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MISCELLANEA
1804
Report | of | the Committee
| of | Commerce and Manufactures, |
who were
instructed, | by a Resolution of this House, | of the 18th
ult. | "To Enquire | into the | expediency of
authorising | the | President
of the United States, | to employ persons | to explore such
parts
of the province | of | Louisiana, | as he may
deem proper". | 8th
March, 1804. | Read, and ordered to be
committed to a committee of
the | whole House, on Wednesday next.
|
8vo; title, verso blank; text, pp. [3]–7; verso of last
leaf blank. Merely
has an allusion to Lewis and Clark on p. 4, who are
there designated as "two
enterprising conductors", etc.
1806
Message | from the
| President of the United States, | containing his |
Communication | to | both houses of Congress, | at
the commencement
| of the Second
Session of the Ninth Congress. | 2d December,
1806. |
Printed by Order of the Senate. |
Washington City: | Printed by Duane & Son. | 1806. |
8vo; title, verso
blank; text, pp. [3]–12. In this message Jefferson refers
incidentally to Lewis and Clark, and mentions that "they have traced the
Missouri nearly to its source."
1806
Report | of the Committee |
appointed | on the third instant, | on
so much of the
| Message of the President | of the | United States
| as
relates to | the farther exploring | of the
| western waters. | December
22,
1806. | Referred to a committee of the whole House on
Thursday
next. |
City of Washington: | A. & G. Way, Printers. | 1806. |
8vo; title, verso blank; text, p. [1], with verso
blank. Refers to Lewis
and Clark.
1806?—PROPOSALS FOR PUBLISHING FRAZER'S
JOURNAL[3]
[From a MS. in the Library of the Wisconsin Historical Society.]
Proposals for publishing by subscription Robert Frazer's Journal, from
St. Louis in Louisiana to the Pacific ocean,—containing an accurate
separating the eastern from the western waters, of the Columbia River
and the Bay it forms on the Pacific ocean, of the face of the country in
general; of the several tribes of Indians on the Missouri and Columbia
rivers; of the vegetable, animal [and mineral] productions discovered
in those extensive regions, the latitudes and longitudes of some of the
most remarkable places,—together with a variety of curious and interesting
occurrences during a voyage of 2 years 4 months and 9 days,
conducted by Captains Lewis and Clark.
Published by permission of
Capt. Meriwether Lewis. This work
will be contained in about 400 pages
octavo, and will be put to the
press as soon as there shall be a
sufficient subscription to defray the
expenses. Price to subscribers three
dollars.
Early
in the first decade of our [the nineteenth] century a brother of my father
sold a hat in Vermont to Robert Frazer, a fencing-master there, who
absconded without
paying for it. This Frazer
enlisted under Capt. Lewis, and his name was given
to a rapid and a creek
near the head-waters of the Missouri. Before Frazer's return
to St. Louis,
my uncle himself had removed thither and was managing the hotel to
which
Frazer came for entertainment. Each recognized the other, and my uncle had
no difficulty in collecting his debt. But Frazer proved to be one of the
seven journalists
[of the Lewis and Clark
expedition] and purposed to print his journal, he having,
as well as Gass,
obtained permission from Capt. Lewis. His prospectus, which of
necessity
was written, since there was no printing in St. Louis till 1808, shows beautiful
chirography, and promised a volume of
four hundred pages. A copy of it is in
my hands, which came to my father
in Vermont from his brother at the West.—
James
Davie Butler, in "The New Found Journal of Charles Floyd", Proceedings
of American Antiquarian Soc., April 25th,
1894.
Later, Professor Butler presented this MS. prospectus to the
Wisconsin Historical
Society, as above. Apparently there was insufficient
patronage, for the proposed
book was not published. The whereabouts of the
Frazer Journal is unknown to the
present Editor.—Ed.
