord [N.H.], Boston, 1836.
Extent:
380 p., [2] leaves of plates : ill., map, port. ; 19 cm.
BOOK
Title:
The journals of Joseph N. Nicollet, a scientist on the Mississippi headwaters: with notes on Indian life, 1836-37
Creators:
Nicollet, J. N. (Joseph Nicolas), 1786-1843 | Bray, Martha Coleman
Publication:
Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul, [1970]
Notes:
Includes a translation of selected manuscripts (on deposit at the Library of Congress) dealing with the author's first visit to what is now Minnesota. Maps on lining papers. Includes index. Includes bibliographical references.
Extent:
xviii, 288 p. : ill., facsims., maps. ; 24 cm.
BOOK
Title:
Documents relating to the purchase & exploration of Louisiana: I. The limits and bounds of Louisiana
Creators:
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 | Dunbar, William, 1749-1810 | Dunbar, William, 1749-1810 | American Philosophical Society
Publication:
Houghton Mifflin & company, Boston and New York, 1904.
Notes:
Number 517 of an edition limited to 550 copies.
Extent:
[iv], 45, 189, 76 p. : fold. map, ports. ; 25 cm.
