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The First American West: The Ohio River Valley, 1750-1820 consists of 15,000 pages of original historical material documenting the land, peoples, exploration, and transformation of the trans-Appalachian West from the mid-eighteenth to the early nineteenth century. Drawing from many historical collections at the Filson Historical Society, the First American West incorporates maps, diaries, letters, ledgers, and objects.

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First American West, 1750-1820

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Drawing from many historical collections at the Filson Historical Society, First American West incorporates maps, diaries, letters, ledgers, and…