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| | • | Imprints, Early American To 1820 |
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| | • | Edwards County (Ill.) |
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| | • | Frontier and pioneer life -- Northwest, Old |
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| | • | Ohio River -- Description and travel |
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| | • | Allegheny River |
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| | • | Cleveland imprints 1904 |
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| | • | Illinois River |
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| | • | Indians of North America -- Statistics |
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| | • | Kentucky -- Description and travel |
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| | • | Monongahela River |
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| | • | Ohio River Valley -- History |
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| | • | Ohio River Valley -- History -- To 1795 |
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| | • | United States -- History -- French and Indian War, 1754-1763 |
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| | • | Atlantic States -- Description and travel |
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| | • | Canada -- Emigration and immigration |
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| | • | Cincinnati (Ohio) -- Description and travel |
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| | • | Genesee Region (N.Y.) |
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| | • | Illinois -- Description and travel |
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| | • | Indians of North America -- Northwestern States |
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| | • | Inland navigation -- United States |
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| | • | Iroquois Indians |
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| | • | Louisiana -- Description and travel |
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| | • | Ohio -- History -- 1787-1865 |
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| | • | Osage language -- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc |
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| | • | Overland journeys to the Pacific |
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| | • | Pacific Fur Company |
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| | • | Shawnee Indians |
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| | • | Southwest, Old -- Description and travel |
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| | • | United States -- Emigration and immigration |
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| | • | West Virginia -- Description and travel |
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| | • | Agriculture -- Ohio River Valley |
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| | • | Agriculture -- Pennsylvania |
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| | • | Allegheny Mountains |
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| | • | Allegheny River Valley (Pa. and N.Y.) -- Description and travel |
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| | • | Authors, American -- Ohio |
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| | • | Birkbeck, Morris, -- 1764-1825. -- Notes on a journey in America |
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| | • | Botany -- Missouri River Valley |
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| | Book | Requires cookie* | | 61 | Title: | Sketches of a tour to the western country: through the states of Ohio and Kentucky, a voyage down the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, and a trip through the Mississippi territory, and part of West Florida, commenced at Philadelphia in the winter of 1807, and concluded in 1809
| | | | Creator: | Cuming, Fortescue, 1762-1828 | | | | Publication: | Cramer, Spear & Eichbaum, Pittsburgh,1810. | | | | Call #: | F36J C969S Vault | | | | Extent: | 504 p. ; 18 cm. | | | | Subjects: | Ohio River Valley -- Description and travel | Pennsylvania -- Description and travel | Ohio -- Description and travel | Kentucky -- Description and travel | Mississippi River Valley -- Description and travel
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| Book | Requires cookie* | | 62 | Title: | Travels in America performed in 1806: for the purpose of exploring the rivers, Alleghany, Monongahela, Ohio, and Mississippi, and ascertaining the produce and condition of their banks and vicinity
| | | | Creator: | Ashe, Thomas, 1770-1835 | | | | Publication: | Printed Newburyport [Mass.] Re-printed for W. Sawyer & co. by E. M. Blunt, London,1808. | | | | Call #: | F25J A824T1 | | | | Extent: | ix, [11]-366 p. 18 cm. | | | | Subjects: | Mississippi River Valley -- Description and travel | Ohio River Valley -- Description and travel | United States -- Description and travel | Allegheny River | Monongahela River | Mississippi River -- Description and travel | Ohio River -- Description and travel
