1849 description of Leon Pomarede's Mississippi Panorama. Mississippi panoramas were a phenomenon of the mid to late 1840s where artists would travel the length of the river taking sketches and compile their efforts into a single rolling canvas which would be displayed on a stage behind them as they presented scenes from their journeys. Pomarede's panorama was considered of higher quality as it
This document contains the third annual report for the St. Louis Mercantile Library Association published in January of 1849 about the year 1848. The first and second reports were not published, which makes this one the very first.
Which Assembled in the City of St. Louis, on the Fifteenth of October, 1849. To Which is Prefixed the Proceedings of the Primary Meetings of the Citizens of St. Louis, Held Previous to the Meeting of Said Convention
Also minutes of the fourth annual meeting of the Baptist General Association of Illinois and the thirteenth annual meeting of the Illinois Baptist Education Society. held at Winchester--October, 1848.