Osborn Cross (3 results)
The March of the Mounted Riflemen: First United States Military Expedition to Travel the Full Length of the Oregon Trail from Fort Leavenworth to Fort Vancouver, May to October 1849, As Recorded in the Journals of Major Osborne Cross and George Gibbs and the Official Report of Colonel Loring
Settle, Raymond W. (1888/03/11-1949?); Osborn Cross (1803 to 1876/07/15); George Gibbs (1815/07/15-1873/04/09); William Wing Loring (1818/12/04-1886/12/30)
Published by The Arthur H. Clark Company, Glendale, California 1940
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Seller: T. W. Palmer Books, Eugene, U.S.A.T. W. Palmer Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: As New. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 23 x 15 cm, 380 pp., frontispiece of Major Cross, contents, illustrations (bout 21), preface, introduction, The Journal of Major Osborne Cross, The Diary of George Gibbs, Official Repot of Colonel Loring journal of distances, bibliography, index. deckle edge, blue cloth with…gilt printong Northwest Historical Series III.
More imagesPublished by Washington: Printed for the Senate. 1850
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Original calf-backed marbled boards. Large thick octavo. 444 & 488pp. Contained within the volume "Message From the President of the United States to the Two Houses of Congress. Senate Ex. Doc. No. 1. 31st Congress, 2d Session". Two parts bound in one. The report comprises pages 126-…244 of Part II. Illustrated with 36 engraved plates, 3 of them folding as well as 6 folding charts of Army statistics. An account of the military expedition from Fort Leavenworth to Fort Vancouver for the purpose of garrisoning posts along the road to Oregon. The Cross report is in very good condition with some scattered foxing. The plates are very good and unworn with some scattered foxing. The binding is good with some scuffing and edgewear to the covers and some rubbing and tip wear to the spine. The rest of the text in the volume is very good with some scattered foxing. Howes C923. Wagner-Camp 181:3. Graff 4415.
More imagesPublished by Government Printing Office, 1850
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Seller: Tsunami Books, Eugene, U.S.A.Tsunami Books
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Add to basketCondition: VG. Very Good Document A: "Message of the President," December 2, 1850, House Ex. Doc. no 1 (31st Congress), pp.126-244, re-bound in lovely blue cloth-covered boards, with copious illustrations including bound-in fold-out at the rear. Document B: "General Orders, No.11. War Department, Adjutant General's Office, Washi…ngton, Feb. 15, 1851" with "General Orders, No. 16, March 27, 1851." Both signed by Roger Jones, Adjutant General. Disbound, in glassine pouch. Document C: "War Department, Adjutant General's Office, march 30, 1849. General Orders, No 19.TO Carry Out the Provisions of the 6th Section of the Act of May 19, 1846, relative to establishing military posts on the Oregon route, and to afford protection to the numerous emigrants to that country and California." Signed in type by Roger Jones. Also disbound, in separate glassine pouch.
