Title: A Report, in the form of a journal, to the Quartermaster General, of the march of the regiment of mounted riflemen to Oregon, from May 10 to October 5, 1849, by Major O. Cross, quartermaster United States army
Author: Cross, Osborne
Description: Pp. 126-244 in Part II of Message from the President of the United States to the Two Houses of Congress, (Ex. Doc. 1, 31st Congress, 2d Session). Illustrated with 36 lithographed plates, 3 of them folding. 8½x5½, contemporary ¾ red morocco & cloth, spine lettered in gilt, gilt-ruled raised bands. Senate Issue.Detailed description of the emigrant trail to Oregon, amply illustrated with scenes along the way; the troops were moving west to the new military posts on the Pacific Coast. This official edition was preceded by a Philadelphia edition in 1850 of which only a few copies were made up for the author. "This report...is a mine of information, not only about the army's advance to garrison posts along the Oregon Trail, but also about the concurrent pageantry of the California gold rush" - Mattes 415; Graff 4415; Howes C923; Sabin 17660; Wagner-Camp 181:3.
Heading: Place Published: Washington
Publisher: Printed for the Senate
Date Published: 1850
Author: Cross, Osborne
Description: Pp. 126-244 in Part II of Message from the President of the United States to the Two Houses of Congress, (Ex. Doc. 1, 31st Congress, 2d Session). Illustrated with 36 lithographed plates, 3 of them folding. 8½x5½, contemporary ¾ red morocco & cloth, spine lettered in gilt, gilt-ruled raised bands. Senate Issue.Detailed description of the emigrant trail to Oregon, amply illustrated with scenes along the way; the troops were moving west to the new military posts on the Pacific Coast. This official edition was preceded by a Philadelphia edition in 1850 of which only a few copies were made up for the author. "This report...is a mine of information, not only about the army's advance to garrison posts along the Oregon Trail, but also about the concurrent pageantry of the California gold rush" - Mattes 415; Graff 4415; Howes C923; Sabin 17660; Wagner-Camp 181:3.
Heading: Place Published: Washington
Publisher: Printed for the Senate
Date Published: 1850
Condition report
Spine a bit sunned; mild foxing, occasional edge wear, a folding plate with a 1" tear; else very good.
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