1826 Recollections of the Last Ten Years in the Valley of the Mississippi

Description: Recollections of The Last Ten Years, Passed in Occasional Residences and Journeyings in the Valley of the Mississippi, from Pittsburg and The Missouri to the Gulf of Mexico, and from Florida to the Spanish Frontier, in A Series of Letters to the Rev. James Flint, of Salem, Massachusetts, Timothy Flint, Cummings, Hilliard and Company, Boston, 1826, 395 pp, modern buckram, 9 x 5.75”, 8vo. In good condition. Modern bindings has preserved text well. Scuffing to boards with light edge wear. Fresh end papers free of ownership. Interior is typically toned with light dampness staining throughout. Minor foxing. Free of markings throughout. Binding tight and intact. Please see photos. Timothy Flint (1780-1840) was a missionary and writer who traveled broadly throughout the US during his lifetime. The subject title deals with the author's descriptions of his years living in various locations in Ohio, Missouri, Arkansas and Lousiana, during the years 1815 to 1825 where he comments extensively on geography, topography, culture and conditions. Considered by Howes to be "quite scarce". Smith in his bibliography of Travels in the Old South states: "The Recollections of Timothy Flint form one of the more significant travel accounts of the early nineteenth century in the Ohio and Mississippi valleys.". COLU1826BFGI

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