Personal Narrative of Travels in Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, and of a Residence in the Illinois Territory, 1817-1818. With facsimiles of the author's sketches and plans. Edited by Frederic Austin Ogg.
Cleveland, (OH): Arthur H. Clark Co., 1906. First edition. 8vo. 248, (10, publisher's ads). Plates, plans, map. Howes F-257: "First printing of this account of life in Birkbeck's Illinois colony." Clark & Brunet 85 (1026 copies): "In his travels for Birkbeck to encourage new emigrants, he often took the opportunity..... More