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Lot 249
Sale 503 - Fine Books and Manuscripts
Sep 13, 2017
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[DONALDSON, Thomas]
Report on Indians Taxed and Indians not Taxed in the United States (except Alaska) at the Eleventh Census: 1890. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1894.4to (289 x 233 mm). Numerous plates comprising chromolithographic, lithographic, and photographic plates, numerous lithographic maps (a few folding). (Small stain in upper margin, a folding map loose.) Publisher's black cloth (some light overall wear, shaken as usual, hinges loose.) A comprehensive compilation of information known about the remaining Native Americans at the end of the 19th century. The maps show the distribution of tribes, and the work is profusely illustrated with portraits, diagrams and tables. The report was issued by the Census Office at the Department of Interior by Robert P. Porter, the Superintendent, and Carroll D. Wright, the Commissioner of Labor.
