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1Title:  A history of the Mississippi valley: from its discovery to the end of foreign domination. The narrative of the founding of an empire, shorn of current myth, and enlivened by the thrilling adventures of discoverers, pioneers, frontiersmen, Indian fighters, and homemakers    
 Creator:  Spears, John Randolph, 1850-1936 
 Clark, A. H. (Alzamore H.), 1847-
 Publication:  A.S. Clark, New York,1903. 
 Call #:  F25DC S841 
 Extent:  416 p. illus. 25 cm. 
 Subjects:  Mississippi River Valley -- History -- To 1803
 
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2Title:  History of the valley of the Mississippi    
 Creator:  Hart, Adolphus M., 1813-1879 
 Publication:  Moore, Anderson, Wilstach & Keys, Newman & Ivison, Cincinnati, New York,1853. 
 Notes:  An enlargement of his "History of the discovery of the valley of the Mississippi" (St. Louis, 1852) which extends only to 1748, while the later work gives also the subsequent history. Advertising matter: p. [1-4] 
 Call #:  F25D H325 
 Extent:  [6], 286 p. 19 cm. 
 Subjects:  Mississippi River Valley -- History -- To 1803 | Ohio imprints 1853
 
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3Title:  The history of the western states: illustrated by tales, sketches and anecdotes    
 Creator:  Lilly, Lambert, 1798-1866 
 Goodrich, Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold), 1793-1860
 Publication:  W. D. Ticknor, Boston,1844. 
 Notes:  Title vignette. The pseudoniym Lambert Lilly has been attributed also to Samuel G. Goodrich. 
 Call #:  F25D H395 
 Extent:  167 p. 16 cm. 
 Subjects:  Mississippi River Valley -- History -- To 1803 | West (U.S.) -- Description and travel
 
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4Title:  The present state of the European settlements on the Mississippi: with a geographical description of that river    
 Creator:  Pittman, Philip. 
 Publication:  Printed for J. Nourse, London,1770. 
 Call #:  F25J P689 
 Extent:  viii, 99 p. 4 fold. maps, 4 fold. plans. 28 x 22cm. 
 Subjects:  Mississippi River -- Description and travel | Mississippi River Valley -- History -- To 1803
 
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5Title:  The American revolution and the acquisition of the valley of the Mississippi: a paper read before the Missouri Historical Society, April 15th, 1884 / by the Rt. Rev. C.F. Robertson    
 Creator:  Robertson, C. F. (Charles Franklin), 1835-1886 
 Publication:  s.n.], St. Louis,1884. 
 Notes:  Running title: Acquisition of the Mississippi Valley. Contains bibliographic references. 
 Call #:  F33D B175 v.2 
 Extent:  27 p. ; 24 cm. 
 Subjects:  Mississippi River Valley -- History -- To 1803 | United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783
 
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6Title:  The history of explorations in the Mississippi Valley    
 Creator:  Peet, Stephen D. (Stephen Denison), 1831-1914 
 Publication:  Press of C. Hamilton, Worcester, Mass,1896. 
 Notes:  From proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society, April, 1896. Includes bibliographical references. 
 Call #:  Pam. P844 
 Extent:  35 p. : maps ; 26 cm. 
 Subjects:  Mississippi River Valley -- History -- To 1803 | Mississippi River Valley -- Antiquities
 
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7Title:  Some considerations on the consequences of the French settling colonies on the Mississippi: with respect to the trade and safety of the English plantations in America and the West-Indies    
 Creator:  Smith, Jamesjudge advocate 
 Law, John, 1671-1729
 Bond, Beverley W. (Beverley Waugh), b. 1881
 Publication:  Historical and Philosophical Society of Ohio, Pref, Cincinnati?,1928] 
 Notes:  On cover: Mississippi--1720. Map has title, "A new map of Louisiana and the River Mississippi." Pref. by Beverley W. Bond, Jr. The identification of the author is contained in Brown University. John Carter Brown Library. Report, 1935-1936, p. 13-15. 
 Call #:  F25DA S693 
 Extent:  50 p. fold. map. 26 cm. 
 Subjects:  Mississippi River Valley -- History -- To 1803 | France -- Colonies -- America | Great Britain -- Colonies -- America
 
