| | Book | Requires cookie* | | 1 | Title: | The first description of Cincinnati and other Ohio settlements: the travel report of Johann Heckewelder (1792) with an introduction by H.A. Rattermann ; edited by Don Heinrich Tolzmann
| | | | Creator: | Heckewelder, John Gottlieb Ernestus, 1743-1823 | | | | | Tolzmann, Don Heinrich, 1945- | | | | Publication: | University Press of America, Lanham, MD,c1988. | | | | Notes: | Translation of a chapter from Heckewelder's 1792-93 journal, which was originally published in 1797 in Halle, Germany, as part of a geographical book series entitled Auswahl der besten auslèandischen geographischen und statistischen Nachrichten zur Aufklarung der Vèolkerkunde und Lèanderkunde. Includes bibliographical references (p. 61-69). | | | | Call #: | F36J H449 | | | | Extent: | vii, 71 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. | | | | Subjects: | Heckewelder, John Gottlieb Ernestus, -- 1743-1823 -- Journeys -- Ohio River Valley | Ohio River Valley -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800 | Cincinnati (Ohio) -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800
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| Book | Requires cookie* | | 2 | 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
| | | | Creator: | Imlay, Gilbert, 1754?-1828? | | | | | Barker, Elihu. | | | | | Boone, Daniel, 1734-1820 | | | | | Kennedy, Patrick. | | | | | Filson, John, ca. 1747-1788 | | | | | Heart, Jonathan, 1748-1791 | | | | | Hutchins, Thomas, 1730-1789 | | | | | Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 | | | | Publication: | Printed for J. Debrett, London,1797. | | | | Notes: | Signatures: [A]p6sp sB-2Rp8sp s2Sp2s Added t.p. Advertisements on p. [29]-[30] at end. First edition, London, 1792. Includes index. (cont.) -- XII. Treaty ... between the United States ... and ... Spain, for the free navigation of the Mississippi -- XIII. Plan of association of the North American Land Company, [etc.] The above is the order of contents as given on the title-page, but differs from the numbering and order of articles as given in the book. | | | | Call #: | F25J I33 1797 Vault | | | | Extent: | xii, 598, [30] p., [4] leaves of plates : 4 fold. maps ; 22 cm. (8vo) | | | | Subjects: | San Lorenzo Treaty, 1795 | Ohio River Valley -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800 | Mississippi River Valley -- History -- To 1803 | Genesee Region (N.Y.)
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| Book | Requires cookie* | | 3 | 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 divided and an accurate statement of the various tribes of Indians that inhabit the frontier country : to which is annexed a delineation of the laws and government of the State of Kentucky, tending to shew the probable rise and grandeur of the American empire : in a series of letters to a friend in England
| | | | Creator: | Imlay, Gilbert, 1754?-1828? | | | | | Filson, John, ca. 1747-1788 | | | | | American Imprint Collection (Library of Congress) | | | | | Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress) | | | | | United States Dept. of State. | | | | Publication: | Printed by Samuel Campbell, New-York,1793. | | | | Notes: | Vol. 2 has special t.p., which reads: The discovery, settlement, and present state of Kentucky ... to which is added, I. The adventures of Col. Daniel Boon ... II. The minutes of the Piankashaw Council ... III. An account of the Indian Nations inhabiting within the limits of the Thirteen United States ... IV. A report of the Secretary of State to the President of the United States ... V. Thoughts of emigration ... Being a supplement to Imlay's description of the western territory. Vol. II. By John Filson. Imlay's work appeared first, without that of Filson, London, 1792. The first edition of Filson's "Discovery" was published at Wilmington, Del., in 1784. Vol. 1: xxiii, [2], 26-260 [i.e. 250] p., [2] leaves of plates; v. 2: 204 p., [1] leaf of plates. Vol. 1, p. 216-250 incorrectly numbered 226-260. | | | | Call #: | F25J I33b Vault | | | | Extent: | 2 v., [3] folded leaves of plates : 3 maps ; 17 cm. | | | | Subjects: | Public lands -- United States | Mississippi River Valley -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800 | Ohio River Valley -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800 | Mississippi River Valley -- History -- To 1803 | Ohio River Valley -- History -- To 1795 | Imprints, Early American To 1820
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