1807
Documents | accompanying | a
Bill making Compensation | to |
Messieurs Lewis and Clarke,
| and | their Companions, | presented |
the
23d January, 1807. |
Washington City: | A. & G. Way, Printers. | 1807. |
8vo; title, verso blank; communication
signed by "Willis Alston, Jun.",
dated January 12, 1807, on p. [3]; answer
to the former by H. Dearborn,
dated January 14, 1807, pp. [4]–5;
letter from Meriwether Lewis to Gen.
Dearborn, dated at "City of
Washington, January 15, 1807", pp. [6]–8;
large folded broadside
entitled, "A Roll | Of the men who accompanied captains
Lewis and Clarke on their late tour to the
Pacific ocean, through the
interior of the continent of | North
America, shewing their rank, with some
remarks on their respective merits
and services", signed with Meriwether
Lewis's name, and dated at "City of
Washington, January 15, 1807."
Copies: BPL; C; CHS; WD.
1808, etc.
The Navigator, published
in many editions at Pittsburgh, by Zadok
Cramer, contains in an appendix
to some of the editions a short account
of the expedition of Lewis and
Clark. This work is a composite,
mostly devoted to "directions for
navigating the Monongahela, Allegheny,
Ohio,
and Mississippi rivers", together with correlative matter.
Its structure
is crude. The first edition appeared in 1801. It was in
its inception a
small pamphlet, devoted solely to the Ohio.
So far as I can ascertain,
the Lewis and Clark appeared for the first time in
the "Sixth Edition" of
1808, on pp. 146–156, based on Gass, etc. It is
entitled, "A brief
account of the Missouri river, and the extensive and fertile
—A short notice of the Indians and their customs—different kinds of wild
animals— fowls—fish—curiosities &c. And of the Columbia river." In
the "Advertisement" of "The Editor", this part purports to have been
"collected from the letters of captain Clark and other publications since the
return of the party". The "Seventh Edition" (1811) reproduced this text
on pp. 254–268. Beginning with the "Eighth Edition" (1814), pp. 343–
349, the text is very different from that of the sixth and seventh editions. All
of these subsequent editions have a mere summary headed, "Abridgment of
Lewis and Clark's Expedition." I have seen the editions of 1802 (third),
1808 (sixth), 1811 (seventh), 1814 (eighth), 1817 (ninth), 1818 (tenth),
and 1821 (eleventh); but there were others.
1830
Tales of Travels | west of the
Mississippi | [Cut] | By Solomon
Bell, | Late Keeper of the Traveller's Library, Province-House
Court,
Boston. | With a map, and numerous engravings.
|
Boston: | Gray and Bowen—Washington Street. | 1830. |
18mo; advertisement leaf, pp. (2); half-title,
with frontispiece illustration
on verso; title, with copyright on verso;
"Prefatory, including some account
of the author", pp. [vii]–x;
"Contents", pp. [xi]–xvi; text and illustrations,
pp. [1]–162. Numerous
woodcuts in the text. Signatures: [*]-**
in fours, 1–13 in sixes, 14
in four, the last leaf being blank. The volume is
the first of a series by
the publishers, having for design the supplying "to the
children of the
United States" of "an entertaining abstract of the most popular
books of
travels, which have lately appeared". Lewis and Clark's travels make
up
the bulk of the volume; the remainder being devoted to Long and Jewitt.
Described from a copy loaned by Mr. Charles H. Conover.
1848
In Senate of the United
States. | January 20, 1848. | Submitted,
and ordered to be
printed. | Mr. Westcott made the following | Report: |
The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Da- |
vid Whelply, report: [text of the
report]
8vo; pp. 3, verso of last leaf blank. David Whelply claimed
governmental
aid as a reward for his participation in Pike's explorations.
Lewis and Clark are
introduced by the petitioner as one of the precedents
under which he lodged his
claim. It was, however, adversely reported by
the senatorial Committee of
Claims. The public document is in Senate
Reports of Committees, 30th Cong.,
1st Sess., No. 37.