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8Title:  The early history of Illinois: from its discovery by the French, in 1673, until its cession to Great Britain in 1763, including the narrative of Marquette's discovery of the Mississippi    
 Creator:  Breese, Sidney, 1800-1878 
 Fuller, Melville Weston, 1833-1910
 Hoyne, Thomas, 1817-1883
 Publication:  Myers, Chicago,1884. 
 Call #:  F38DA B832 
 Extent:  xiii, 422 p. front. (port.) 3 fold. maps. 24 cm. 
 Subjects:  Illinois -- History | Mississippi River Valley -- History -- To 1803 | Louisiana -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
 
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9Title:  The United States and Spain in 1790: An episode in diplomacy described from hitherto unpublished sources    
 Creator:  Ford, Worthington Chauncey, 1858-1941 
 Publication:  Historical Printing Club, Brooklyn,1890. 
 Notes:  Opinions of the members of Washington's cabinet and the chief justice in regard to the attitude to be taken by the United States in the event of war between Spain and Great Britain. 
 Call #:  E313 F71 
 Extent:  109 p. 23 x 18 cm. 
 Subjects:  United States -- Foreign relations -- Spain | United States -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain | Mississippi River Valley -- History -- To 1803
 
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10Title:  Border wars of the West: comprising the frontier wars of Pennsylvania, Virginia, Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Tennessee, and Wisconsin ; and embracing individual adventures among the Indians, and exploits of Boone, Kenton, Clark, Logan, Brady, Poe, Morgan, the Whetzels, and other border heroes of the West    
 Creator:  Frost, John, 1800-1859 
 Publication:  Miller, Orton & Mulligan, New York, Auburn,1856. 
 Notes:  Added t.-p., engraved, in colors. 
 Call #:  E81 F939 
 Extent:  608 p. : ill., plates ; 23 cm. 
 Subjects:  Indians of North America -- Wars -- 1750-1815 | Black Hawk War, 1832 | Mississippi River Valley -- History -- To 1803
 
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11Title:  The romance of western history: or, Sketches of history, life, and manners in the West    
 Creator:  Hall, James, 1793-1868 
 Publication:  Applegate & Co, Cincinnati,1857. 
 Call #:  F25D H177 
 Extent:  420 p. ; 19 cm. 
 Subjects:  Mississippi River Valley -- History -- To 1803 | Ohio River Valley -- History | Ohio imprints 1857
 
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12Title:  The present state of the European settlements on the Mississippi: with a geographical description of that river illustrated by plans and draughts    
 Creator:  Pittman, Philip. 
 Hodder, Frank Heywood, 1860-1935
 Publication:  The A.H. Clark Company, Cleveland,1906. 
 Call #:  B 2102 
 Extent:  165 p. incl. facsim. fold. maps, fold. plans. 24 cm. 
 Subjects:  Mississippi River -- Description and travel | Mississippi River Valley -- History -- To 1803 | Cleveland imprints 1906-
 
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13Title:  The contribution of the Marietta settlement to the history of the United States    
 Creator:  Dickinson, C. E. (Cornelius Evarts), 1835- 
 Publication:  s.n, Marietta, Ohio?,190-?] 
 Call #:  Pam. D339 
 Extent:  32 p. ; 21 cm. 
 Subjects:  Marietta (Ohio) -- History | Mississippi River Valley -- History -- To 1803 | Ohio imprints
 
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14Title:  Histoire critique de la dâecouverte du Mississipi (1669-1673): d'apráes les documents inâedits du Ministáere de la marine    
 Creator:  Harrisse, Henry, 1829-1910 
 Publication:  Imprimerie et Librairie Administratives, Paris,1872. 
 Notes:  Cover title. Attributed to Henry Harrisse. Cf. NUC pre-1956 imprints. Reprinted from Revue maritime et coloniale, t. 32, 1872, p. 642-663, where it appeared as a reprint from Harrisse's "Notes pour servir áa l'histoire, áa la bibliographie et áa la cartographie de la Nouvelle-France," Paris, 1872, p. 121-143, being that portion of the book treating the discovery of the Mississippi River. 
 Call #:  Pam. H1056 
 Extent:  22 p. ; 25 cm. 
 Subjects:  Mississippi River -- Discovery and exploration | Mississippi River Valley -- History -- To 1803 | America -- Discovery and exploration -- French
 
