EXPLORATION AND SURVEY OF THE VALLEY OF THE GREAT SALT LAKE OF UTAH, INCLUDING A RECONNOISSANCE OF A NEW ROUTE THROUGH THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS; SENATE Special Session March 1851; Executive No. 3.
Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott, Grambo & Co., 1852. Hardcover. Quarto. 9 in. x 6 in., pp. 487. Illustrated with full set of 58 lithographic engravings. LACKING BOTH FOLD-OUT MAPS. Maroon stamped cloth boards, ruled in blind. Gilt lettering and graphic of eagle to rebacked spine, with original spine cloth laid down. Light scuffing to front board and light soiling to spine. Newer endpapers. Light age-toning to pages. Wagner-Camp 219:2. Very Good. Item #87871
"Captain Howard Stansbury, in 1849, had taken a topographical party west to make a thorough examination of the Great Salt Lake country, and the routes from it...He was accompanied by Lieutenant John Williams Gunnison, and they set out together from Fort Leavenworth on May 31, 1849, traveling near the tail-end of the California emigration. Both officers kept journals of the march, on which Stansbury also subsequently submitted an official report."
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