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| Book | Requires cookie* | | 65 | Title: | Geographical, historical, political, philosophical and mechanical essays: the first, containing an analysis of a general map of the middle British colonies in America ; and of the country of the confederate Indians: a description of the face of the country ; the boundaries of the confederates; and the maritime and inland navigations of the several rivers and lakes contained therein
| | | | Creator: | Evans, Lewis, 1700?-1756 | | | | Publication: | Printed by B. Franklin and D. Hall, And sold by J. and R. Dodsley, in Pall-Mall, London, Philadelphia,1755. | | | | Notes: | Marginal notes. Certain copies of both the 1st and 2d editions, which were published in Philadelphia in 1755, have an additional line in the imprint. "and sold by J. and R. Dodsley in Pall-Mall, London." This second issue of the second edition includesthe original map, with title: A general map of the middle British colonies in America ; viz. Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, Pensilvania, New-Jersey, New York, Connecticut & Rhode-Island: of Aquanishuonigy the country of the confederate Indians; comprehending Aquanishuonigy proper, their places of residence, Ohio and Tiiuxsoxruntie their deer-hunting countries, Couxsaxrage and Skaniadarade, their beaver-hunting countries; of the lakes Erie, Ontario and Champlain, and of part of New-France: wherein is also shewn the antient and present seats of the Indian nations. By Lewis Evans. 1755. Engraved by Jas. Turner in Philadelphia. Published according to act of Parliament, by Lewis Evans, June 23, 1755, and sold by R. Dodsley in Pall-Mall, London, & by the author in Philadelphia. For description of text and map cf. H. N. Stevens, Lewis Evans, hismap...1920. | | | | Call #: | F36J E92G2 Vault | | | | Extent: | iv, 32 p. : fold. map ; 29 cm. | | | | Subjects: | Iroquois Indians | Middle Atlantic States -- Description and travel | Ohio River Valley -- Description and travel | Middle Atlantic States -- Description and travel -- Maps | Ohio River Valley -- Description and travel -- Maps | Imprints, Early American To 1820
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| Book | Requires cookie* | | 66 | Title: | Washington and the West: being George Washington's diary of September, 1784, kept during his journey into the Ohio basin in the interest of a commercial union between the Great Lakes and the Potomac River
| | | | Creator: | Washington, George, 1732-1799 | | | | | Hulbert, Archer Butler, 1873-1933 | | | | Publication: | The Century Co, New York,1905. | | | | Notes: | The diary is reproduced from the original ms. preserved in the Library of Congress. | | | | Call #: | E312.8 1784a | | | | Extent: | 6 p. Á., 3-217 p. front., 1 illus. (plan) maps (part fold.) 22 cm. | | | | Subjects: | Inland navigation -- United States | Virginia -- Description and travel | West Virginia -- Description and travel | Ohio River Valley -- Description and travel | Ohio River Valley -- History -- To 1795
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| Book | Requires cookie* | | 67 | Title: | Washington and the West: being George Washington's diary of September, 1784, kept during his journey into the Ohio Basin in the interest of a commercial union between the Great Lakes and the Potomac River
| | | | Creator: | Washington, George, 1732-1799 | | | | | Hulbert, Archer Butler, 1873-1933 | | | | Publication: | Arthur H. Clark, Cleveland,1911, c1905. | | | | Notes: | Includes index. | | | | Call #: | E312.8 1784 | | | | Extent: | 217 p., [6] leaves of plates : ill., maps ; 22 cm. | | | | Subjects: | Inland navigation -- United States | Virginia -- Description and travel | West Virginia -- Description and travel | Ohio River Valley -- Description and travel | Ohio River Valley -- History -- To 1795 | Cleveland imprints 1911
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| Book | Requires cookie* | | 68 | Title: | Legends of the West: sketches illustrative of the habits, occupations, privations, adventures, and sport of the pioneers of the West
| | | | Creator: | Hall, James, 1793-1868 | | | | Publication: | R. Clarke & co, Cincinnati,1869. | | | | Notes: | Harpe's head has been published separately under this title and also under the title: Kentucky. | | | | Call #: | F25UA H177L 1869 | | | | Extent: | xvi, 17-435 p. | | | | Subjects: | Frontier and pioneer life -- Northwest, Old | Frontier and pioneer life -- Ohio | Ohio River Valley -- Description and travel | Ohio -- Description and travel | Ohio imprints 1869
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| Book | Requires cookie* | | 69 | Title: | The journal of a tour into the territory northwest of the Alleghany Mountains ; made in the spring of the year 1803: with a geographical and historical account of the state of Ohio ; illustrated with original maps and views
| | | | Creator: | Harris, Thaddeus Mason, 1768-1842 | | | | Publication: | Printed by Manning & Loring, Boston,1805. | | | | Notes: | Pages [x], [54], [56], [86], [208], and [272] are blank. | | | | Call #: | F34J H316 Vault | | | | Extent: | viii, 271 p., [5] p. of plates : ill., maps (some fold.) ; 21 cm. | | | | Subjects: | Ohio River Valley -- Description and travel | Pennsylvania -- Description and travel | Ohio -- History -- 1787-1865 | Ohio -- Description and travel | Imprints, Early American To 1820
