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Early western travels, 1748-1846

Early western travels, 1748-1846 : a series of annotated reprints of some of the best and rarest contemporary volumes of travel, descriptive of the aborigines and social and economic conditions in the middle and far West, during the period of early American settlement


  1. Volume 1. Journals of Conrad Weiser (1748), George Croghan (1750-1765), Christian Frederick Post (1758), and Thomas Morris (1764) (transcription project)
  2. Volume 2. John Long's journal, 1768-1782 (transcription project)
  3. Volume 3. Andre´ Michaux's Travels into Kentucky, 1793-96; Franc¸ois Andre´ Michaux's Travels west of Alleghany Mountains, 1802; Thaddeus Mason Harris's Journal of a tour northwest of Alleghany Mountains, 1803 (transcription project)
  4. Volume 4. Cuming's tour to the western country (1807-1809) (transcription project)
  5. Volume 5. Bradbury's Travels in the interior of America, 1809-1811 (transcription project)
  6. Volume 6. Brackenridge's Journal up the Missouri, 1811; Franche`re's Voyage to Northwest coast, 1811-1814 (transcription project)
  7. Volume 7. Ross's Adventures of the first settlers on the Oregon or Columbia River, 1810-1813 (transcription project)
  8. Volume 8. Buttrick's Voyages, 1812-1819; Evan's Pedestrious tour, 1818 (transcription project)
  9. Volume 9. Flint's Letters from America, 1818-1820 (transcription project)
  10. Volume 10. Hulme's Journal, 1818-19; Flower's Letters from the Illinois, 1820-21; and Wood's Two years' residence, 1820-21 (transcription project)
  11. Volume 11. Part I (1819) of Faux's Memorable days in America, 1819-1820 (transcription project)
  12. Volume 12. Part II (1820) of Faux's Memorable days in America, 1819-1820; and Welby's Visit to North America, 1819-20 (start transcription) (No scan available March 2021)
  13. Volume 13. Nuttall's travels into the Arkansas territory, 1819 (transcription project)
  14. Volume 14. Part I of James's Account of S.H. Long's expedition, 1819-1820 (transcription project)
  15. Volume 15. Part II of James's Account of S.H. Long's expedition, 1819-1820 (transcription project)
  16. Volume 16. Part III of James's Account of S.H. Long's expedition, 1819-1820 (transcription project)
  17. Volume 17. Part IV of James's Account of S.H. Long's expedition, 1819-1820 (transcription project)
  18. Volume 18. Pattie's Personal narrative, 1824-1830; Willard's Inland trade with New Mexico, 1825; and Downfall of the Fredonian republic; and Malte-Brun's account of Mexico (transcription project)
  19. Volume 19. Ogden's Letters from the West, 1821-1823; Bullock's Journey from New Orleans to New York, 1827; and Part I of Gregg's Commerce of the prairies, 1831-1839 (start transcription) (No scan available March 2021)
  20. Volume 20. Part II of Gregg's Commerce of the prairies, 1831-1839 (transcription project)
  21. Volume 21. Wyeth's Oregon, or a short history of a long journey, 1832; and Townsend's Narrative of a journey across the Rocky Mountains, 1834 (transcription project)
  22. Volume 22. Part I of Maximilian, Prince of Wied's travels in the interior of North America, 1832-1834 (transcription project)
  23. Volume 23. Part II of Maximilian, Prince of Wied's Travels in the interior of North America, 1832-1834 (transcription project)
  24. Volume 24. Part III of Maximilian, Prince of Wied's, Travels in the interior of North America, 1832-1834 (transcription project)
  25. Volume 25. Comprising the series of original paintings by Charles Bodmer, to illustrate Maximilian, Prince of Wied's Travels in the interior of North America, 1832-34 (start transcription) (No scan available March 2021)
  26. Volume 26. Part I of Flagg's The far West, 1836-1837 (transcription project)
  27. Volume 27. Part II of Flagg's The far West, 1836-1837; and De Smet's Letters and sketches, 1841-1842 (transcription project)
  28. Volume 28. Part I of Farnham's Travels in the great western prairies, etc., May 21-October 16,1839 (transcription project)
  29. Volume 29. Part II of Farnham's Travels in the great western prairies, etc., October 21-December 4, 1839; and De Smet's Oregon missions and travels over the Rocky Mountains, 1845-1846 (transcription project)
  30. Volume 30. Palmer's Journal of travels over the Rocky Mountains, 1845-1846 (transcription project)
  31. Volume 31. Analytical index to the series. (start transcription) (No scan available March 2021)
  32. Volume 32. Analytical index to the series. (start transcription) (earlywesterntrav32thwa Broken IA Upload Tool)