Beck came to St. Louis briefly and practiced medicine. Returning to New York he produced a series of guides and gazetteer information, including this first for Illinois and Missouri.
Plan of St. Louis: Including the Late Additions: Engraved for Beck's Gazetteer, 1822.
Beck, Lewis C. 1798-1853
1823
map
Saint Louis (Mo.)
1820-1829
A gazetteer of the states of Illinois and Missouri : containing a general view of each state, a general view of their counties, and a particular description of their towns, villages, rivers, &c., &c. : with a map, and other engravings / by Lewis C. Beck. Albany : Printed by C.R. and G. Webster, 1823.
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