► United States. President (1801-1809: Jefferson), An account of Louisiana, being an abstract of documents, in the offices of the departments of State, and of the Treasury [Washington 1803] 48 pages. (Call Number: Zc20 803uq). 

• A compilation made by direction of President Jefferson from information furnished by Dr. John Sibley of Natchitoches, La., and others. Transmitted to Congress Nov. 14, 1803.

► Thomas Freeman and Peter Custis, An account of the Red River, in Louisiana, drawn up from the returns of Messrs. Freeman & Custis to the War Office of the United States, who explored the same, in the year of 1806 [Washington, 1806?], 63 pages. (Call Number: Zc22 807fr).

► United States. Department of State. Message from the President of the United States: transmitting in compliance with a resolution of the House of Representatives, of the 10th instant, information relative to the arrest and imprisonment of certain American citizens at Santa Fe, by authority of the government of Spain [Washington, D.C.], 1818. 23 pages. (Call Number: Zc54 818un). 

• Includes the narrative of Julius DeMun of the arrest of the American party and correspondence of the Spanish ambassador in Washington, Don Luis de Onis.

► Benjamin Harding, A tour through the western country, A.D. 1818 & 1819 / by Benjamin Harding, surveyor; published for the use of emigrants, (New-London: Printed by Samuel Green, 1819), 17 pages. (Call Number Zc26 819ha).

► United States. Congress. Documents accompanying the message of the President of the United States, to both Houses, at the commencement of the first session of the eighteenth Congress: December 2, 1823; referred to a committee of the whole on the state of the Union (Washington: Printed by Gales & Seaton, 1823). (Call Number: Zc16 A8 823un).

• Contains "Correspondence relative to hostilities of the Arickaree Indians": p. 55-109.

► Augustus Storrs, Answers of Augustus Storrs, of Missouri, to certain queries upon the origin, present state, and future prospect, of trade and intercourse, between Missouri and the Internal Provinces of Mexico, propounded by the Hon. Mr. Benton (Washington: Printed by Gales & Seaton, 1825), 14 pages. (Call Number: Zc50 825st).

 ► Petition of sundry inhabitants of the state of Missouri, upon the subject of a communication between the said state and the internal provinces of Mexico: with a letter from Alphonso Wetmore, upon the same subject (Washington: Printed by Gales & Seaton, 1825), 8 pages. (Call Number: Zc50 825mi).

► United States. Congress. House. Committee on Indian Affairs. Remove Indians westward: with Bill no. 449 [Washington: Gale & Seaton, Printers, 1829]. 48 pages. (Call Number: Zc13 G7 829un).

• Contains Isaac McCoy’s account of his tour of the country west of the Arkansas Territory with a delegation of Indians who were to be moved across the Mississippi.

► Hall J. Kelley, A general circular to all persons of good character, who wish to emigrate to the Oregon Territory, embracing some account of the character and advantages of the country; the right and the means and operations by which it is to be settled--and all necessary directions for becoming an emigrant. (Charlestown, Printed by W.W. Wheildon; Boston, R.P. & C. Williams, 1831), 28 pages. (Call Number: Zc74 831ke)

► John Dunbar, “Extracts from the Journal of Mr. Dunbar,” published in The Missionary Herald, Volume 31, Sept-Nov, 1835, pages 343-49; 276-81, 417-21. (Call Number Zc13 M6 Am35d, Vol. 31).

• Dunbar was a missionary to the Pawnee Indians.

► United States. Adjutant-General's Office. Colonel Dodge's journal: Report of the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, transmitting a report of the expedition of the Dragoons, under the command of Colonel Henry Dodge, to the Rocky Mountains, during the summer of 1835, &c. (Washington, Blair & Rives, Printers, 1836), 37 pages. (Call Number: Zc20 836un).

►  Henry Harmon Spalding and William Henry Gray, “Indians West of the Rocky Mountains,” letters from two missionaries in Oregon, published in The Missionary Herald, Volumes 33 and 34, pages 122-23, 421-28, 497-501 in Volume 33 (1837) and pages 92-95 in Volume 34 (1838). (Call Number: Zc13 M6 Am35d, Vols. 37 & 38).

►  American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. Progress and state of the Mission at the Sandwich Islands (Boston? 1840?). 24 pages. (Call Number: Zc84 840am).

►   John Bidwell, A journey to California, 1841 (Berkeley, Calif., Friends of the Bancroft Library, 1964). Facsimile and modern reprints of a pamphlet, the only known copy of which is now in the Bancroft Library, printed in 1843 by an unidentified printer in Weston or Liberty, Mo. 32 pages. (Call Number: Zc10 842bic).

