Report from the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, the report and map of the route from Fort Smith, Arkansas, to Santa Fe, New Mexico, made by Lieutenant Simpson. 31st Congress, 1st Session. Senate. Ex. Doc. No. 12
[Washington, DC]: January 14, 1850. First edition. Leather bound. 25pp, with 4 folding maps at rear. Rebound in modern brown calf with brown leather spine label. New endpapers. With tide marks to the extremities of the pages (text still extremely legible). Howes S-500. Wagner-Camp 192. Graff 3790. Good. Item #56311
"The maps, four in number, have been plotted upon the large scale of ten miles to the inch; and as every stream, hill, and other accident of ground along the route, and every item of information needful for the emigrant to know- such as where wood, water, and grass can be found; their respective quantities; the several camping places of the troops; their position, distances apart; how unnecessarily long marches can be avoided; how wood and water can be had every night- are minutely laid down upon the map, it is believed that a chart has been prepared which no person of ordinary intelligence can fail to comprehend and make available for all the purposes of a comfortable and successful journey across the plains."
Price: $850.00