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Book/Printed Material Account of an expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains, performed in the years 1819, 1820. By order of the Hon. J. C. Calhoun, Secretary of War, under the command of Maj. S. H. Long of the U.S. Top. Engineers. Compiled from the notes of Major Long, Mr. T. Say, and other gentlemen of the party.

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Title

  • Account of an expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains, performed in the years 1819, 1820. By order of the Hon. J. C. Calhoun, Secretary of War, under the command of Maj. S. H. Long of the U.S. Top. Engineers. Compiled from the notes of Major Long, Mr. T. Say, and other gentlemen of the party.

Names

  • James, Edwin, 1797-1861.
  • Long, Stephen H. (Stephen Harriman), 1784-1864.
  • Say, Thomas, 1787-1834.
  • United States. War Department.

Created / Published

  • London, Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1823.

Headings

  • -  West (U.S.)--Description and travel
  • -  Rocky Mountains--Discovery and exploration
  • -  Ohio River--Description and travel
  • -  Indians of North America--West (U.S.)
  • -  Indians of North America--Languages--Glossaries, vocabularies, etc
  • -  Stephen H. Long Expedition to the Rocky Mountains--(1819-1820)
  • -  United States.--War Department

Notes

  • -  LAC scc 2019-06-12 update (1 card)

Medium

  • 3 v. 9 plates, fold. facsim., fold. diagr. cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • F592 .J31

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • gs18000240

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

James, Edwin, Stephen H Long, Thomas Say, and United States War Department. Account of an expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains, performed in the years , 1820.By order of the Hon. J. C. Calhoun, Secretary of War, under the command of Maj. S. H. Long of the U.S. Top. Engineers. Compiled from the notes of Major Long, Mr. T. Say, and other gentlemen of the party. London, Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1823. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/gs18000240/.

APA citation style:

James, E., Long, S. H., Say, T. & United States War Department. (1823) Account of an expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains, performed in the years , 1820.By order of the Hon. J. C. Calhoun, Secretary of War, under the command of Maj. S. H. Long of the U.S. Top. Engineers. Compiled from the notes of Major Long, Mr. T. Say, and other gentlemen of the party. London, Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/gs18000240/.

MLA citation style:

James, Edwin, et al. Account of an expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains, performed in the years , 1820.By order of the Hon. J. C. Calhoun, Secretary of War, under the command of Maj. S. H. Long of the U.S. Top. Engineers. Compiled from the notes of Major Long, Mr. T. Say, and other gentlemen of the party. London, Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1823. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/gs18000240/>.