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Pioneer history: being an account of the first examinations of the Ohio Valley, and the early settlement of the Northwest territory. Chiefly from original manuscripts, containing the papers of Col. George Morgan, those of Judge Baker, the diaries of Joseph Buell and John Mathews, the records of the Ohio Company &c.

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Topics include La Salle's discovery of Ohio, Bouquet's expedition to Muskingum and Colonel George Croghan's report on his visit to the Western tribes,the first settlements in Ohio, crops planted, illnesses experienced, Native American attacks, etc.

Tags: agriculture, crops, disease, fever, illness, Native Americans, Ohio, Ohio River Valley, pamphlets, public health, settlement, smallpox

Domestic manners of the Americans

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A description of the customs and manners of the Americans.

Tags: chapel, cholera, church, Cincinnati, clergy, climate, clothing, customs, domesticity, drawing, Equality, feminism, fever, fine arts, food, gender, health, holidays, hotel, independence day, literature, Louisville, market, museum, Native American, Ohio River, pamphlets, parties, phrenology, picture gallery, pigs, religion, river navigation, school, servants, shakespeare, sickness, social life, society, storms, Theology, travel, Women, working class

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Mademoiselle Deckert de la Meillaie. ca. 1904

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Half figure bust of Mademoiselle Deckert de la Meillaie with her hair pulled up on top of her head and a shawl wrapped around her bare shoulders. Her…

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