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Reynolds, Jeremiah N. (1799-1858) Address on the subject of a surveying and exploring expedition to the Pacific Ocean and South Seas. Delivered in the Hall of Representatives on the evening of April 3, 1836

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00507.02 Author/Creator: Reynolds, Jeremiah N. (1799-1858) Place Written: New York, New York Type: Book signed Date: 1836 Pagination: 1 v. : 300 p. ; 23 x 14 cm. Order a Copy

Published by Harper and Brothers. Inscribed "With the compliments" and signed by Reynolds. Also signed by Edward Sanford, possibly the book's owner. Concerns the Wilkes expedition, the first attempt to organize the nation behind an expedition to explore outside the continental United States.

Reynolds, Jeremiah N., 1799-1858
Reynolds, J. P

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