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274 ● (TRAVEL.) Weld, Isaac.
Travels through the States of
North America, and the
Provinces of Upper and Lower
Canada. Folding map colored in
outline, 4 other maps and plans, 11
plates. 4to, contemporary calf,
joints split, moderate wear; lacks
errata slip, foxing to some plates,
ink marks on one Niagara plate,
but generally quite clean; book-
plate on front pastedown. With [8]
pages of undated publisher’s ads. In
modern cloth slipcase.
London, 1799 [600/900]
FIRST EDITION. Weld was an Englishman who travelled to Philadelphia, from where he made several
excursions, including Virginia and Canada. He met Washington and Jefferson. “One of the most
valuable Niagara Falls records we have”—Dow, Niagara I:97. Clark, Old South II:132; Howes
W235 (“aa”); Sabin 102541; TPL 708.
275 ● (UTAH.) Simpson, James H. Report of Explorations Across the Great Basin
of the Territory of Utah. 3 maps, 22 plates. 4to, contemporary cloth, minor wear,
rebacked; large folding map a bit worn on left edge, with tasteful repairs at folds; small
bookplate on front pastedown. Washington, 1876 [400/600]
The large folding “Map of Wagon Routes in Utah Territories” shows a variety of routes, from
the one taken by Fremont in 1843 to the one pioneered by Simpson in 1859. Publication of
his full report was delayed by the Civil War. “This route . . . shortened the distance to
California by 250 miles; it was adopted by the overland mail, pony express and telegraph”—
Howes S501. Flake 7724; Graff 3791; Sabin 81355; Wheat, Transmississippi West 999
and pages IV:137-9.
276 ● (UTAH.) The first and sixth sessions of the Utah Territorial Legislature. 2
volumes. 8, 48, 37-258; 35, xi, 211 pages. 12mo, unmatched modern cloth; library markings
in first volume, second volume worn and soiled on first few pages.
Salt Lake City, UT, 1852 and 1857 [600/900]
The first session includes “An Act in Relation to Service” (pages 80-82), which legalized
slavery in Utah Territory and forbade miscegenation. Indian slaves are covered in another act,
pages 93-94. The legislature’s sixth session, held just months before the arrival of United
States troops in the Utah War, includes two acts concerning the formation of a territorial militia
which would operate under the existing Nauvoo Legion name.
Includes: Acts, Resolutions, and Memorials Passed at the First Annual and Special Sessions of
the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Utah . . . also the Constitution of the United
States, and the Act Organizing the Territory of Utah. Salt Lake City, UT: Brigham H.
Young (nephew of Governor Brigham Young), 1852 * Acts and Resolutions Passed by the
Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Utah, bound with A Compilation of United States
Laws Applicable to Territories. Salt Lake City, UT: James McKnight, 1857. McMurtrie,
Utah 15, 12.