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W. B. Parker. Notes Taken during the Expedition Commanded by Capt. R. B. Marcy, U.S.A., through Unexplored Texas, ...
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W. B. Parker. Notes Taken during the Expedition Commanded by Capt. R. B. Marcy, U.S.A., through Unexplored Texas, in the Summer and Fall of 1854. Philadelphia: Hayes & Zell, 1856.FIRST EDITION. 12mo. xii [9]-242 pages. Original brown cloth, with publisher's logo blindstamped on covers, spine gilt-lettered. Housed in a tan cloth slipcase.
Wagner-Camp writes, "This expedition, led by Captain Randolph Marcy, included Dr. G. G. Shumard of Fort Smith and William B. Parker, a friend of Captain Marcy and the author of these Notes. The party left Fort Smith on June 1, 1854...They traveled by way of Fort Washita to the Little Washita River and to the headwaters of the Brazos River, where they surveyed a site on Clear Fork. They returned to Fort Smith on October 15."
Jenkins calls it a "well written narrative [which] adds flavor to Marcy's report" while Graff deems it "especially valuable for the northwest part of Texas."
Condition: Minor rubbing to spine and board edges. Some paper loss to rear free endpaper, text lightly toned with occasional foxing.
References: Graff 3195; Howes P-91; Jenkins, Basic Texas Books 135n; Raines p. 162; Wagner-Camp IV:279.
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2023 December 2 The Ted Lusher Texas History Collection, Part One Signature® Auction #6281 (go to Auction Home page)
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