ABERT JAMES W Message from the President Communicating a

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ABERT, JAMES W. Message from the President . . . Communicating a Report of an Expedition led by Lieutenant Abert, on the Upper Arkansas and Through the Country of the Camanche Indians. Large folding map (detached), 12 plates. 8vo, stitched, self-wrappers; unopened, some browning and foxing, light dampstaining on initial leaves. In modern cloth tray case. 29th Congress, 1st Session, Senate Doc. 438. Washington, 1846

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Report of the 1845 expedition which traced the length of the Canadian River through modern-day New Mexico, the Texas panhandle, and Oklahoma. "Abert made the first astronomical observations in this unknown country, and his map is therefore of great importance"--Wagner-Camp 120. Graff 6; Howes A10 ("aa"); Sabin 59; Wheat TMW 489.