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River of dark dreams : slavery and empire in the cotton kingdom / Walter Johnson.
Johnson, Walter, 1967-Date: 2013- Books
The French in the Mississippi Valley / [edited by John Francis McDermott].
Date: 1965- Books
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An address from the Auxiliary Sanitary Association of New Orleans, to the other cities and towns in the Mississippi Valley.
New Orleans Auxiliary Sanitary Association.Date: 1879- Books
Ancient monuments of the Mississippi Valley / By E.G. Squier and E.H. Davis. Pub. for the authors.
Squier, E. G. (Ephraim George), 1821-1888.Date: 1848- Books
Pellagra in the Mississippi flood area : report of an inquiry relating to the prevalence of pellagra in the area affected by the overflow of the Mississippi and its tributaries in Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Louisiana in the spring of 1927 / Joseph Goldberger, Edgar Sydenstricker.
Goldberger, Joseph, 1874-1929.Date: 1964- Books
Observations on the aboriginal monuments of the Mississippi Valley. The character of the ancient earth-works, and the structure, contents, and purposes of the mounds; with notices of the minor remains of ancient art / With illustrations. From the second volume of the Transactions of the American ethnological society.
Squier, E. G. (Ephraim George), 1821-1888.Date: 1847- Books
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A description of the English province of Carolana. By the Spaniards call'd Florida, and by the French, La Louisiane. Viz. I. A description of the great and famous River Meschacebe, or Missisipi. II. A Description of the Countries, People, Rivers, Bays, Harbours and Islands, to the East of Meschacebe. III. A Description of the Sea Coast, the large Rivers; their Heads and Courses, to the West of Meschacebe. IV. A Description of the Five great Seas or Lakes of fresh Water. V. A new and curious Discovery of an easy Communication between the River Meschacebe and the South-Sea, which separates America from China, by means of several large Rivers and Lakes; with a Description of the said Sea, to the Streights of Uries; as also of a rich and considerable Trade to be carry'd on from thence to Japan, China and Tartary. VI. An account of the useful animals, vegetables, metals, minerals, and other rich and valuable Commodities, which this Province naturally produces. Vii. An appendix, containing the original Charter, &c. With a large and curious preface, demonstrating the right of the English to that country, and the unjust Manner of the French usurping of it; their prodigious Increase there, &c. and the inevitable Danger our other Colonies on the Continent will be exposed to, if not timely prevented; interspersed with many useful Hints, in Regard to our Plantations in General. To which is added, a large and accurate map of Carolana, and of the River Meschacebe. By Daniel Coxe, Esq;
Coxe, Daniel, 1673-1739.Date: 1741- Books
The Mississippi Valley's great yellow fever epidemic of 1878 / Khaled J. Bloom.
Bloom, Khaled J., 1954-Date: [1993], ©1993- Books
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A description of the English province of Carolana, by the Spaniards call'd Florida, and by the French La Louisiane. As also of the great and famous River Meschacebe or Missisipi, The Five vast Navigable Lakes of Fresh Water, and the Parts Adjacent. Together with an account of the commodities of the Growth and Production of the said province. And a preface containing some considerations on the consequences of the French making settlements there. By Daniel Coxe, Esq;
Coxe, Daniel, 1673-1739.Date: 1727- Books
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A description of the English province of Carolana, by the Spaniards call'd Florida, and by the French la Louisiane. As also of the great and famous river Meschacebe or Missisipi, The Five vast Navigable Lakes of Fresh Water, and the Parts Adjacent. Together With an Account of the Commodities of the Growth and Production of the said Province. And a Preface containing some Considerations on the Consequences of the French making Settlements there. By Daniel Coxe, Esq;
Coxe, Daniel, 1673-1739.Date: MDCCXXII. [1722]- Books
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A description of the English province of Carolana, by the Spaniards call'd Florida, and by the French La Louisiane. As also of the great and famous River Meschacebe, or Missisipi, The Five vast Navigable Lakes of Fresh Water, and the Parts Adjacent. Together with an account of the commodities of the Growth and Production of the said province. And a preface containing some considerations on the consequences of the French making settlements there. By Daniel Coxe, Esq;
Coxe, Daniel, 1673-1739.Date: M.DCC.XXVI. [1726]- Books
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The flood year 1927 : a cultural history / Susan Scott Parrish.
Parrish, Susan ScottDate: 2017- Books
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Mémoires historiques sur la Louisiane, contenant ce qui y est arrivé de plus mémorable depuis l'année 1687. jusqu'à présent; avec l'établissement de la colonie fran̨coise dans cette province de l'Amérique Septentrionale sous la direction de la Compagnie des Indes; le climat, la natur & les productions de ce pays; l'origine & la religion des sauvages qui l'habitent; leurs mœurs & leurs coutumes, &c / Composés sur les mémoires de M. Dumont, par M[onsieur] L['Abbé] L[e] M[ascrier].
