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    Commerce of the prairies; or, The journal of a Santa Fé trader, 1831-1839 | Gregg's Commerce of the prairies, 1831-1839 | Commerce of the prairies | Journal of a Sante Fe trader, 1831-1839     Early Western Travels 1748–1846 Volume XX
    • Contributor: Thwaites, Reuben Gold - Gregg, Josiah
    • Date: 1905-01-01
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    Commerce of the prairies; or, The journal of a Santa Fé trader, 1831-1839 | Gregg's Commerce of the prairies, 1831-1839 | Commerce of the prairies | Journal of a Sante Fe trader, 1831-1839
    • Contributor: Thwaites, Reuben Gold - Gregg, Josiah
    • Date: 1905-01-01
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    Commerce of the prairies; or, The journal of a Santa Fé trader, 1831-1839 | Gregg's Commerce of the prairies, 1831-1839 | Commerce of the prairies | Journal of a Sante Fe trader, 1831-1839
    • Contributor: Thwaites, Reuben Gold - Gregg, Josiah
    • Date: 1905-01-01
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    Commerce of the prairies; or, The journal of a Santa Fé trader, 1831-1839 | Gregg's Commerce of the prairies, 1831-1839 | Commerce of the prairies | Journal of a Sante Fe trader, 1831-1839     Indian alarm on the Cimarron River
    • Contributor: Thwaites, Reuben Gold - Gregg, Josiah
    • Date: 1905-01-01
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    Commerce of the prairies; or, The journal of a Santa Fé trader, 1831-1839 | Gregg's Commerce of the prairies, 1831-1839 | Commerce of the prairies | Journal of a Sante Fe trader, 1831-1839     Early Western Travels 1748–1846 A Series of Annotated Reprints of some of the best and rarest contemporary volumes of travel, descriptive of the Aborigines and Social and Economic Conditions in the Middle…
    • Contributor: Thwaites, Reuben Gold - Gregg, Josiah
    • Date: 1905-01-01
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    Commerce of the prairies; or, The journal of a Santa Fé trader, 1831-1839 | Gregg's Commerce of the prairies, 1831-1839 | Commerce of the prairies | Journal of a Sante Fe trader, 1831-1839     Copy 2 THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS. Two Copies Received Nov 15 1905 Copyright Entry Nov. 15, 1905 Class a XXc No. 131248 COPY A. COPYRIGHT 1905, BY THE ARTHUR H. CLARK COMPANY…
    • Contributor: Thwaites, Reuben Gold - Gregg, Josiah
    • Date: 1905-01-01
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    Commerce of the prairies; or, The journal of a Santa Fé trader, 1831-1839 | Gregg's Commerce of the prairies, 1831-1839 | Commerce of the prairies | Journal of a Sante Fe trader, 1831-1839     CONTENTS OF VOLUME XX Commerce Of The Prairies; or, The Journal of a Santa Fé Trader, during Eight Expeditions across the Great Western Prairies, and a Residence of nearly Nine Years in…
    • Contributor: Thwaites, Reuben Gold - Gregg, Josiah
    • Date: 1905-01-01
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    Commerce of the prairies; or, The journal of a Santa Fé trader, 1831-1839 | Gregg's Commerce of the prairies, 1831-1839 | Commerce of the prairies | Journal of a Sante Fe trader, 1831-1839
    • Contributor: Thwaites, Reuben Gold - Gregg, Josiah
    • Date: 1905-01-01
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    Commerce of the prairies; or, The journal of a Santa Fé trader, 1831-1839 | Gregg's Commerce of the prairies, 1831-1839 | Commerce of the prairies | Journal of a Sante Fe trader, 1831-1839     ILLUSTRATIONS TO VOLUME XX “Indian Alarm on the Cimarron River” Frontispiece “Map of the Interior of Northern Mexico” Facing 21 Medal of Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe de Mexico (text cut) 40 “Camp…
    • Contributor: Thwaites, Reuben Gold - Gregg, Josiah
    • Date: 1905-01-01
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    Commerce of the prairies; or, The journal of a Santa Fé trader, 1831-1839 | Gregg's Commerce of the prairies, 1831-1839 | Commerce of the prairies | Journal of a Sante Fe trader, 1831-1839
    • Contributor: Thwaites, Reuben Gold - Gregg, Josiah
    • Date: 1905-01-01
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    Commerce of the prairies; or, The journal of a Santa Fé trader, 1831-1839 | Gregg's Commerce of the prairies, 1831-1839 | Commerce of the prairies | Journal of a Sante Fe trader, 1831-1839     PART II OF GREGG'S COMMERCE OF THE PRAIRIES, OR THE JOURNAL OF A SANTA FÉ TRADER — 1831–1839 Reprint of chapters xii–xvi of Volume I, and all of Volume II of the…
    • Contributor: Thwaites, Reuben Gold - Gregg, Josiah
    • Date: 1905-01-01