1866
Oregon and Eldorado; | or,
| Romance of the Rivers. | By | Thomas
Bulfinch,
| . . .
Boston: | J. E. Tilton and Company. | 1866. |
12mo; half-title, verso blank; title, with copyright, etc. on
verso;
"Preface", pp. ix–x; "Contents", pp. xi–xiv; half-title
to "Oregon",
verso blank; text to "Oregon" and "Eldorado", pp.
1–464. Signatures:
Six preliminary leaves, 1–29 in eights. The
Lewis and Clark matter begins on
p. 14 (chap. II). Described from a copy
in the Library of Congress.
1876
Department of the Interior. | United
States Geological and Geographical
Survey
of the Territories. | F. V. Hayden, U. S. Geologist-in-Charge.
| An Account
| of the various publications relating to | the
Travels of
Lewis and Clarke, | with a | Commentary on the Zoological
Results of | their Expedition.
| By | Dr. Elliott Coues, U. S. A. |
[Extracted from
Bulletin of the Geological and Geographical Survey |
of the
Territories, No. 6, Second Series.] | Washington, February 8,
1876.
|
8vo; title on cover, verso blank; text, pp. [417]–444.
Divided into two
parts, the first of which is bibliographical, and the
second zoological. This is
the separate edition. The Bulletin from which
it is an extract has the following
title: Department of the Interior.
| Bulletin | of | the United States | Geological
and Geographical Survey | of
| the Territories. | Bulletin, No. 6.—Second
Series.
| Washington: | Government Printing Office. | February 8,
1876. |
Copies of this Bulletin are in B; NYSL. The separate is in
B; CHC.
These I have seen or located, but there are of course
others.
1876
Sketch | of | Gov. Merriwether
Lewis. | By General Marcus J.
Wright. | [First published in
the June number, 1876, of "Ware's
Valley Monthly."] | Washington,
D.C.
8vo; title, verso blank; text, pp. [3]—10; one blank leaf.
Copies: HSP; NYHS; WHS.
1886–1888
Children's
Stories | of | American Progress | By | Henrietta
Christian
Wright | *** | Illustrated by J. Steeple Davis
|
New York | Charles Scribner's Sons | 1888 |
8vo; half-title, with
advertisement on verso; title, with copyright, etc. on
verso; "Contents",
pp. [v] – vii; one blank page; "List of Illustrations",
verso blank;
text, pp. [1] – 333; one blank page; advertisements, pp. (8);
one
blank leaf. Chapter IV (pp. 86–103) relates to "The Expedition of
Lewis and Clarke to the Pacific Ocean". This describes the issue of 1888,
but
the book was copyrighted in 1886.
1893
Description of the Original Manuscript
Journals and Field Notebooks
of |
Lewis and Clark, on which was based Biddle's History of the
Expedi-
| tion of 1804–6, and which are now in the possession of the
American | Philosophical Society in Philadelphia.
|
8vo. Forms pp. 17–33 of the "Proceedings | of the
| American Philosophical
Society
| held at Philadelphia | for | Promoting Useful Knowledge.
| Vol.
xxxi. | January to December, 1893. |
Philadelphia: | Printed for the Society |
by MacCalla &
Company. 1893." It is No. 140, which was printed March 4,
1893.
Described from a copy in AAS. It is also in CHC and WHS.[4]
1893
Explorers and Travellers. By General A. W. Greely.
See for full description infra, under 1902.
1893
Old South Leaflets. | Eleventh
series, 1893. No. 6. | Captain
Meriwether Lewis. | By Thomas
Jefferson. |
12mo; pp. 16. The cover-title to this series is
entitled "The Opening of
the West". Described from a copy in
HC.
1893
Old
South Leaflets. | General Series, No. 44. | Captain |
Meriwether |
Lewis. | By Thomas Jefferson. |
[1893]
12mo; pp. 16. Forms part of a volume, the general title of which
is "Old
South Leaflets. | Volume II. | 26–50. |
Boston: | Directors of the Old South
Work. | Old South
Meeting House".
