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Early Western Travels 1748-1846 , Vol. 19, Ogden's Letters, 1821-23, Bullock's Journey, 1827, Gregg's Commerce, 1831-39Entry/Object ID
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Early Western Travels 1748-1846, Volume 19, Ogden's Letters from the West, 1821-1823; Bullock's Journey from New Orleans to New York, 1827; And Part I of Gregg's Commerce of the Prairies, 1831-1839.
(1) Letters from the west; comprising a tour through the western country, and a residence of two summers in the states of Ohio and Kentucky. By George W. Ogden. Ogden was a Quaker merchant from New Bedford, MA who early in 1821 went on a business journey to the Western country where he remained two years. He describes Pittsburg's prosperity and prospects. In a second letter he describes the Ohio river journey to Cincinnati and Louisville. Third letter concerns his trip to the Mississippi.
(2) Sketch of a journey through the Western States, from New Orleans, by the Mississippi, Ohio, City of Cincinnati, and Falls of Niagara, to New York, in 1827. by William Bullock, F.L.S. Bullock is an English jeweler interested in natural history and started his own museum. In 1827 he made a second trip to Mexico for artifacts and returned via the United States and purchased an estate on the Kentucky side of the Ohio opposite Cincinnati, then proceeded via the Erie Canaol to New York and published this work. Bullock's object was to attract settler for his new colony--Hygiea
(3) Commerce of the prairies: or, the Journal of a Santa Fe trader, during eight expeditions across the great western prairies, and a residence of nearly nine years in Northern Mexico. 1831-1839 By Josiah Gregg. ( Part I Chapters i-xi)
Having gone west for his health, Dr. Josiah Gregg, took cargo far with Mexican territory, south and west of Chihuahua and back to Santa Fe. He took the overland route to Van Buren, Arkansas rather than the Independence-Santa Fe route. He lived among the Comanches for a summer. The book shows the Santa Fe trade before the Mexican custom houses in 1841.
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Ohio, Kentucky, New Orleans, Cincinnati, Falls of Niagara, Prairie Commerce, Northern Mexico, Western Prairie, Trails, Santa Fe Trail, DiaryBook Details
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Thwaites, Reuben Gold, EditorPlace Published
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GlendaleState/Province
CaliforniaDate Published
1966Call No.
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