| | Book | Requires cookie* | | 1 | Title: | The Americans as they are: described in a tour through the valley of the Mississippi
| | | | Creator: | Sealsfield, Charles, 1793-1864 | | | | Publication: | Hurst, Chance and Co, London,1828. | | | | Notes: | English version, abridged, of the author's "Die Vereinigten Staaten von Nord Amerika", Stuttgart, 1827, published under the pseudonym C. Sidons. | | | | Call #: | F25J S438 | | | | Extent: | vi, 218 p. ; 20 cm. | | | | Subjects: | Mississippi River Valley -- Description and travel | Ohio River Valley -- Description and travel | United States -- Social life and customs
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| Book | Requires cookie* | | 3 | Title: | Journal of a tour in unsettled parts of North America in 1796 & 1797
| | | | Creator: | Baily, Francis, 1774-1844 | | | | | Herschel, John F. W. (John Frederick William)Sir, 1792-1871 | | | | | De Morgan, Augustus, 1806-1871 | | | | Publication: | Baily Bros, London,1856. | | | | Notes: | First edition. Howes, U. S.iana, B40. Edited by A. De Morgan. "Memoir of Francis Baily, by Sir John Hershel": p. 1-74. "List of Mr. Francis Baily's Publications": p. 61-69. | | | | Call #: | E164 B161 | | | | Extent: | xii, 439 p. ; 24 cm. | | | | Subjects: | Ohio River Valley -- Description and travel | Mississippi River Valley -- Description and travel
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| Book | Requires cookie* | | 4 | Title: | 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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| Book | Requires cookie* | | 6 | Title: | Travels through the two Louisianas, and among the savage nations of Missouri: also, in the United States, along the Ohio, and the adjacent provinces, in 1801, 1802, & 1803. With a sketch of the manners, customs, character, and the civil and religious ceremonies of the people of those countries
| | | | Creator: | Perrin du Lac, (Franðcois Marie)M, 1766-1824 | | | | Publication: | Printed for Richard Phillips, London,1807. | | | | Call #: | Pam. P564 | | | | Extent: | 106, [2] p. 21 cm. | | | | Subjects: | Indians of North America | Louisiana -- Description and travel | Mississippi River Valley -- Description and travel | Ohio River Valley -- Description and travel
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| Book | Requires cookie* | | 7 | 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* | | 8 | 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* | | 10 | 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* | | 11 | 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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| Book | Requires cookie* | | 12 | 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* | | 13 | 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* | | 14 | Title: | Description topographique de la Virginie, de la Pensylvanie, du Maryland et de la Caroline Septentrionale: contenant les riviáeres d'Ohio, Kenhawa, Sioto, Cherokâee, Wabash, des Illinois, du Mississipi, &c
| | | | Alt. Title: | A topographical description of Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland and North Carolina. French
| | | | Creator: | Hutchins, Thomas, 1730-1789 | | | | | Kennedy, Patrick. | | | | | Le Rouge. | | | | Publication: | Le Rouge, Paris,1781. | | | | Notes: | Translated by G.L. Le Rouge. | | | | Call #: | E163 H978 Vault | | | | Extent: | 68 p, [3] p. of plates : fold. maps ; 20 cm. | | | | Subjects: | Indians of North America -- Statistics | Ohio River Valley -- Description and travel | Mississippi River Valley -- Description and travel | Illinois River
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| Book | Requires cookie* | | 15 | Title: | A topographical description of Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland and North Carolina, comprehending the rivers Ohio, Kenhawa, Sioto, Cherokee, Wabash, Illinois, Mississippi, & the climate, soil and produce, whether animal, vegetable, or mineral: the mountains, creeks, roads, distances, latitudes & of every part, laid down in the annexed map