Copies: BPL; HC; HSP; NYSL; WHS.
1894
The New Found Journal | of
Charles Floyd, | a sergeant under
Captains Lewis and Clark.
| By | James Davie Butler. | From Proceedings
of the American Antiquarian Society,
at the Semi- | annual
Meeting, held in Boston, April 25, 1894.
|
Worcester, Mass., U.S.A. | Press of Charles Hamilton,
| 311 Main
Street. | 1894. |
8vo; half-title
on cover; title, verso blank; introduction by Butler, pp. [3]
– 15;
"Appendix", pp. [16] – 30, of which Floyd's Journal is the principal
part.
Copies: CHC; HC; WHS (where also is the original MS. of the Journal).[5]
Republished in the present series directly from the original
MS. The publication
above noted contained
numerous minor errors.—Ed.
1898–1899
The Plants of Lewis and Clark's
Expedition across the Con- | tinent,
1804–1806. | By
Thomas Meehan.
Forms pp. 12–49 of "Proceedings | of the
| Academy of Natural Sciences |
of | Philadelphia.
| 1898. | Committee on Publication: | [Five names] | Editor:
Edward J. Nolan, M.D. | Philadelphia: | Academy of Natural
Sciences,
Logan Square. | 1899". It is a section of part I
(Jan.–March, 1898).
Described from a copy in AAS.
1900
Baldwin's Biographical
Booklets | The Story | of | Captain Meriwether
Lewis and | Captain William
Clark | for young readers | By |
Nellie F. Kingsley
| With an Introduction by The Editor | [Cut] |
Werner School Book Company | New
York Chicago Boston |
[1900]
18mo; title, with list of
series, etc. on verso; "Contents" on p. 3; portrait
of Lewis on p. [4]; "Introduction", pp. 5–12; text, with
illustrations,
pp. 13–128. Many illustrations in the text. No
signatures. Copyright, 1900.
1901
Lewis and Clark | Meriwether Lewis
| and | William Clark | By
William R. Lighton
| [Printer's mark] |
Boston and New
York | Houghton, Mifflin and Company | The
Riverside Press,
Cambridge | 1901
16mo; four
preliminary leaves; text, pp. [1]–159; colophon on verso of
p. 159.
No signatures. Frontispiece with photogravure portraits of clark and
Lewis.
Copies: BA; BPL; C; CHC; HC; NA; NYHS; NYSL; WHS.
1901
First | Across the Continent |
the Story of | The Exploring Expedition
of Lewis | and Clark in 1803–4–5 | By Noah
Brooks |
New York | Charles Scribner's Sons | 1901 |
8vo; half-title, verso blank; title, with copyright, etc. on
verso; "Preface,"
pp. [v]–vii; one blank page; "Contents", pp.
[ix]–x; "List of Illustrations",
pp. [xi]–xii; half-title, verso blank; text, pp. [1]–361; one
blank
page; "Index," pp. [363]–365; one blank page. Twenty-four
plates as
registered in the "List of Illustrations", and folded map at end
of the volume.
Signatures: Eight preliminary leaves, the first being
blank; 1–23 in eights, the
last leaf being blank.
"It is
hoped that the present version of the story of the expedition, told as
fully as possible in the language of the heroic men who modestly penned
the
record of their own doings and observations, will be acceptable to
many readers,
especially to young folks, who will here read for the first
time a concise narrative
of the first exploring expedition sent into a
wilderness destined to become the
seat of a mighty empire."—Preface.
Copies: CHC; LCP; WHS.