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    Commerce of the prairies; or, The journal of a Santa Fé trader, 1831-1839 | Gregg's Commerce of the prairies, 1831-1839 | Commerce of the prairies | Journal of a Sante Fe trader, 1831-1839
    • Contributor: Thwaites, Reuben Gold - Gregg, Josiah
    • Date: 1905-01-01
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    Commerce of the prairies; or, The journal of a Santa Fé trader, 1831-1839 | Gregg's Commerce of the prairies, 1831-1839 | Commerce of the prairies | Journal of a Sante Fe trader, 1831-1839     CONTENTS CHAPTER XII Government of New Mexico — The Administration of Justice — Judicial Corruption — Prejudices against Americans — Partiality for the English — Anecdote of Governor Armijo and a Trapper…
    • Contributor: Thwaites, Reuben Gold - Gregg, Josiah
    • Date: 1905-01-01
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    Commerce of the prairies; or, The journal of a Santa Fé trader, 1831-1839 | Gregg's Commerce of the prairies, 1831-1839 | Commerce of the prairies | Journal of a Sante Fe trader, 1831-1839     14 Customs — Excellent Provisions against Demoralization — Primitive Pastimes of the Pueblos — Their Architecture — Singular Structures of Taos, and other novel Fortifications — Primitive state of the Arts among…
    • Contributor: Thwaites, Reuben Gold - Gregg, Josiah
    • Date: 1905-01-01
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    Commerce of the prairies; or, The journal of a Santa Fé trader, 1831-1839 | Gregg's Commerce of the prairies, 1831-1839 | Commerce of the prairies | Journal of a Sante Fe trader, 1831-1839     15 The Muster and the Introduction — An ‘Olla Podrida’— Adventure of a ‘Down-Easter’ —Arrival of U. S. Dragoons — Camp Holmes, and the Road — A Visit from a Party of…
    • Contributor: Thwaites, Reuben Gold - Gregg, Josiah
    • Date: 1905-01-01
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    Commerce of the prairies; or, The journal of a Santa Fé trader, 1831-1839 | Gregg's Commerce of the prairies, 1831-1839 | Commerce of the prairies | Journal of a Sante Fe trader, 1831-1839     16 — Ruins of Valverde — ‘Towns without Houses’ — La Jornado del Muerto — Laguna and Ojo del Muerto — A Tradition of the Arrieros — Laborious Ferrying and Quagmires —…
    • Contributor: Thwaites, Reuben Gold - Gregg, Josiah
    • Date: 1905-01-01
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    Commerce of the prairies; or, The journal of a Santa Fé trader, 1831-1839 | Gregg's Commerce of the prairies, 1831-1839 | Commerce of the prairies | Journal of a Sante Fe trader, 1831-1839     17 Preparations in Chihuahua for our Arrest — Arrival of Mexican Troops — A polite Officer — Myself with three of my Men summoned back to Chihuahua — Amiable Conduct of Señor…
    • Contributor: Thwaites, Reuben Gold - Gregg, Josiah
    • Date: 1905-01-01
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    Commerce of the prairies; or, The journal of a Santa Fé trader, 1831-1839 | Gregg's Commerce of the prairies, 1831-1839 | Commerce of the prairies | Journal of a Sante Fe trader, 1831-1839     18 early Caravans — Immense Gullies — Coal Mines and other Geological Products — Gypsum — Metallic Minerals — Salines — Capt. Boone's Exploration — ‘Salt Plain’ and ‘Salt Rock’ — Mr.…
    • Contributor: Thwaites, Reuben Gold - Gregg, Josiah
    • Date: 1905-01-01
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    Commerce of the prairies; or, The journal of a Santa Fé trader, 1831-1839 | Gregg's Commerce of the prairies, 1831-1839 | Commerce of the prairies | Journal of a Sante Fe trader, 1831-1839     19 — Improvements, Agriculture, etc. — Their Slaves — Manufactures — Style of Living, Dress, etc. — Literary Opportunities and Improvements — Choctaw Academy — Harpies and Frauds — Games — Systems…
    • Contributor: Thwaites, Reuben Gold - Gregg, Josiah
    • Date: 1905-01-01
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    Commerce of the prairies; or, The journal of a Santa Fé trader, 1831-1839 | Gregg's Commerce of the prairies, 1831-1839 | Commerce of the prairies | Journal of a Sante Fe trader, 1831-1839
    • Contributor: Thwaites, Reuben Gold - Gregg, Josiah
    • Date: 1905-01-01
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    Commerce of the prairies; or, The journal of a Santa Fé trader, 1831-1839 | Gregg's Commerce of the prairies, 1831-1839 | Commerce of the prairies | Journal of a Sante Fe trader, 1831-1839
    • Contributor: Thwaites, Reuben Gold - Gregg, Josiah
    • Date: 1905-01-01
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    Commerce of the prairies; or, The journal of a Santa Fé trader, 1831-1839 | Gregg's Commerce of the prairies, 1831-1839 | Commerce of the prairies | Journal of a Sante Fe trader, 1831-1839     MAP OF THE INTERIOR OF NORTHERN MEXICO.