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15Title:  Ark of empire: the American frontier, 1784-1803    
 Creator:  Van Every, Dale, 1896- 
 Publication:  Morrow, New York,1963. 
 Notes:  Includes index. The 3d vol. of the author's projected 4 vol. work, The frontier people of America, the 1st of which is Forth to the wilderness, the 2d of which is A company of heroes. Bibliography: p. 365-368. 
 Call #:  E310 V252 
 Extent:  xii, 383 p. maps. 22 cm. 
 Subjects:  Frontier and pioneer life -- Mississippi River Valley | Indians of North America -- Wars -- 1750-1815 | United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1809 | Mississippi River Valley -- History -- To 1803
 
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16Title:  The Mississippi basin: The struggle in America between England and France 1697-1763    
 Creator:  Winsor, Justin, 1831-1897 
 Publication:  Houghton, Mifflin and Company, Boston, New York,1895. 
 Call #:  F25D W782M 
 Extent:  ix, 484 p. illus. (incl. ports., maps) 23 cm. 
 Subjects:  Mississippi River Valley -- History -- To 1803 | Louisiana -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 | New France -- Discovery and exploration | United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 | United States -- History -- French and Indian War, 1754-1763
 
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17Title:  The westward movement: the colonies and the republic west of the Alleghanies, 1763-1798    
 Creator:  Winsor, Justin, 1831-1897 
 Publication:  Houghton, Mifflin and company, Boston,1897. 
 Notes:  Includes index. 
 Call #:  F25D W782W 
 Extent:  viii, 595 p. : ill., port., maps ; 23 cm. 
 Subjects:  Mississippi River Valley -- History -- To 1803 | Northwest, Old -- History | Ohio River Valley -- History | Ohio -- History -- To 1787
 
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18Title:  Sketches of history, life, and manners in the West: containing accurate descriptions of the country and modes of life, in the western states and territories of North America ... Volume I    
 Creator:  Hall, James, 1793-1868 
 Publication:  Hubbard and Edmands, Cincinnati,1834. 
 Notes:  First edition. BAL 6935. Of this edition, apparently only v. 1 was published. It was reissued in an extended edition in 1835. Bound in salmon cloth; printed paper label on spine. In a protective case. 
 Call #:  F25D H177S 1834 
 Extent:  2p.Á. [iii-viii] [9]-263 [1] p., 1 Á. 18.7 cm. 
 Subjects:  Mississippi River Valley -- History -- To 1803 | Ohio River Valley -- History | Kentucky -- History | Ohio imprints 1834
 
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19Title:  Nouvelle decouverte d'un tres grand pays situâe dans l'Amerique, entre le Nouveau Mexique, et la Mer glaciale: avec les cartes, & les figures necessaires, & de plus l'histoire naturelle & morale, & les avantages, qu'on en peut tirer par l'âetablissement des colonies    
 Creator:  Hennepin, Louis, 17th cent 
 Publication:  Chez Guillaume Broedelet, Marchand Libraire, A Utrecht,1697. 
 Notes:  Added engraved title page. The folded plate at page 44 is the earliest view in print of Niagara Falls. For a full bibliographical description of the work see Hennepin's "A new discovery," ed. by R.G. Thwaites, Chicago, 1903, v. 1, p. lii-liv. 
 Call #:  F25J H515N Vault 
 Extent:  [74], 312, 313* (10 p.), 313-506 p., [2] folded leaves of plates : ill., 2 folded maps ; 16 cm. 
 Subjects:  New France -- Discovery and exploration | Mississippi River Valley -- History -- To 1803 | Great Lakes -- Discovery and exploration | Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.) -- Description | Imprints, Early Dutch To 1750
 
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20Title:  A topographical description of the western territory of North America: containing a succinct account of its climate, natural history, population, agriculture, manners and customs, with an ample description of the several divisions into which that country is partitioned, and an accurate statement of the various tribes of Indians that inhabit the frontier country    
 Creator:  Imlay, Gilbert, 1754?-1828? 
 Publication:  Printed for J. Debrett, London,1792. 
 Notes:  First edition. 
 Call #:  F25J I33 Vault 
 Extent:  2 p. Á., xv, 247 p. 21 cm. 
 Subjects:  Mississippi River Valley -- Description and travel | Ohio River Valley -- Description and travel | Mississippi River Valley -- History -- To 1803 | Genesee Region (N.Y.)
 
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