1902
Four | American Explorers |
Captain Meriwether Lewis | Captain
William Clark | General
John C. Frémont | Dr. Elisha K. Kane | A
Book for
Young Americans | By | Nellie F. Kingsley |
Werner
School Book Company | New York Chicago Boston |
[Copyright 1902]
12mo; title, with list of series, etc.
on verso; "Contents", pp. 3–4; map
on p. [5]; p. [6] blank;
half-title on p. [7]; portrait on p. [8]; "Introduction",
pp. 9–16; text of
Lewis and Clark, pp. 17–132; text, etc. of Fremont
and Kane, pp. [133]–271; advertisement
on verso of p. 271. No
signatures. This volume is the eighth in "The Four
Great Americans Series",
and was published in the spring of
1902.
1902
The Conquest | The True Story of
Lewis | and Clark | By | Eva
Emery Dye |
Author of | "McLoughlin and Old Oregon" | [Publishers'
mark] |
Chicago | A. C. McClurg & Company | 1902 |
12mo; half-title, with advertisement on verso;
title, with copyright, etc.
on verso; "Note of acknowledgment", with verso
blank; "Contents", pp.
[vii]–ix; "Foreword", pp. (1); half-title to
Book I, with verso blank; text,
pp. [1]–443; one blank page.
Portrait frontispiece of "Judith." Signatures:
Six preliminary leaves,
1–27 in eights, 28 in six, but printed off in an erratic
manner. The
work was first "Published Nov. 12, 1902." There have
been several
subsequent editions. Historical fiction with considerable antiquarian
detail. Described from a copy in NL.
1902
Men of Achievement | Explorers and
Travellers | By | General A.
W. Greely, U. S. A. |
Gold Medallist of Royal Geographical Society
and Société de
Géographie, Paris | [Publisher's mark]
|
New York | Charles Scribner's Sons | 1902 |
12mo; half-title, with list of "Men of Achievement Series" on
verso;
title, with copyright on verso; "Preface", pp. [3]–4;
"Contents", p. [5];
"List of Illustrations", pp. [6]–8; text, pp.
[9]–373; verso of last leaf
blank. There are seven full-page
illustrations not a part of the regular pagination,
and sixty-two full page and
text-illustrations included in the regular pagination,
The original issue appeared in 1893,
and it has been kept in print ever
since that date. I have here described
the latest issue. The fifth chapter, pp.
[105]–162, is entitled,
"Captain Meriwether Lewis and Lieut. William Clark.
First
Trans-Continental Explorers of the United States."
1903
The Louisiana Purchase and
the Exploration, early History and
Building of the West. By Ripley
Hitchcock. Boston: Ginn & Co.,
1903.
12mo; pp. 21, 349.
Illustrations, portraits and maps. Part 2 is devoted
to the Lewis and
Clark expedition. Copyright 1903, but really issued early in
1904. The
author's full name is James Ripley Wellman Hitchcock. Not
seen.
1904
A Brief History of | Rocky Mountain
| Exploration | with especial
reference to the |
Expedition of Lewis and Clark | By | Reuben
Gold Thwaites
| . . . | . . . | . . . | With illustrations and
maps |
| [Publisher's cut]
|
New York | D. Appleton and Company | 1904 |
8vo; half-title, with list of the "Series" on verso; title, with
copyright, etc.
on verso; dedication, verso blank; "Preface", pp.
vii–ix; one blank page;
1–252; "Index", pp. 253–276; publishers' advertisements, pp. (14).
Views, map, portraits, etc., making ten subjects, as in the printed "List of Illustrations".
"Published February, 1904" in Appletons' "Expansion of the
Republic Series". Signatures: [1]–19 in eights.
1904
The Trail of Lewis and Clark. A Story of the
Great Exploration
Across the Continent, 1804–06; with a Description
of the Old Trail,
Based upon Actual Travel over it, and of the Changes
Found a Century
Later. By Olin D. Wheeler,
member of the Minnesota Historical
Society. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons,
1904.
8vo; 2 vols, with colored frontispieces and about two hundred
illustrations,
including maps and diagrams. From the publishers' spring
announcements
of 1904.
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