Edwards, Benjamin Frank
Variant namesBenjamin Edwards was a member of what was originally known as the "Yellowstone Expedition," under the command of Major Stephen H. Long. The party spent the winter at Ft. Lisa, five miles below Council Bluffs. In the meantime, the War Department changed the destination of the expedition to an excursion by land to the source of the Platte River and thence by the Arkansas and Red Rivers to the Mississippi.
From the description of Letters, 1819-1827. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122540019
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| referencedIn | Yale Miscellaneous Manuscripts collection, 1701-2007, 1701-1987 | Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives | |
| referencedIn | Edwards, Henry. Henry Edwards Papers, 1857-1860. | Peabody Essex Museum | |
| referencedIn | Edwards, Benjamin : [miscellaneous ephemeral material]. | Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library | |
| creatorOf | Edwards, Benjamin. Letters, 1819-1827. | American Philosophical Society Library | |
| referencedIn | Wirt, William, 1772-1834. William Wirt papers, 1786-1850 (inclusive), [microform]. | Yale University Library | |
| referencedIn | Stuart and Lincoln (Springfield, Ill.). Papers, 1838-1839, 1855. | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library | |
| referencedIn | King, Walter. Petition of appeal, 1753 June 6 [microform]. | Virginia Historical Society Library |
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