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| Book | Requires cookie* | | 70 | Title: | Hints to emigrants, or, A comparative estimate of the advantages of Pennsylvania, and of the western territory, &c
| | | | Creator: | Lorain, John. | | | | Publication: | Published by Littell & Henry. A Waldie, printer, Philadelphia,1819. | | | | Notes: | A reply to statements made by Morris Birkbeck in his Letters from Illinois, and Notes on a journey in America. | | | | Call #: | F11J L865 | | | | Extent: | 1 p. leaf, 144 p. 16 cm. | | | | Subjects: | Birkbeck, Morris, -- 1764-1825. -- Notes on a journey in America | Philadelphia. -- Waldie. -- 1819 | Philadelphia. -- Littell & Henry. -- 1819 | Agriculture -- Pennsylvania | Agriculture -- Ohio River Valley | Pennsylvania -- Description and travel | Ohio River Valley -- Description and travel | Imprints, Early American To 1820
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| Book | Requires cookie* | | 71 | Title: | A topographical description of the western territory of North America: containing a succinct account of its soil, climate, natural history, population, agriculture, manners, and customs, with an ample description of the several divisions into which that country is partitioned; to which are added, the discovery, settlement, and present state of Kentucky, and an essay towards the topography, and natural history of that important country by John Filson
| | | | Creator: | Imlay, Gilbert, 1754?-1828? | | | | | Filson, John, ca. 1747-1788 | | | | Publication: | Printed for J. Debrett, London,1793. | | | | Notes: | "Report of the secretary of state, to the President of the United States, of the quantity and situation of the lands not claimed by the Indians nor granted to, nor claimed by any citizens, within the territory of the United States ... Nov. 10, 1791": p. [417]-483. First edition, London, 1792. | | | | Call #: | F25J I33a Vault | | | | Extent: | xvi, 433, [20] p. : ill., 2 fold. maps ; 22 cm. | | | | Subjects: | Public lands -- United States | Mississippi River Valley -- Description and travel | Ohio River Valley -- Description and travel | Mississippi River Valley -- History -- To 1898 | Genesee Region (N.Y.) | Kentucky -- Description and travel
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| Book | Requires cookie* | | 73 | Title: | Travels in the interior of America, in the years 1809, 1810, and 1811: including a description of upper Louisiana, together with the states of Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, and Tennessee, with the Illinois and western territories, and containing remarks and observations useful to persons emigrating to those countries
| | | | Creator: | Bradbury, John, b. 1768 | | | | Publication: | Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, London,1819. | | | | Notes: | The author ascended the Missouri river in company with the Pacific for company's expedition 1811, under command of Wilson P. Hunt. Appendix: Vocabulary of some words in the Osage language--Oration delivered by the Big Elk, the chief of the Maha nation, over the grave of the Black Buffalo, chief of the Tetons ... 14th July, 1813--Narrative of the expedition of Mr. Hunt [by Ramsay Crooks] extracted from the Missouri gazette--Description of the Missouri territory--Remarks on the states of Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana, with the Illinois and western territory, and on the emigrations to those countries--Catalogue of some of the more rare or valuable plants discovered in the neighbourhood of St. Louis and on the Missouri. | | | | Call #: | F25J B798T1 Vault | | | | Extent: | xiv, [17]-346 p. : fold. map ; 24 cm. | | | | Subjects: | Pacific Fur Company | Indians of North America -- Northwestern States | Overland journeys to the Pacific | Botany -- Missouri River Valley | Osage language -- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc | Missouri River -- Description and travel | Mississippi River Valley -- Description and travel | Ohio River Valley -- Description and travel
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| Book | Requires cookie* | | 74 | Title: | Geographical sketches on the western country: designed for emigrants and settlers ; being the result of extensive researches and remarks ; to which is added, a summary of all the most interesting matters on the subject, including a particular description of all the unsold public lands, collected from a variety of authentic sources ; also, a list of the principal roads
| | | | Creator: | Dana, E. (Edmund) | | | | Publication: | Looker, Reynolds & Co. Printers, Cincinnati,1819. | | | | Notes: | Includes index. | | | | Call #: | F25J D167 Vault | | | | Extent: | 312 p. ; 19 cm. | | | | Subjects: | Roads -- United States | Mississippi River Valley -- Description and travel | Northwest, Old -- Description and travel | Southwest, Old -- Description and travel | Ohio River Valley -- Description and travel | Northwestern States -- Description and travel | Imprints, Early American To 1820 | Ohio imprints 1819
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| Book | Requires cookie* | | 75 | Title: | Travels in America: performed in 1806, for the purpose of exploring the rivers Alleghany, Monongahela, Ohio, and Mississippi, and ascertaining the produce and condition of their banks and vicinity
