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An account of Louisiana : being an abstract of documents, in the offices of the Departments of state, and of the Treasury
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks UL.44
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- United States. President (1801-1809 : Jefferson).
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Louisiana--Description and travel.
- Louisiana.
- Louisiana--Politics and government.
- Louisiana purchase.
- Physical Description:
- 50 p. ; 20 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : Printed by William Duane, no. 106, Market Street, 1803.
- Notes:
- A compilation made by direction of President Jefferson from information furnished by Dr. John Sibley, of Natchitoches, La., and others. cf. Jefferson's Writings, ed. by P. L. Ford, v.10, 1899, p.338; and S. L. Mitchell's Discourse on Jefferson, 1826, p. 27.
- Transmitted to Congress November 14, 1803.
- Also found in American state papers; miscellaneous, v.1, Washington, 1834, p. 344-356, with title: Description of Louisiana.
- Cf. also [Washington?] : Duane, printer, [1803], Philadelphia : John Conrad, & co.; Baltimore, M. & J. Conrad & co.; [etc.], [1803, Providence : Printed by Heaton & Williams, [1803], Wilmington : 1803, and London : Reprinted for John Hatchard, 1804.
- Local Notes:
- 3 copies. UL*99 copy imperfect; lacks p. 46-50 and folding table.
- Cited in:
- Howes, U.S.-iana, no. 6298.
- Streeter, [auction catalog], III, no. 1576.
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