An Account of Louisiana
Subtitle: being an abstract of documents, in the offices of the departments of State, and of the Treasury
Contributors: United States. President (1801-1809 : Jefferson); United States. Congress
Publisher: [publisher not identified]
Published: 1803
Place of publication: Washington, D.C.?]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 48
Subjects: Louisiana Purchase; Natural history; Population; Statistics; Description and travel; Politics and government
Other titles: Appendix to an Account of Louisiana ...
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.

Transmitted to Congress Nov. 14, 1803. Published in American state papers; Miscellaneous, v. 1, Washington, 1834, p. 344-356, with title: Description of Louisiana.

"Appendix to an Account of Louisiana ..."--[2], xc p., with separate title page. Appendix no. I is a digest of the laws of Louisiana. Appendices II-VI include census and population statistics.

Some copies may have been issued without the Appendix. Shaw & Shoemaker make separate entries for versions of 48 p. (Shaw & Shoemaker 5196) and of 48, xc p. (Shaw & Shoemaker 5199).

Rare Book copy: Lacks appendix; no.14 in a bound volume of titles.

Shaw, R.R. American bibliography, 5196

Shaw, R.R. American bibliography, 5199

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