    • Contributor: Thwaites, Reuben Gold - Gregg, Josiah
    • Date: 1905-01-01
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    Commerce of the prairies; or, The journal of a Santa Fé trader, 1831-1839 | Gregg's Commerce of the prairies, 1831-1839 | Commerce of the prairies | Journal of a Sante Fe trader, 1831-1839     COMMERCE OF THE PRAIRIES [PART II] CHAPTER XII1 1 Chapter xii of volume i of the original edition.— Ed. Government of New Mexico — The Administration of Justice — Judicial Corruption —…
    • Contributor: Thwaites, Reuben Gold - Gregg, Josiah
    • Date: 1905-01-01
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    Commerce of the prairies; or, The journal of a Santa Fé trader, 1831-1839 | Gregg's Commerce of the prairies, 1831-1839 | Commerce of the prairies | Journal of a Sante Fe trader, 1831-1839     22 its functions have been arbitrarily exercised by the governor ever since. The administration of the laws in Northern Mexico constitutes one of the most painful features of her institutions. Justice, or…
    • Contributor: Thwaites, Reuben Gold - Gregg, Josiah
    • Date: 1905-01-01
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    Commerce of the prairies; or, The journal of a Santa Fé trader, 1831-1839 | Gregg's Commerce of the prairies, 1831-1839 | Commerce of the prairies | Journal of a Sante Fe trader, 1831-1839     23 to be made in the name of the latter, knowing it will thus be more likely to command proper attention. Few men, perhaps, have done more to jeopard the interests of…
    • Contributor: Thwaites, Reuben Gold - Gregg, Josiah
    • Date: 1905-01-01
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    Commerce of the prairies; or, The journal of a Santa Fé trader, 1831-1839 | Gregg's Commerce of the prairies, 1831-1839 | Commerce of the prairies | Journal of a Sante Fe trader, 1831-1839     24 Previous to the return of this party from their trapping expedition, Armijo had succeeded Narbona in office, and they were informed that it was his intention to seize their furs. To…
    • Contributor: Thwaites, Reuben Gold - Gregg, Josiah
    • Date: 1905-01-01
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    Commerce of the prairies; or, The journal of a Santa Fé trader, 1831-1839 | Gregg's Commerce of the prairies, 1831-1839 | Commerce of the prairies | Journal of a Sante Fe trader, 1831-1839     25 The following anecdote affords another illustration of Armijo's summary mode of dealing with Americans. In the fall of 1840, a gross outrage was committed upon a physician from Massachusetts (said to…
    • Contributor: Thwaites, Reuben Gold - Gregg, Josiah
    • Date: 1905-01-01
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    Commerce of the prairies; or, The journal of a Santa Fé trader, 1831-1839 | Gregg's Commerce of the prairies, 1831-1839 | Commerce of the prairies | Journal of a Sante Fe trader, 1831-1839     26 practised by the alcalde, before he had proceeded far on his journey, he returned and made an attempt to bring the delinquent officer to justice, but altogether without success. But perhaps…
    • Contributor: Thwaites, Reuben Gold - Gregg, Josiah
    • Date: 1905-01-01
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    Commerce of the prairies; or, The journal of a Santa Fé trader, 1831-1839 | Gregg's Commerce of the prairies, 1831-1839 | Commerce of the prairies | Journal of a Sante Fe trader, 1831-1839     27 owed his preservation partially to the consternation with which the failure of their clandestine attempt at his life inspired the cowardly ruffians. Instead of being punished for this diabolical act, the…
    • Contributor: Thwaites, Reuben Gold - Gregg, Josiah
    • Date: 1905-01-01
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    Commerce of the prairies; or, The journal of a Santa Fé trader, 1831-1839 | Gregg's Commerce of the prairies, 1831-1839 | Commerce of the prairies | Journal of a Sante Fe trader, 1831-1839     28 war upon the savages, who were laying waste the surrounding country, foreign merchants, with an equal disregard for their rights and the obligations of treaties, were taxed twenty-five dollars each per…
    • Contributor: Thwaites, Reuben Gold - Gregg, Josiah
    • Date: 1905-01-01
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    Commerce of the prairies; or, The journal of a Santa Fé trader, 1831-1839 | Gregg's Commerce of the prairies, 1831-1839 | Commerce of the prairies | Journal of a Sante Fe trader, 1831-1839     29 formed with [234] the finger and thumb. Generally speaking, however, the process of examination is gone through without a single oath being administered; and in the absence of witnesses, the alcalde…