| | | | Creator: | Hutchins, Thomas, 1730-1789 | | | | | Kennedy, Patrick. | | | | Publication: | Printed for the author, and sold by J. Almon, London,1778. | | | | Notes: | Second impression, with corrections. "The map, which the following sheets are inteded to explain, comprehends almost the whole of the country lying between the 34th and 44th degrees of latitude, and the 79th and 96th degrees of longitude."--Pref. The map issued separately. | | | | Call #: | E163 H972 Vault | | | | Extent: | 1 p. 1., li, 67 p. 2 fold, plans, fold. tab. 21 cm. | | | | Subjects: | Indians of North America -- Statistics | Ohio River Valley -- Description and travel | Mississippi River Valley -- Description and travel | Illinois River
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| Book | Requires cookie* | | 16 | Title: | A topographical description of Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and North Carolina
| | | | Creator: | Hutchins, Thomas, 1730-1789 | | | | | Hicks, Frederick C. (Frederick Charles), b. 1875 | | | | | Kennedy, Patrick. | | | | Publication: | Cleveland,The Burrows brothers company, 1904. | | | | Notes: | Contains reprint of original t.-p., London, 1778. "This edition is limited to two hundred and forty-five numbered copies, this being no. ." "The map, which the following sheets are intended to explain, comprehends almost the whole of the country, lying between the 34th and 44th degrees of latitude, and the 79th and 93d degrees of longitude."--Pref. "Biographical sketch of Thomas Hutchins": p. 7-51. "Mr. Patrick Kennedy's journal of an expedition undertaken by himself and several coureurs de bois in the year 1773,-- from Kaskaskias village in the Illinois country, to the head waters of the Illinois river": p. 122-134. "A list of the different nations and tribes of Indians in the northern districts of North America, with the number of their fighting men, &c. &c.": p. 135-137. "A list of the works of Thomas Hutchins, including notes on the map and book reprinted, by Frederick Charles Hicks": p. [53]-66. | | | | Call #: | E163 H974 | | | | Extent: | 143 p. fold. map (in pocket) 2 plans, fold. facsim., fold. tab. 25 cm. | | | | Subjects: | Indians of North America -- Statistics | Ohio River Valley -- Description and travel | Mississippi River Valley -- Description and travel | Illinois River | Cleveland imprints 1904
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| Book | Requires cookie* | | 18 | Title: | Sketch of a journey through the western states of North America: from New Orleans, by the Mississippi, Ohio, city of Cincinnati and falls of Niagara, to New York, in 1827
| | | | Creator: | Bullock, W. (William), fl. 1808-1828 | | | | | Drake, Benjamin, 1794-1841 | | | | | Mansfield, Edward Deering, 1801-1880 | | | | Publication: | J. Miller, London,1827. | | | | Notes: | The frontispiece has title "Plan of a proposed rural town, to be called Hygeia, the property of W. Bullock, on the river Ohio, Kentucky ..." This locality is evidenty at or near the present Ludlow, Ky. | | | | Call #: | F34Y C574J B8 Vault | | | | Extent: | xxxi, viii, 135 p., [2] p. of plates : ill., map ; 19 cm. | | | | Subjects: | Cincinnati (Ohio) -- Description and travel | Ohio River Valley -- Description and travel | Mississippi River Valley -- Description and travel | United States -- Description and travel | Ludlow (Ky.) | Hygeia (Ky.)
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| Book | Requires cookie* | | 19 | Title: | The far West, or, A tour beyond the mountains: embracing outlines of western life and scenery ; sketches of the prairies, rivers, ancient mounds, early settlements of the French, etc
| | | | Creator: | Flagg, Edmund, 1815-1890 | | | | Publication: | Harper & Bros, New York,1838. | | | | Call #: | F25J F574 | | | | Extent: | 2 v. ; 19 cm. | | | | Subjects: | Ohio River Valley -- Description and travel | Missouri -- Description and travel | Mississippi River Valley -- Description and travel | Illinois -- Description and travel
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| Book | Requires cookie* | | 20 | 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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