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(UTAH.) Stansbury, Howard. Exploration and Survey of the Valley of the Great Salt Lake of Utah. 3 folding maps (the two main maps hand-colored in outline), 52 (of 59) lithographed plates. 2 volumes. 8vo, publisher's cloth, worn, backstrips defective; one plate loose; library bookplates, inked stamps, and withdrawal stamps. 32nd Congress, March 1851 special session, Senate Exec. Doc. 3. Washington, 1853
"Of particular interest were the newly established Mormon settlements, and the routes and passes through the Rockies and possibly a railroad"--Wagner-Camp 219:3. "A number of outstanding details . . . make the Stansbury expedition map one of the most important of its decade"--Wheat, Transmississippi West III, 764-5 and pages III:117-127. Flake 8360; Graff 3947; Howes S884.
