GREENHOW, Robert

Memoir, Historical and Political, on the Northwest Coast of North America, and the Adjacent Territories; Illustrated By a Map and a Geographical View of Those Countries [INSCRIBED Copy]

Washington, D.C. Blair & Rives, 1840. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Pp. xi, 228. Document 174. Published at the behest of the 26th Congress, 1st Session. Index Fold-out map. Original brown cloth, spine lettered in gilt, embossed design to boards.
Ex-library, with usual markings, small tear to margin of map, scattered light foxing, chip to foot of spine. Still tight. Inscribed by the author of front pastedown. Very Good. Item #12005

The genesis for Greenhow's History of Oregon and California and the Other Territories on the North-West Coast of America, this report on the Northwest Coast was produced at the direction of Missouri Senator L. F. Linn, per his Select Committee on the Oregon Territory. According to Decker, in SOLIDAY, Greenhow relied heavily on Capt. Joseph Ingraham's Journal of the Brigantine "Hope", which provides a strong US-prejudice in the "Oregon Question." COWAN, p. 249; HOWES G389; SMITH, 3848. See TWENEY 89, Appendix B.

COWAN, p. 249; HOWES G389; SMITH, 3848. See TWENEY 89, Appendix B.

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