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Encountering the First American West
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Description and Travel
List of expenses for a trip from Kentucky to the Northeast, 1822
William Brown's memorandum book, 1790
The American Geography
Travels through the states of North America, and the provinces of upper and lower Canada, during the years 1795, 1796, and 1797.
Travels in North-America, in the years 1780-81-82
Letters from the West
Letter from John J. Audubon to Lucy Audubon, 19 January 1827
The tour of James Monroe through the northern and eastern states
Some information respecting America
An excursion through the United States and Canada during the years 1822-23
Sketches of the Life and Adventures of Jacob Parkhurst, 1842
The Navigator
History of the expedition under the command of Captains Lewis & Clark
A voyage to North America, and the West Indies in 1817
Pioneer history: being an account of the first examinations of the Ohio Valley
Cincinnati in 1826
Travels on an inland voyage
Domestic manners of the Americans
Sketches of America: A Narrative of a Journey of Five Thousand Miles Through the Eastern and Western States of America
Letters from Illinois
Original contributions to the American pioneer
Letters from the South and West
Letter from William Clark to Jonathan Clark, 16 December 1803
Letter from William Clark to Jonathan Clark, 2 March 1802
Letter from William Clark to Jonathan Clark, 4 February 1802
Letter from William Clark to Jonathan Clark, 4 October 1798
A topographical description of the western territory of North America
Letter from Barthelemi Tardiveau to St. John de Crevecoeur, 15 January 1789
Letter from Constantine Rafinesque to Charles Wilkins Short, 21 December 1819
Broadside entitled "Some Notices of Kentucky, Particularly of its chief town, Lexington," 28 August 1828
Observations on the North-American land company, 1796
Sketch of a journey through the western states of North America, 1827
A tour in the United States of America: containing an account of the present situation of that country
Letter from Arthur Campbell to John Brown, 29 December 1787
Jonathan Clark Steamboat Ride Diary Entry, 9 November 1811
Letter from William Clark to Edmund Clark, 25 December 1814
Letter to Samuel Brown from Philadelphia, 30 October 1818