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Lot 165: 1814 Book on Lousiiana Territory

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Lot  165: 1814 Book on Lousiiana Territory
<b>Autographs</b><hr><b>Fabulous Historical Account of Louisiana Territory, 1814</b>

<b>(LOUISIANA).</b>
1814, “VIEWS OF LOUISIANA; TOGETHER WITH A JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE UP THE MISSOURI RIVER, IN 1811,” by Henry M. Breckenridge, first edition, printed by Gramer, Spear and Eichbaum, Pittsburgh, PA, 8.9” x 5.5,” 304 pages, Choice Very Fine. Hardbound contemporary calf, detached front cover, wear to surfaces; last leaf and rear endpaper with minor paper loss in the margin (no loss to text); bookplate on front pastedown. Pages 85-88 have an interesting table of information on the Indian Nations of Louisiana, the number of warriors, and their trade practices, etc. This is a veritable gold mine of contemporary information about the Louisiana territory, as told by those who explored it in the first years after the land was acquired from the French. “[A]n account of the fur trade, principally of Manuel Lisa’s operations, and describes the expedition to the Yellowstone in 1807, the formation of the Missouri Fur Company, and the expedition to the forks of the Missouri”--Wagner-Camp 12:1; Howes B688; Graff 379.