► Council of the Twelve Apostles (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints), General epistle from the Council of the Twelve Apostles to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints abroad, dispersed throughout the earth [St. Louis, 1848], 8 pages. (Call Number: Zc61 848ch).   

► John Jacob Astor, Letters, 1813-1817. 63 pages with typewritten transcript. Letters to James Monroe, Secretary of State, James Madison, President, and William Jones, Secretary of the Navy, John Astor's efforts to secure government protection for his Pacific Fur Company post at Fort Astoria. One letter by Albert Gallatin introduces Astor to William Jones. (Call Number: WA MSS 13).        

► Josiah Belden, Letters: to his sister, Mrs. Eliza M. Bowers, 1841-1845.  3 items.  (Call Number: WA MSS 30).

• Josiah Belden (1815-1892), joined the first emigrant wagon train from Missouri to California, established a ranch on his Sacramento grant, and ran businesses in Monterey, San Francisco, and San Jose until 1881, when he moved to New York. The letters describe the hardships of the 1841 journey from the Fort Hall road southwest to the Humboldt River and California. Josiah Belden also describes working in Monterey and Santa Cruz for Thomas O. Larkin, his own business ventures, his part in the revolution against the Mexican governor, becoming a citizen of California, and his land grant in Sacramento Valley. 

► Albert G. Brackett, Fort Bridger, by Col. Albert G. Brackett, ca. 1873. 43 pages. (Call Number: WA MSS 44).

• Typewritten history and description of Fort Bridger, Wyoming, from its foundation in 1843 to 1873, written by the officer then in command of the post. The manuscript includes many references to Jim Bridger, the trapper and guide who founded the fort. 

► Bringhurst family. Mormon family letters, 1848-1856. 7 items. 20 pages. (Call Number: WA MSS 48).

• Letters written by a family of Mormons from Pennsylvania while on their way to Salt Lake City and after their arrival. The letters, written to relatives back east, describe life among the Mormons, their prosperity, the high cost of necessities, and family affairs 

► Mary Burrell, Mary Burrell's book, 1854. 69 pages. With typewritten transcript. (Call Number: WA MSS 58).

• Mary, the widow of George Burrell, was from Plainfield, Illinois. Her diary describes an 1854 journey to California from the Missouri River by the Mormon Trail through Utah to Sacramento and Green Valley. Burrell traveled with family and her fiancé Wesley Tonner, who made some of the diary entries. 

► Richard J. Cleveland, Fur trading voyage from China to the Northwest Coast of America, 1799. 16 pages. (Call Number: WA MSS 90).

• Richard Cleveland's narrative describes a winter voyage on the brig Caroline from China to Norfolk Sound, Alaska, a monsoon off the China coast, mutiny of some of the crew, and fur trading with Indians. The return voyage to China is summarized. 

► Sarah McAllister Hartman, Reminiscences. 28 pages. (Call Number: WA MSS 247).

• The manuscript, written years after the fact, describes the home life of the McAllister family who lived in Nisqually Valley, relations with Indians, the outbreak of hostilities in 1855, the departure of their father to join the rangers, the imprisonment of the family in their home, their escape to Fort Nisqually, and the death of their father. 

► Samuel Thomas Hauser, Letters to his sister, Susan Emeline Hauser, 1862. 38 pages. (Call Number: WA MSS 250).

• Samuel Thomas Hauser (1833-1914), born in Kentucky, moved to Missouri in 1853 and became an engineer. Settling in Montana, he played an important part in its development, becoming governor in 1885. Three letters to his sister describe an 1862 voyage up the Missouri River on the steamboat Emilie from St. Joseph to Fort Benton and overland to the Bitter Root Mountains.

► Mary Bean Ballou, Voyage to California, 1851-1852. 29 pages. (Call Number: WA MSS S-681).

• The journal describes Ballou’s 1851 trip to California by way of Panama and the living conditions in the gold regions and ends with a letter sending the journal to her sons, Selden and Augustus.  

► California. Legislature. Assembly. An Address, 1855?  11 pages. (Call Number: WA MSS S-777 C131).

• An anonymous draft that presents the author's views on Chinese immigration, summarizing recent events. It favors excluding from the mines those who could not obtain United States citizenship. 

► Sumner Cummings Brooks, Army letters, 1845-1848. (Call Number: WA MSS S-508 B791).

• Letters to his parents trace his career in the army during the Mexican War, including the march from Corpus Christi to the Rio Grande, the battles of the Rio Grande, Matamoras, and Monterrey.  

► James S. Calhoun, Letters, 1850. 43 pages. (Call Number: WA MSS S-919 C127).

• Calhoun, commissioner of Indian affairs at Santa Fe, writes to Senator W. C. Dawson and others regarding the disorder in and protection of New Mexico.