Item #016751 Annals of the West: Embracing a Concise Account of Principal Events, which have occurred in the Western States and Territories, from the Discovery of the Mississippi Valley to the Year Eighteen Hundred and Fifty. James H. Perkins, J. M. Peck.

Annals of the West: Embracing a Concise Account of Principal Events, which have occurred in the Western States and Territories, from the Discovery of the Mississippi Valley to the Year Eighteen Hundred and Fifty

St. Louis: James R. Albach, Publisher, 1851. Cloth. Good. Item #016751

Second edition, revised and enlarged. Modern black cloth. Xxiv, 818 pp. A lengthy historical survey of the settling of what was considered the West in the United States in 1850, focusing on events in Kentucky, Illinois and other territories and states in the Midwest. This includes sections on interactions and battles with Native Americans, the massacre at Chicago, etc. GOOD+ condition. Cloth faded, with some soiling and scuffing. Scattered foxing in the interior. Minor toning to the paper. Sabin 60955.

Price: $55.00

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