History of the expedition under the command of Captains Lewis and Clark, to the sources of the Missouri : thence across the Rocky Mountains and down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean : performed during the years 1804-5-6 : by order of the government of the United States /

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Author / Creator:Lewis, Meriwether, 1774-1809.
Uniform title:History of the expedition under the command of Captains Lewis and Clark
Imprint:Philadelphia : Published by Bradford and Inskeep ; New York : Abm. H. Inskeep, 1814.
Description:2 v. : 6 maps (1 folded) ; 22 cm.
Language:English
Series:American West (Marlborough, England)
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13092290
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Other authors / contributors:Clark, William, 1770-1838.
Biddle, Nicholas, 1786-1844.
Allen, Paul, 1775-1826.
Newberry Library.
Adam Matthew Digital (Firm)
Notes:"Mr. [Nicholas] Biddle's name does not appear ... It is said, however, by Robert T. Conrad, that Mr. Biddle actually wrote the two volumes from Lewis and Clarke's notes"--Appletons, Cycl. of Amer. Biog.
Facing t.p.: A map of Lewis and Clark's track across the western portion of North America from the Mississipppi to the Pacific Ocean ... copied by Samuel Lewis from the original drawing of Wm Clark. Saml. Harrison sct.
Electronic reproduction. Marlborough, England : Adam Matthew Digital, c2008 (The American West) Signatures of former owners Julia Clark and William Clark.
Newberry Library, Chicago
Table of Contents:
  • Appendix contains: Observations and reflections on the present and future state of upper Louisiana, in relation to the government of the Indian nations inhabiting that country, and the trade and intercourse with the same / by Captain Lewis
  • A summary statement of the rivers, creeks and most remarkable places, their distances from each other, &c., their distances from the Mississippi, ascending the Missouri, across the Rocky Mountains, and down the Columbia to the Pacific Ocean, as was explored in the years 1804, 5 and 6 by Captains Lewis and Clarke
  • Estimate of the western Indians
  • Thermometrical observations, showing also the rise and fall of the Mississippi (Missouri) ; appearances of weather, winds, &c. commencing at the mouth of the river
  • Remarks and reflections [January 1, 1804, to August 22, 1806]