An account of the Red River, in Louisiana, drawn up from the returns of Messrs. Freeman and Custis, to the War Office of the United States, who explored the same, in the year 1806

Mss.Film.315

Date: 1806 | Size: 1 microfilm_reel(s)
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Abstract

This printed account includes a list of trees and shrubs, a catalog of vegetables and the time of their flowering, and a list of animals and minerals found in the vicinity of the Red River, as well as meteorological observations.

Background note

Thomas Freeman was a civil engineer and astronomer.

Collection Information

Physical description

1 microfilm reel.

Provenance

Acquired from the Library of Congress, 1947.

Location of originals:

Originals in Library of Congress.

Early American History Note

This is a microfilm of an early American collection that may be of interest to researchers at the APS and may complement an original manuscript collection at the APS.

Indexing Terms


Genre(s)

  • Lists.
  • Microfilm Collection

Geographic Name(s)

  • Louisiana -- Description and travel.
  • Red River (Tex.-La.)

Personal Name(s)

  • Custis, Peter
  • Freeman, Thomas,d. 1821.

Subject(s)

  • Botany -- Louisiana.
  • Meteorology -- Observations.
  • Mineralogy -- Louisiana.
  • Zoology -- Louisiana.