(TEXAS) Johnston Joseph E et al Reports of the Secretary of

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(TEXAS.) Johnston, Joseph E., et al. Reports of the Secretary of War, with Reconnaissances of Routes from San Antonio to El Paso. 2 folding maps with hand-colored routes, 72 plates (some color). 250 pages. 8vo, publisher's cloth, worn, backstrip chipped and coming detached; short closed tear top one map; early pencil gift inscription on front free endpaper. 31st Congress, 1st Session, Senate Ex. Doc. 64. Washington, 1850

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The official reports of the expeditions which opened up West Texas to American settlement. Many of the plates relate to American Indians. Graff 2228; Howes J170 ("aa"); Jenkins, Basic Texas Books 111; Raines, page 128 (calls for only 71 plates); Sabin 36377; Wagner-Camp 184.