Storrs, Augustus:

$550 · Offered by William Reese Company

ANSWERS OF AUGUSTUS STORRS, OF MISSOURI, TO CERTAIN QUERIES UPON THE ORIGIN, PRESENT STATE, AND FUTURE PROSPECT, OF TRADE AND INTERCOURSE, BETWEEN MISSOURI AND THE INTERNAL PROVINCES OF MEXICO, ... One of the first important documents on the Santa Fe trade and trail. Storrs took a wagon train from Missouri to New Mexico in 1824, and herein gives detailed answers to twenty-two questions concerning the route, the surrounding country, and the history, nature, size, and scope of the trade.

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