    • Contributor: Thwaites, Reuben Gold - Gregg, Josiah
    • Date: 1905-01-01
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    Commerce of the prairies; or, The journal of a Santa Fé trader, 1831-1839 | Gregg's Commerce of the prairies, 1831-1839 | Commerce of the prairies | Journal of a Sante Fe trader, 1831-1839     30 such cases, would be void. It is no wonder, then, that the cause of freedom in Mexico has made so little progress. Imprisonment is almost the only sort of punishment resorted…
    • Contributor: Thwaites, Reuben Gold - Gregg, Josiah
    • Date: 1905-01-01
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    Commerce of the prairies; or, The journal of a Santa Fé trader, 1831-1839 | Gregg's Commerce of the prairies, 1831-1839 | Commerce of the prairies | Journal of a Sante Fe trader, 1831-1839     31 servant soon accumulates a debt which he is unable to pay — his wages being often engaged for a year or two in advance. Now, according to the usages, if not…
    • Contributor: Thwaites, Reuben Gold - Gregg, Josiah
    • Date: 1905-01-01
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    Commerce of the prairies; or, The journal of a Santa Fé trader, 1831-1839 | Gregg's Commerce of the prairies, 1831-1839 | Commerce of the prairies | Journal of a Sante Fe trader, 1831-1839     32 up his name; observing, “O, I can't think of exposing the poor fellow!” The impunity with which delinquencies of this description are every day committed is [238] perhaps in some degree,…
    • Contributor: Thwaites, Reuben Gold - Gregg, Josiah
    • Date: 1905-01-01
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    Commerce of the prairies; or, The journal of a Santa Fé trader, 1831-1839 | Gregg's Commerce of the prairies, 1831-1839 | Commerce of the prairies | Journal of a Sante Fe trader, 1831-1839     33 shop-lifting, [239] pocket-picking, and other elegant pastimes of the same kindred, are the legitimate offspring, especially among the lower classes, of that passion for gaming, which in Mexico more than anywhere…
    • Contributor: Thwaites, Reuben Gold - Gregg, Josiah
    • Date: 1905-01-01
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    Commerce of the prairies; or, The journal of a Santa Fé trader, 1831-1839 | Gregg's Commerce of the prairies, 1831-1839 | Commerce of the prairies | Journal of a Sante Fe trader, 1831-1839     34 to smile upon her efforts, and for some years she spent her days in lowliness and misery. At last her luck turned, as gamblers would say, and on one occasion she…
    • Contributor: Thwaites, Reuben Gold - Gregg, Josiah
    • Date: 1905-01-01
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    Commerce of the prairies; or, The journal of a Santa Fé trader, 1831-1839 | Gregg's Commerce of the prairies, 1831-1839 | Commerce of the prairies | Journal of a Sante Fe trader, 1831-1839     35 practised generally on St. John's day. A common cock or hen is tied by the feet to some swinging limb of a tree, so as to be barely within the reach…
    • Contributor: Thwaites, Reuben Gold - Gregg, Josiah
    • Date: 1905-01-01
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    Commerce of the prairies; or, The journal of a Santa Fé trader, 1831-1839 | Gregg's Commerce of the prairies, 1831-1839 | Commerce of the prairies | Journal of a Sante Fe trader, 1831-1839     36 general, throughout the country, and with all classes than dancing. From the gravest priest to the buffoon — from the richest nabob to the beggar — from the governor to the…
    • Contributor: Thwaites, Reuben Gold - Gregg, Josiah
    • Date: 1905-01-01
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    Commerce of the prairies; or, The journal of a Santa Fé trader, 1831-1839 | Gregg's Commerce of the prairies, 1831-1839 | Commerce of the prairies | Journal of a Sante Fe trader, 1831-1839     37 with tenazitas de oro (little golden tongs), to hold the cigar with, so as to prevent their delicate fingers from being polluted either with the stain or scent of tobacco; forgetting…
    • Contributor: Thwaites, Reuben Gold - Gregg, Josiah
    • Date: 1905-01-01
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    Commerce of the prairies; or, The journal of a Santa Fé trader, 1831-1839 | Gregg's Commerce of the prairies, 1831-1839 | Commerce of the prairies | Journal of a Sante Fe trader, 1831-1839     38 already been shown, the civil authority is so nearly merged in the military and the ecclesiastical, that the government, if not a military hierarchy, is something so near akin that it…
    • Contributor: Thwaites, Reuben Gold - Gregg, Josiah
    • Date: 1905-01-01