| | | | Creator: | Ashe, Thomas, 1770-1835 | | | | Publication: | Printed for the publisher, New York,1811. | | | | Call #: | F25J A824T4 | | | | Extent: | ix, [11]-366 p. ; 20 cm. | | | | Subjects: | Mississippi River Valley -- Description and travel | Ohio River Valley -- Description and travel | United States -- Description and travel -- 1783-1848 | West (U.S.) -- Description and travel | Mississippi River -- Description and travel | Ohio River -- Description and travel | Allegheny River | Monongahela River | Imprints, Early American To 1820
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| Book | Requires cookie* | | 76 | Title: | Lewis Evans
| | | | Creator: | Gipson, Lawrence Henry, 1880- | | | | | Evans, Lewis, 1700?-1756 | | | | | Evans, Lewis, 1700?-1756 | | | | Publication: | The Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia,1939. | | | | Notes: | "As to ... 'A brief account of Pennsylvania' which is presented herewith, two copies of this are in existence, neither of which is the original manuscript: the so-called George Fox copy, belonging to the Historical society of Pennsylvania, and the Du Simitiáere copy, possessed by the Library company of Philadelphia ... The text of the Fox copy has been followed."--Pref. | | | | Call #: | E199 E92 Oversize | | | | Extent: | 8 p. Á., 246 p. incl. 5 maps (4 fold.) : front. (fold. map) ; 31 cm. | | | | Subjects: | Evans, Lewis, -- 1700?-1756 | Iroquois Indians | Pennsylvania -- Description and travel | Pennsylvania -- Boundaries -- Maryland | Maryland -- Boundaries -- Pennsylvania | Middle Atlantic States -- Description and travel | Ohio River Valley -- Description and travel | Middle Atlantic States -- Maps | Ohio River Valley -- Maps | United States -- History -- French and Indian War, 1754-1763 | United States -- Politics and government -- 1755-1763
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| Book | Requires cookie* | | 77 | Title: | Travels in the interior of America, in the years 1809, 1810, and 1811: including a description of upper Louisiana, together with the states of Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, and Tennessee, with the Illinois and western territories, and containing remarks and observations useful to persons emigrating to those countries
| | | | Creator: | Bradbury, John, b. 1768 | | | | | Bywater, John. | | | | Publication: | Printed for the author, by Smith and Galway, and published by Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, London, Liverpool,1817. | | | | Notes: | The author ascended the Missouri River in company with the Pacific Fur Company's expedition 1811, under command of Wilson P. Hunt. Appendix: Vocabulary of some words in the Osage language -- Oration delivered by the Big Elk, the chief of the Maha nation, over the grave of the Black Buffaloe, chief of the Tetons ... 14th July, 1813 -- Narrative of the expedition of Mr. Hunt [by Ramsay Crooks] extracted from the Missouri gazette -- Description of the Missouri Territory -- Remarks on the states of Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana, with the Illinois and western territory, and on the emigrations to those countries -- Catalogue of some of the more rare or valuable plants discovered in the neighbourhood of St. Louis and on the Missouri -- Observations on the nature of animalcules, and principles of vegetable physiology [by John Bywater]. Errata slip follows p. xii. | | | | Call #: | F25J B798T Vault | | | | Extent: | xii, [1], 10-364 p. ; 23 cm. | | | | Subjects: | Bradbury, John, -- b. 1768 -- Journeys -- Middle West | Pacific Fur Company | Indians of North America -- Northwestern States | Overland journeys to the Pacific | Botany -- Missouri River Valley -- History -- 19th century | Osage language -- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc | Missouri River Valley -- Description and travel | Mississippi River Valley -- Description and travel | Ohio River Valley -- Description and travel | United States -- Description and travel -- 1783-1848
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| Book | Requires cookie* | | 78 | Title: | The navigator: containing directions for navigating the Monongahela, Allegheny, Ohio and Mississippi rivers : with an ample account of these much admired waters, from the head of the former to the mouth of the latter, and a concise description of their towns, villages, harbors, settlements, &c. : with maps of the Ohio and Mississippi : to which is added an appendix, containing an account of Louisiana, and of the Missouri and Columbia rivers, as discovered by the voyage under Capts. Lewis and Clark
| | | | Creator: | Cramer, Zadok, 1773-1813 | | | | Publication: | Published & sold by Cramer, Spear and Eichbaum, Pittsburgh,1814. | | | | Notes: | Originally written and published by Zadok Cramer in Pittsburgh, 1801. | | | | Call #: | F25J C889 1814 Vault | | | | Extent: | 360 p. : maps ; 19 cm. | | | | Subjects: | Lewis and Clark Expedition -- (1804-1806) | Mississippi River Valley -- Description and travel | Ohio River Valley -- Description and travel | Louisiana -- Description and travel | Monongahela River Valley (W. Va. and Pa.) -- Description and travel | Allegheny River Valley (Pa. and N.Y.) -- Description and travel | Mississippi River -- Navigation | Ohio River -- Navigation | Imprints, Early American To 1820
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