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Stetches of America. A Narrative of a Journey of Five Thousand Miles Through The Eastern and Western States of America; Contained in Eight Reports Addressed to the Thirty-Nine Families By Whom the Author was Deputed, in June 1817, to Ascertain Whether ...
Title
Stetches of America. A Narrative of a Journey of Five Thousand Miles Through The Eastern and Western States of America; Contained in Eight Reports Addressed to the Thirty-Nine Families By Whom the Author was Deputed, in June 1817, to Ascertain Whether Any, and What Part of the United States Would be Suitable for their Residence
Genre
books, letters (correspondence), guidebooks
Creator
Fearon, Henry Bradshaw
Date
1819
Collection
Abraham Lincoln historical digitization project, Prairie Fire
Letters from the West; or a Caution to Emigrants: Being Facts and Observations Respecting the States of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Some Parts of New-York, Pennsylvania and Kentucky: Written in the Winter of 1818-19
Title
Letters from the West; or a Caution to Emigrants: Being Facts and Observations Respecting the States of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Some Parts of New-York, Pennsylvania and Kentucky: Written in the Winter of 1818-19
Genre
books, letters (correspondence)
Creator
Wright, John Stillman
Date
1819
Collection
Abraham Lincoln historical digitization project, Prairie Fire
Recollections of the Last Ten Years, Passed in Occasional Residences and Journeyings in the Valley of the Mississippi, from Pittsburg and the Missouri to the Gulf of Mexico, and from Florida to the Spanish Frontier; in a Series of Letters to the Rev. ...
Title
Recollections of the Last Ten Years, Passed in Occasional Residences and Journeyings in the Valley of the Mississippi, from Pittsburg and the Missouri to the Gulf of Mexico, and from Florida to the Spanish Frontier; in a Series of Letters to the Rev. James Flint, of Salem, Massachusetts
Genre
books, autobiographies, letters (correspondence), poetry
Creator
Flint, Timothy
Date
1826
Collection
Abraham Lincoln historical digitization project, Prairie Fire, Mark Twain's Mississippi
Sketches of a Tour of the Lakes, of the Character and Customs of the Chippeway Indians, and of Incidents Connected with the Treaty of Fond Du Lac
Title
Sketches of a Tour of the Lakes, of the Character and Customs of the Chippeway Indians, and of Incidents Connected with the Treaty of Fond Du Lac
Genre
books, letters (correspondence), proceedings
Creator
McKenney, Thomas L
Date
1827
Collection
Abraham Lincoln historical digitization project, Prairie Fire
A Winter in the West, volume 1
Title
A Winter in the West, volume 1
Genre
books, letters (correspondence)
Creator
Hoffman, Charles Fenno
Date
1835
Collection
Abraham Lincoln historical digitization project, Prairie Fire
Address to the People of the United States, and to the Members of Congress in Particular, on the Civilization and Christian Instructions of the Aborigines of Our Country
Title
Address to the People of the United States, and to the Members of Congress in Particular, on the Civilization and Christian Instructions of the Aborigines of Our Country
Genre
books, letters (correspondence)
Creator
Coffin, Elijah, Indiana Yearly Meeting of Friends
Date
1838
Collection
Prairie Fire
New Homes in the West
Title
New Homes in the West
Genre
books, letters (correspondence), poetry, memoirs
Creator
Stewart, Catherine
Date
1843
Collection
Abraham Lincoln historical digitization project, Prairie Fire
Notes on the Early Settlement of the North-Western Territory
Title
Notes on the Early Settlement of the North-Western Territory
Genre
books, autobiographies, letters (correspondence), guidebooks
Creator
Burnet, Jacob
Date
1847
Collection
Prairie Fire
The History of an Expedition Against Fort Du Quesne, in 1755; Under Major-General Braddock, Generalissimo of H. B. M. Forces in America. Edited from the Original Manuscripts, by Winthrop Sargent, M.A., Member of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Title
The History of an Expedition Against Fort Du Quesne, in 1755; Under Major-General Braddock, Generalissimo of H. B. M. Forces in America. Edited from the Original Manuscripts, by Winthrop Sargent, M.A., Member of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Genre
books, letters (correspondence), guidebooks, reports
Creator
Sargent, Winthrop, ed., Franklin, Benjamin, Orme, Robert, Napier, Robert, Croghan, George, Gentleman's Magazine
Date
1856
Collection
Prairie Fire
The Colonial History of Vincennes, under the French, British, and American Governments, from its First Settlement Down to the Territorial Administration of General William Henry Harrison, Being an Address Delivered by Judge John Law, Before the ...
