| Author | Baird, Robert, 1798-1863.
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| Title | View of the valley of the Mississippi : or, the emigrant's and traveller's guide to the West ; containing a general description of that entire country ; and also, notices of the soil, productions, rivers, and other channels of intercourse and trade ; and likewise of the cities and towns, progress of education, &c. of each state and territory.
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| Published | Philadelphia : H.S. Tanner, 1832.
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| Description | xii, 341 p., [15] p. of plates : maps (some fold., some col.) ; 19 cm.
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| General Note | Binder's title: Emigrant's and traveller's guide through the valley of the Mississippi.
Introduction, p. [iii]-ix, dated and signed: Philadelphia, September 1832. R. B.
Though today generally attributed to Robert Baird, this work has also been attributed to Richard, or Robert Bache.
"A list of maps, charts, and geographical works, recently published and for sale by H.S. Tanner, geographer & map publisher ...": 10 p. at end.
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| Cit./Ref. Note | References: Sabin 2594, 99586; Graff Coll. 141; Thomson, P.G. Ohio, 1134; Buck, S.J. Travel, 249.
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| Subjects | Mississippi River Valley -- Description and travel.
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| Related Titles | The emigrant's and traveller's guide to the West.
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| LC Card Number | 01-8679 |
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| | WRHS Research Library: F 25 J B163V
mq41958: LC class, closed stacks [status: NON-CIRCULATING] |
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