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2 finding aid(s) found containing the word(s) Mordecai, Alfred, 1804-1887.
Alfred Mordecai papers, 1790-1948
3,850 items. 17 containers. 4.4 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary:
United States Army officer, engineer, and ordnance expert. Correspondence, travel and other diaries and journals, and miscellaneous papers of Mordecai and his family.
J.N. Nicollet papers, 1797-1843
1,500 items. 8 containers. 3.2 linear feet. 1 microfilm reel. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary:
Mathematician, explorer, and cartographer. Correspondence, astronomical and geographical observations, expedition diaries, maps, reports, research material, and notes relating to Nicollet’s explorations of the upper Mississippi and Missouri rivers.