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The Journal Of Jacob Fowler Narrating An Adventure From Arkansas Through The Indian Territory, Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado, And New Mexico To The Sources Of Rio Grande Del Norte, 1821-22 COUES, ELLIOTT [EDITOR].

The Journal Of Jacob Fowler Narrating An Adventure From Arkansas Through The Indian Territory, Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado, And New Mexico To The Sources Of Rio Grande Del Norte, 1821-22

COUES, ELLIOTT [EDITOR].

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Publication: Francis P Harper, 1898, New York

First edition. 8vo. Presentation copy from Dr. Elliott Coues and the publisher, Francis P. Harper of an edition limited to 950 copies. Inscribed in the position where the number of the copy should appear. Presentation inscription is in Coues' hand with Harper adding his signature. Cloth, 183 pp. + 1 page advertisement, introduction, index. Folding plate facsimile of a page from Fowler's manuscript journal serves as frontis illustration. "An important early journal; Fowler was second in command in a party of 20 men under Hugh Glenn. They left Ft. Smith in September, 1821, and went along the Arkansas River, following approximately the route that later became the Santa Fe Trail in that region, to the site of present Pueblo, Colorado. They went on to Taos and returned east in 1822, following the Santa Fe Trail in part and mentioning seeing the tracks of Becknell's wagons."---Jack Rittenhouse. The footnotes by Elliott Coues add much information and perspective. Tiny hole on lower third of title page, else near fine copy.

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