An Account of Louisiana
Subtitle: being an abstract of documents, in the offices of the Department of State, and of the Treasury: presented to both houses of Congress, in a message from the president, on the 16th November, 1803
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 3615
Publisher: Printed by John Barber, Faust's Statue, State-Street.
Published: 1803
Place of publication: Albany
Language: eng
Number of pages: 48
Subjects: Louisiana Purchase; Natural history; Description and travel; Politics and government
Notes: Compiled by direction of President Jefferson from information furnished by Dr. John Sibley, of Natchitoches, La., and others. Cf. Jefferson's Writings, edited by P.L. Ford, v. 10, 1899, p. 338, and Mitchill, S.L. Discourse on ... Jefferson, 1826, p. 27.

"Note. The reader will observe, that in the foregoing pages, an appendix is several times referred to--our correspondent at Washington, however, has not furnished us with one, nor did he intimate whether it had been printed or not for the use of Congress. If it has been printed at Washington, we shall obtain a copy, and re-print it, if it be thought of sufficient importance ... Alb. edit."--p. 48.

Published in American state papers; Miscellaneous, Washington, 1834, v. 1, p. 344-356, with title: Description of Louisiana.

Shaw & Shoemaker 3615

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