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Notes of a Military Reconnaissance, from Fort Leavenworth, in Missouri, to San Diego, in California, Including Part of the Arkansas, Del Norte, and Gila Rivers. February 9, 1848- Ordered to Be Printed. February 17, 1848. Ordered, that 10,000 extra copies ... be printed for the use of the House.... Washington: Wendell and Van Benthuysen, printers, 1848. 8vo (219 x 131 mm). 614 pp. With 63 (of 64) engraved plates and 5 maps and plans (2 folding). Near-contemporary morocco backed marbled boards. Custom morocco slipcase. Scattered foxing, a few fold tears to maps, one plate loose. Provenance: Frederick Fermor-Hesketh (armorial bookplate). House Issue, including the reports of Captains Albert, Cooke, and Johnson. Without the map of the "Military Reconnaissance of the Arkansas, Rio Del Norte and Rio Gila," issued with some copies. Cowan p 195; Graff 1249; Howes E145; Pilling 1207; Sabin 22536.