The Pioneer Women of the West

Philadelphia: Porter & Coates, 1852. Reissue. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Reissue, circa 1870. Top edge lightly foxed, minor spot on bottom edge, minimal wear to corners, several contemporary calling cards laid in. Binding tight and square, pages clean and unmarked. 1852 Hard Cover. xi, [12]-434 pp. 8vo. Terra cotta cloth, gilt titles panels, black stamped titles and decorations, engraved frontispiece portrait of author. A collection of biographical sketches of notable women in the American West, including: Mary Bledsoe; Catharine Sevier; Rebecca Boone; Mrs. Mason; Anna Innis; Sarah Combs; Charlotte Robertson; Mrs. Dunham; Jane Brown; Sarah (truncated) Wilson; Mary Moore; Mrs. Denis; Mrs. Clendenin; Mrs. Cunningham; Mrs. Scott; Mrs. Glass; Ann Haynes; Ruth Sparks; Sarah Shelby; Rebecca Williams; Louisa St. Clair; Mrs. Lake; Sally Warth; Jane Dick; Mary Heckewelder; Ruhama Greene; Rebecca Rouse; Sarah Sibley; Mary Dunlevy; Ann Bailey; Elizabeth Harper; Sarah Thorp; Mrs. Walworth; Mrs. Carter; Elizabeth Tappen; Rebecca Heald; Mrs. Helm; Mrs. Snow; Mrs. Lemen, Mrs. Edwards; Abigail Snelling; Mary McMillan; Charlotte A. Clark; Charlotte Geer; Sarah Bryan; Sylvia Chapin; Mrs. St. John, Mrs. Lovejoy; Lucy Chapin; Mrs. Anderson; Eliza Bull, Mrs. Harazthy; Mary Ann Rumsey; Ann Allen; Elizabeth Allen; Harriet L. Noble; Frances Trask; Mrs. Scott, Mrs. Talbot, Mrs. Goodrich; Mrs. Comstock; Mrs. Woodward; Journal; Elizabeth Kenton. (Inventory #: 2349024)