An Account of Louisiana being an abstract of documents, in the offices of the departments of State, and of the Treasury (Published by [J]ohn Conrad, & Co. no. 30, Chesnut-Street, Philadelphia; M. & J. Conrad, & Co. no 138, Market-Street, Baltimore; Rapin, Conrad, & Co. Washington City; Somervell & Conrad, Petersburg; and Bonsal, Conrad, & Co. Norfolk, 1803)
Compiled by direction of President Jefferson from information furnished by Dr. John Sibley, of Natchitoches, La., and others. Cf. Jefferson's Writings, edited by P.L. Ford, v. 10, 1899, p. 338, and Mitchill, S.L. Discourse on ... Jefferson, 1826, p. 27. - Evans, 36753. - Shaw & Shoemaker, 14256. - Shaw & Shoemaker, 3618. - The publication date of the New York State Library copy is altered in ms. to 1800 and is so recorded in Evans. - Transmitted to Congress Nov. 14, 1803. Published in American state papers; Miscellaneous, Washington, 1834, v. 1, p. 344-356, with title: Description of Louisiana