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1Title:  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    
 Creator:  Lewis, Meriwether, 1774-1809 
 Clark, William, 1770-1838
 Biddle, Nicholas, 1786-1844
 Allen, Paul, 1775-1826
 Maxwell, James.
 Inskeep, Abraham H.
 Bradford, Samuel F. (Samuel Fisher), 1776-1837
 Inskeep, John, d. 1820
 Publication:  Bradford and Inskeep, Abm. H. Inskeep, Philadelphia, New York,1814 
 Notes:  This, the first authentic history of the expedition, was written by Nicholas Biddle, and edited by Paul Allen. cf. E. Coues, Hist. of the expedition, 1893; Appleton, Cycl. Amer. biogr. Matches Streeter Americana, no. 1777 except for binding and also lacks expanded imprint. The appendix contains: (1) Observations and reflections on the present and future state of upper Louisiana, in relation to the government of the Indian nations ... and the trade and intercourse with the same. By Captain Lewis. (2) 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. (3) Estimate of the western Indians. (4) Thermometrical observations, showing also the rise and fall of the Mississippi (Missouri) ; appearances of weather, winds, &c. (5) Remarks and reflections [January 1, 1804, to August 22, 1806] 
 Call #:  F42.5 L61 1814 Vault 
 Extent:  2 v. : ill., maps (some fold.) ; 22 cm. 
 Subjects:  Lewis, Meriwether, -- 1774-1809 -- Journeys -- West (U.S.) | Clark, William, -- 1770-1838 -- Journeys -- West (U.S.) | Lewis and Clark Expedition -- (1804-1806) | West (U.S.) -- Description and travel | Missouri River -- Description and travel | Columbia River -- Description and travel | West (U.S.) -- History -- To 1848 | Overland journals West (U.S.) 1804-1806 | Imprints, Early American To 1820
 
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