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| Date: | 1823 |
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| Description: | In 1823 U.S. Army major Stephen H. Long led an expedition of scientific, trade, and military investigation up the Mississippi River and the Red River of th... |
| Date: | 10 1829 |
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| Description: | Fort Crawford as drawn by Seth Eastman. People are in a canoe in the river in the foreground. Across the river is the fort, other buildings around the fort... |
| Date: | 1821 |
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| Description: | Engraving depicting the Schoolcraft expedition crossing the Ontonagon River to investigate a copper boulder. |
| Date: | 1829 |
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| Description: | Drawing of Cassville depicting a horse cart on the river's edge, with men and boats. |
| Date: | 1820 |
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| Description: | Engraving of Fort Dearborn (center) and Kinzie Mansion (right) after Seth Eastman's original drawing in 1820 for the U. S. Army. Several people are visible... |
| Date: | 1829 |
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| Description: | Fort Crawford, from a sketchbook attributed to Seth Eastman, 1808-1875. A graduate of West Point, Eastman briefly served at Fort Crawford, 1829-1839. |
| Date: | 1824 |
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| Description: | Drawn and engraved by Sidney Hall. Published by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown & Green. Scale: 1:200. Partly colored. This is probably the second Europe... |
| Date: | 1829 |
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| Description: | Hand-colored lithograph of Fort Armstrong, based on a drawing by Henry Lewis. Includes boats on the Mississippi River. |
| Date: | 1820 |
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| Description: | Narrative Journal of Travels from Detroit Northwest through the Great chain of American Lakes to the sources of the Mississippi River in the year 1820. Ill... |
| Date: | 1820 |
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| Description: | Narrative Journal of Travels through the northwestern regions of the United States, extending from Detroit through the great chain of American lakes to the... |
| Date: | 05 24 1820 |
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| Description: | A page, headed with "Journal No. 1," of James Doty's journal of a trip with Cass, Schoolcraft, etc. to the sources of the Mississippi River. |
| Date: | 1821 |
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| Description: | An illustration of items manufactured by Indians, including a canoe, two paddles, moccasins, rolled mat, pipe bowl, and a beaded bag. |
| Date: | 02 1823 |
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| Description: | A map featuring the North American expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains led by Edwin James. |
| Date: | 07 22 1827 |
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| Description: | Letter from Benjamin Sillman to Increase Lapham requesting information about the canal around the rapids of the Ohio River for inclusion in The Journal ... |
| Date: | 1827 |
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| Description: | Increase Lapham's drawing of a rig designed by Mr. Orange Dibble for removing rocks and other large debris from deep canal cuts. |
| Date: | 1825 |
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| Description: | Engraved view of several wooden cranes extracting large stones from a cut during the construction of the Erie Canal. The rig in the foreground is horse-dri... |
| Date: | 1825 |
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| Description: | Engraved view of boats being towed by horses through the Erie Canal at Lockport Erie Canal at Lockport. The horses can be seen on a high towpath at right. ... |
| Date: | 08 27 1825 |
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| Description: | Map is ink on paper. Map shows plat of the town of Munnomunne, the Fox River, farm lots, and an established highway. The map is signed by "J.D. Doty, Propr... |
| Date: | 1828 |
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| Description: | Map of the Louisville and Portland Canal on the Ohio River. The map shows Louisville, Shippingsport, Clarksville, Jeffersonville, Gravel Island, Corn Islan... |
| Date: | 1828 |
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| Description: | Increase Lapham's drawing and description of an earth borer for his handwritten manuscript, Notes and Accounts of Canals, Particularly the Ohio Canal Ne... |
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