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Title

  • Gregg's Commerce of the prairies; or, The journal of a Sante Fe trader, 1831-1839.

Other Title

  • Commerce of the prairies; or, The journal of a Santa Fé trader, 1831-1839
  • Gregg's Commerce of the prairies, 1831-1839
  • Commerce of the prairies
  • Journal of a Sante Fe trader, 1831-1839

Names

  • Gregg, Josiah, 1806-1850.
  • Thwaites, Reuben Gold, 1853-1913.

Created / Published

  • [Cleveland, Ohio : The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1905].

Headings

  • -  Southwest, New--Description and travel
  • -  New Mexico--Description and travel
  • -  Mexico--Description and travel
  • -  Santa Fe National Historic Trail
  • -  Indians of North America--West (U.S.)--History

Notes

  • -  "Reprint of ... the second edition, New York, 1845."--v. 19, p. [155].
  • -  Includes facsimile of t.-p. of 1845 New York edition with title: Commerce of the prairies, or The journal of a Santa Fé trader, during eight expeditions across the great western prairies, and a residence of nearly nine years in northern Mexico.

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  • 2 v. : 2 front., 6 pl., map ; 25 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • F592 .T54 vol. 19-20

Source Collection

  • Early western travels, 1748-1846. v. 19, p. 155-349; v. 20

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  • 05037595

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Gregg, Josiah, and Reuben Gold Thwaites. Gregg's Commerce of the prairies; or, The journal of a Sante Fe trader, -1839. [Cleveland, Ohio: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1905] Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/05037595/.

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Gregg, J. & Thwaites, R. G. (1905) Gregg's Commerce of the prairies; or, The journal of a Sante Fe trader, -1839. [Cleveland, Ohio: The Arthur H. Clark Company] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/05037595/.

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Gregg, Josiah, and Reuben Gold Thwaites. Gregg's Commerce of the prairies; or, The journal of a Sante Fe trader, -1839. [Cleveland, Ohio: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1905] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/05037595/>.