Title
The Colonial History of Vincennes, under the French, British, and American Governments, from its First Settlement Down to the Territorial Administration of General William Henry Harrison, Being an Address Delivered by Judge John Law, Before the Vincennes Historical and Antiquarian Society, February 22d, 1839, with Additional Notes and Illustrations
Genre
books, speeches, letters (correspondence)
Creator
Law, John
Date
1858
Collection
Prairie Fire
Edwards's Great West and Her Commercial Metropolis, Embracing a General View of the West, and a Complete History of St. Louis, from the Landing of Ligueste, in 1764, to the Present Time; with Portraits and Biographies of Some of the Old Settlers, and ...
Title
Edwards's Great West and Her Commercial Metropolis, Embracing a General View of the West, and a Complete History of St. Louis, from the Landing of Ligueste, in 1764, to the Present Time; with Portraits and Biographies of Some of the Old Settlers, and Many of the Most Prominent Buisiness Men
Genre
books, biographies (documents), letters (correspondence), guidebooks
Creator
Edwards, Richard, Hopewell, M., Ashley, William, Barry, James G., Belt and Priest, Casey, John; Hall, W., Labaum, Louis A., Leduc, Mary Philip, Lisa, Manuel, O'Fallon, Benjamin, Piernas, Port Folio, Risley, W., Stoddard, Amos, Williams, Henry W., Yore, John E
Date
1860
Collection
Abraham Lincoln historical digitization project, Prairie Fire, Mark Twain's Mississippi
'Instructions to Colonel Clark' in 'Col. George Rogers Clark's Sketch of his Campaign in the Illinois in 1778-9'
Title
'Instructions to Colonel Clark' in 'Col. George Rogers Clark's Sketch of his Campaign in the Illinois in 1778-9'
Genre
books, letters (correspondence)
Creator
Clark, George Rogers, Henry, Patrick
Date
1869
Collection
Prairie Fire
The Battle of Tippecanoe: Historical Sketches of the Famous Field Upon Which General William Henry Harrison Won Renown That Aided Him in Reaching the Presidency. Lives of the Prophet and Tecumseh with Many Interesting Incidents of Their Rise and ...
Title
The Battle of Tippecanoe: Historical Sketches of the Famous Field Upon Which General William Henry Harrison Won Renown That Aided Him in Reaching the Presidency. Lives of the Prophet and Tecumseh with Many Interesting Incidents of Their Rise and Overthrow. The Campaign of 1888 and Election of General Benjamin Harrison
Genre
books, letters (correspondence)
Creator
Beard, Reed, Harrison, William Henry, Tecumseh
Date
1889
Collection
Abraham Lincoln historical digitization project, Prairie Fire, Illinois during the Gilded Age
Correspondence and Journals of Samuel Blachley Webb, Volume 1
Title
Correspondence and Journals of Samuel Blachley Webb, Volume 1
Genre
books, letters (correspondence)
Creator
Ford, Worthington Chauncey, Webb, Samuel Blachley
Date
1893
Collection
Prairie Fire
Correspondence and Journals of Samuel Blachley Webb, Volume 3, 1783-1806
Title
Correspondence and Journals of Samuel Blachley Webb, Volume 3, 1783-1806
Genre
books, letters (correspondence)
Creator
Ford, Worthington Chauncey
Date
1894
Collection
Prairie Fire