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Title: M-011: Daniel Boone Letter
Date: 1882-05-18
Description: Letter to Colonel William Cristen concerning plots of land., Reproduction of original letter dated 1785-08-23.

Title: Plan des Villages de la Contree des Illinois et partie de la Riviere de Mississipi.
Date: 1781
Description: Hutchins accompanied expeditions to the Mississippi at the time of Pittman’s own travels into the Illinois Country as a young officer and produced his own accounts of these journeys with excellent maps which are among the earliest—if not the earliest—printed maps with St. Louis clearly identified in a location long known to some explorers, obscured or overlooked by others for one hundred years of mapping New France. Many of these descriptive narratives borrow heavily from Pittman, but his maps are crucial for the period he describes. Much later, Hutchins was an important surveyor for the territories of the young United States, rising to the post of Geographer to the United States, the first and only citizen ever to hold such a position., Map from "A Topographical Description of Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland and North Carolina..." also by Hutchins. French title: "Description topographique de la Virginie, de la Pensylvanie, du Maryland et de la Caroline Septentrionale : contenant les rivières d'Ohio, Kenhawa, Sioto, Cherokée, Wabash, des Illinois, du Mississippi..." Published in Paris: Le Rouge, 1781.

Title: George Washington To Mr. [William] Hunter, integral address cover docketed by Hunter.
Date: 1786-02-27
Description: 1 letter, February 27, 1786. A.L.S. To Mr. [William] hunter, integral address cover docketed by Hunter. [Authenticated by Mount Vernon Ladies' Association]

Title: S Louis des Ilinois
Description: Copy of a map of St. Louis by Norbury Wayman of the town of St. Louis, ca. 1780.

Title: First President U.S.A., George Washington Token
Description: 1-inch copper token with profile portrait of George Washington and "1789 1st President U.S.A., George Washington 1797" in low relief surrounding the portrait. Reverse of token is identical to the front.

Title: The Father of His Country Decanter
Description: Clear transparent decanter with profile picture of George Washington with the title "The Father of his Country" on one side. The other side features a profile picture of General Taylor and reads " General Taylor Never Surrenders." Produced by Dyottville Glass works (Philadelphia, PA)

Title: St. Louis des Illinois
Description: Norbury Wayman reproduction of a 1780 plan of the village of St. Louis.

Title: Map Showing Boundaries of St. Louis at Different Periods
Description: This undated and unsigned map of the boundaries of St. Louis shows the growth of the city at different periods: 1780, 1822, 1839, 1841, 1855, 1860, and 1876.

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