Report of the exploring expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the year 1842, and to Oregon and north California in the years 1843-'44. / By Brevet Capt. J.C. Frémont, of the Topographical Engineers, under the orders of Col. J.J. Abert, chief of the Topographical Bureau. ; Printed by order of the House of Representatives.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Frémont, John Charles, 1813-1890, author.

Contributor:

Torrey, John, 1796-1873.

Hall, James, 1811-1898.

United States. Congress 1844-1845). House.

United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.

Blair & Rives, printer.

Series:

House document (United States. Congress. House) ; 28th Congress, 2nd session, no. 166.

Doc. ; no. 166

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Frémont, John Charles, 1813-1890--Travel--West (U.S.).

Frémont, John Charles.

Frémont, John Charles, 1813-1890.

United States--Discovery and exploration.

United States.

West (U.S.)--Discovery and exploration.

West (U.S.).

West (U.S.)--Description and travel.

Pacific States--Description and travel.

Pacific States.

Rocky Mountains.

Paleontology--Oregon Territory.

Paleontology.

Botany--Oregon Territory.

Botany.

Geology--Oregon Territory.

Geology.

Paleontology--California.

Botany--California.

Geology--California.

Astronomy--Observations.

Astronomy.

Meteorology--Rocky Mountains.

Meteorology.

West (U.S.)--History--To 1848.

Discoveries in geography.

Travel.

California.

United States--Oregon Territory.

United States--Pacific States.

West United States.

Genre:

History.

Observations.

Penn Provenance:

Traister, Daniel (donor) (RBC copy)

Traister, Barbara Howard (donor) (RBC copy)

Physical Description:

583 pages, 1 unnumbered page, 25 leaves of plates : illustrations, maps (some folded) ; 24 cm (8vo).

Place of Publication:

Washington: : Blair and Rives, printers., 1845.

Contents:

A report on an exploration of the country lying between the Missouri River and the Rocky Mountains, on the line of the Kansas and Great Platte Rivers

Catalogue of plants collected by Lieut. Fremont in his expedition to the Rocky Mountains / by John Torrey

Astronomical observations (p. 99-101)

A report of the exploring expedition to Oregon and north California

Table of distances along the road travelled by the expedition in 1842 and 1844

Appendix A. Geological formations / by James Hall

B. Organic remains / by James Hall

C. Notes concerning the plants collected in the second expedition of Captain Fremont / by John Torrey

Astronomical observations made during the expedition of 1843-'44

Meteorological observations made during the expedition of 1843-'44.

Notes:

Last page blank.

Parallel edition, with its own versions of plates, printed and issued by order of the Senate as document no. 174, with imprint: Washington : Gales & Seaton, Printers, 1845 (Checklist Amer. imprints 45-2519).

Astronomical and meteorological observations of the 1842 expedition, which form pages 585-693 of the Senate edition, not included in this document.

Signatures: [1]⁸ 2-37⁸. Format is 8vo, on evidence of point holes in uncut copies.

Two states noted. In state one plate preceding page 167 is duplicate of plate at page 165, captioned "The American Falls of Lewis Fork". In another state plate at page 167 is different, captioned "Outlet of Subterranian River".

Local Notes:

RBC copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Daniel and Barbara Traister.

Cited in:

Checklist of American imprints, 45-2518

Howes, W.U.S.iana, 1650-1950 (1962 edition), F370

Sabin, J. Dictionary of books relating to America from its discovery to the present time, 25845

Wagner, H.R. Plains & the Rockies (4th ed.), 115:2

Other Format:

Online version: Frémont, John Charles, 1813-1890. Report of the exploring expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the year 1842.

OCLC:

6113786