Dumont de Montigny.Date: 1753- Books
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The present state of the European settlements on the Missisippi [sic]; with a geographical description of that river. ... By Captain Philip Pittman.
Pittman, Philip, captain.Date: 1770- Books
Malaria in the upper Mississippi Valley, 1760-1900 / by Erwin H. Ackerknecht.
Ackerknecht, Erwin H. (Erwin Heinz), 1906-1988.Date: 1945- Books
Antiquities of the state of New York : being the results of extensive original surveys and explorations, with a supplement on the antiquities of the west / by E.G. Squier.
Squier, E. G. (Ephraim George), 1821-1888.Date: 1851- Books
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An official account of the situation, soil, produce, &c. of that part of Louisiana, which lies between the mouth of the Missouri and New Madrid, or l'anse à la graise, and on the west side of the Mississippi. Together with an abstract of the Spanish government, &c.
Delassus Deluzières, Pierre Charles de Hault, 1738-1806.Date: [1796]- Books
Histoire de la Louisiane, contenant la découverte de ce vaste pays; sa description géographique; un voyage dans les terres; l'histoire naturelle; les moeurs, coûtumes & religion des naturels, avec leurs origines; deux voyages dans le nord du nouveau Mexique, dont un jusqu'à la mer du Sud; ornée de deux cartes & de 40 planches en taille douce / Par M. Le Page du Pratz.
Le Page du Pratz, -1775.Date: M. DCC. LVIII. [1758]- Books
The journals of Joseph N. Nicollet, a scientist on the Mississippi headwaters : with notes on Indian life, 1836-37 / translated from the French by André Fertey ; edited by Martha Coleman Bray.
Nicollet, J. N. (Joseph Nicolas), 1786-1843.Date: [1970]- Books
Travels in the interior of America, in the years 1809, 1810, and 1811. Including a description of upper Louisiana, together with the states of Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, and Tennessee, with the Illinois and western territories, and containing remarks and observations useful to persons emigrating to those countries / by John Bradbury.
Bradbury, John, active 1809.Date: 1819- Books
Jonathan Carver's travels through America, 1766-1768 : an eighteenth-century explorer's account of uncharted America / edited and with an introduction by Norman Gelb.
Date: [1993], ©1993- Books
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The expediency of securing our American colonies by settling the country adjoining the river Mississippi, and the country upon the Ohio, considered.
Date: Printed in the year M,DCC,LXIII. [1763]- Books
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A topographical description of the western territory of North America: containing a succinct account of its soil, climate, natural history, population, agriculture, manners, and customs. With an ample Description of the several Divisions into which that Country is partitioned; To which are added, the discovery, settlement, and present state of Kentucky. And An essay towards the Topography, and Natural History of that important Country. By John Filson. To which is added, I. The Adventures of Col. Daniel Boon, one of the First Settlers, comprehending every important Occurrence in the Political History of that Province. II. The Minutes of the Piankashaw Council, held at Post St. Vincent's, April 15, 1784. III. An Account of the Indian Nations inhabiting within the Limits of the Thirteen United States; their Manners and Customs; and Reflections on their Origin. By George Imlay, A Captain in the American Army during the War, and Commissioner for laying out Lands in the Back Settlements. Illustrated with correct Maps of the Western Territory of North America; of the State of Kentucky, as divided into Counties, from the latent Surveys; and a Plan of the Rapids of the Ohio.
Imlay, Gilbert, 1754?-1828.Date: MDCCXCIII. [1793]- Books
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A full and impartial account of the Company of Mississipi, otherwise call'd the French East-India-Company, projected and settled by Mr. Law. Wherein the Nature of that Establishment and the almost incredible Advantages thereby accruing to the French King, and a great Number of his Subjects, are clearly explain'd and made out. With an account of the establishment of the Bank of Paris, by the said Mr. Law. To which are added, A Description of the Country of Mississipi, and a Relation of the first Discovery of it: In Two Letters from a Gentleman to his Friend. In French and English.
Law, John, 1671-1729.Date: MDCCXX. [1720]- Books
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A topographical description of Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and North Carolina, Comprehending the Rivers Ohio, Kenhawa, Sioto, Cherokee, Wabash, Illinois, Missisippi, &c. the Climate, Soil and Produce, Whether Animal, Vegetable, or Mineral; the Mountains, Creeks, Roads, Distances, Latitudes, &c. and of every Part, laid down in the annexed Map. Published by Thomas Hutchins, Captain in the 60th Regiment of Foot. With a Plan of the Rapids of the Ohio, a Plan of the several Villages in the Illinois Country, a Table of the Distances between Fort Pitt and the Mouth of the Ohio, all Engraved upon Copper. And An Appendix, containing Mr. Patrick Kennedy's Journal up the Illinois River, and a correct List of the different Nations and Tribes of Indians, with the Number of Fighting Men, &c.
Hutchins, Thomas, 1730-1789.Date: MDCCLXXVIII. [1778]