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 Rev. James Flint of Salem Massachusetts

Boston: Cummings, Hilliard and Company, 1826. First Edition. Octavo. 26cm. Bound in a 20th century institutional brown cloth, titled in gilt to spine. 395pp. The binding is strong, tight, and eminently functional; internally clean, almost entirely untrimmed, endpapers contemporary with the binding, lacking a half-title, there are marginal repairs to the title page which has been laid down onto archival backing, some chipping to the edges of the prelims not interfering with the text, ink ownership stamp of "Jos. H. Alexander, St. Charles, MO" to title page and upper margin of first page, the paper is of sturdy but indifferent quality, and is toned and lightly discolore throughout, with pencil emphasis and corrections in places and an old manuscript biography of Flint to the verso of the final leaf. A good, strong copy of a scarce and important title, with some sophistication, and cosmetic defects.

A significant travel account, extremely detailed and coherent, incorporating records of Here is a more academic revision with a formal tone and smoother structure:

> New Orleans, Covington, Alexandria, Cape Girardeau, St. Charles, and New Madrid are among the locations he discusses. Flint offers candid observations on a wide range of regional conditions; commerce, slavery, moral practices, geography, agriculture, transportation etc.. He devotes particular attention to the widespread phenomenon of frenzied land speculation.