Nicollet, J. N. 1786-1843.

J.N. Nicollet papers, 1797-1843. - 1,500 items. 8 containers. 1 microfilm reel. 3.2 linear feet.

Open to research.

Correspondence, astronomical observations, geographical and meteorological data, expedition diaries, reports, research material, notes, maps, and other papers relating to Nicollet's explorations of the upper Mississippi and Missouri rivers. Documents his exploration of Minnesota, Missouri, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. Includes Francis A. Chardon's journals from Fort Clark, N.D.; Regis Loisel's account of the upper Missouri River; and excerpts from the diaries of Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, and Zebulon Montgomery Pike. Correspondents include Jacob Whitman Bailey, Edmund M. Blunt, Simon William Gabriel Bruté de Rémur, Jean-Louis-Anne-Madeleine Lefebvre de Cheverus, Pierce Connelly, Louis Régis Deluol, John England, David W. Gobel, J.D. Graham, F.R. Hassler, Ethan Allen Hitchcock, Charles T. Jackson, Elias Loomis, Alfred Mordecai, Rush Nutt, Joseph Plympton, Michael Portier, Joseph Rosati, H.H. Sherwood, Gerard Troost, and Sears Cook Walker.




Microfilm produced from originals in Manuscript Division.
Washington, D.C. :
Library of Congress Photoduplication Service,
1977.


Mathematician, explorer, and cartographer.


Collection material in French and English.

Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009278

mm 82034744


Bailey, Jacob Whitman, 1811-1857 --Correspondence.
Blunt, Edmund M. 1770-1862 --Correspondence.
Bruté de Rémur, Simon William Gabriel, 1779-1839 --Correspondence.
Cheverus, Jean-Louis-Anne-Madeleine Lefebvre de, 1768-1836 --Correspondence.
Connelly, Pierce, 1804-1883 --Correspondence.
Deluol, Louis Régis, 1787-1858 --Correspondence.
England, John, 1786-1842 --Correspondence.
Gobel, David W.--Correspondence.
Graham, J. D. 1799-1865 --Correspondence.
Hassler, F. R. 1770-1843 --Correspondence.
Hitchcock, Ethan Allen, 1798-1870 --Correspondence.
Jackson, Charles T. 1805-1880 --Correspondence.
Loomis, Elias, 1811-1889 --Correspondence.
Mordecai, Alfred, 1804-1887 --Correspondence.
Nutt, Rush, 1781-1837 --Correspondence.
Plympton, Joseph--Correspondence.
Portier, Michael, 1795-1859 --Correspondence.
Rosati, Joseph, 1789-1843 --Correspondence.
Sherwood, H. H.--Correspondence.
Troost, Gerard, 1776-1850 --Correspondence.
Walker, Sears Cook, 1805-1853 --Correspondence.


Astronomy.
Geography.
Meteorology.


Fort Clark (N.D.)
Minnesota--Discovery and exploration.
Mississippi River--Discovery and exploration.
Missouri--Discovery and exploration.
Missouri River--Discovery and exploration.
North Dakota--Discovery and exploration.
South Dakota--Discovery and exploration.
Wisconsin--Discovery and exploration.


Cartographers.
Explorers.
Mathematicians.