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1839/08/19
Johnston, Albert Sidney, 1803-1862
Approving receipt for 25 pounds powder, 72 bars lead, 1 box percussion caps
Signed as Sec. of War for the Republic of Texas. The materials were intended for Capt. Bennett's Texas rangers.
GLC04123
1834
Pike, Albert, 1809-1891
Prose sketches and poems, written in the Western Country
Signed and inscribed on the last page by Jerome Van Crowninshield Smith, former editor of The Boston Medical Intelligencer. Published by Light & Horton. Pike, a newspaper editor and lawyer, created this book after his journey over the Santa Fe...
GLC04144
1849
Parkman, Francis, 1823-1893
The California and Oregon Trail: being sketches of prairie and Rocky Mountain life
The two plates, frontispiece and pictorial title are engraved by Childs after F.O.C. Darley and printed by C.A. Alvord. Inscribed with "Dr. O'Callaghan, with respects of F. Parkman Jr."
GLC04150
1850
Garrard, Lewis Hector, 1829-1887
Wah-To-Yah, and the Taos Trail; or prairie travel and scalp dances, with a look at los rancheros from Muleback and the Rocky Mountain camp-fire.
Published by H. W. Derby & Co. Also published in New York, New York by A. S. Barnes & Co. Relates his 1846 journey along the Sante Fe and Taos (New Mexico) Trails while accompanying a merchant caravan led by Ceran St. Vrain. Includes Garrard's...
GLC04151
26 May 1866
Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875
Treaty between the United States of America and the Camanche and Kiowa Tribes of Indians.
Peace treaty between the United States government and Camanche and Kiowa Indians along the Arkansas River in Kansas. Lists the articles of agreement, the commissioners of the United States, and the chiefs and councilmen of the Native American...
GLC04588
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