Original journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804-1806 ::

Original journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804-1806

printed from the original manuscripts in the library of the American Philosophical Society and by direction of its committee on historical documents

Lewis, Meriwether (1774-1809)

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

INTRODUCTION

BIBLIOGRAPHICAL DATA

JEFFERSON'S MESSAGE

COUNTERFEIT PUBLICATIONS

GASS

GENUINE HISTORY

MISCELLANEA

The Original Journals of Captains Meriwether Lewis and William Clark

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BIBLIOGRAPHICAL DATA

By VICTOR HUGO PALTSITS

APART from a few insignificant references in the prefaces or
introductions of some of the earlier editions of Lewis and
Clark, the first attempt to record the publications related to
the expedition of those explorers was made by Joseph Sabin in his
Dictionary of Books relating to America, vol. vi, P. 443, under William
Fisher; vol. vii, p. 181, under Patrick Gass; and vol. x, pp. 310–113,
under Merriwether Lewis. Unfortunately Sabin read into his record
several titles or editions that never existed, and in his descriptions committed
a number of egregious errors, which have been only too freely
copied and perpetuated by others.

An incomplete list was given by Field in his Essay towards an Indian
Bibliography (New York, 1873).

The late Elliott Couse made the first comprehensive bibliographical
study of these problematic books in his An Account of the various publications
relating to the Travels of Lewis and Clarke (sic), printed in the
"Bulletin of the Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories"
(Hayden's), Second Series, No. 6, published by the Department of the
Interior in 1876. A few copies thereof were also issued as separates.
This material Coues "recast and improved" for his 1893 edition of the
Lewis and Clark History; it appears in vol. i, pp. cvii–cxxxii. In many
respects it is a worthy endeavor, especially if regarded as a pioneer effort;
yet it must be admitted that it teems with errors, some of which are
inexplicable.

There are some brief bibliographical notes in Hubert Howe Bancroft's
Northwest Coast, vol. ii. pp. 7, 8, 31, which present some inaccuracies.
The same may be said of Justin Winsor's Narrative and Critical History
of America, vol. vii, PP. 556–558.

The latest attempt to cover the subject was made by William Harvey
Miner, in The Literary Collector, vol. iii (1902), pp. 204–209. The
form is poor; the collations are not nearly accurate, and numerous
errors perpetuated from Coues and Sabin, as well as some omissions,
detract from its usefulness as a bibliography.

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In order to serve its real purpose—namely, to afford the scholar, the
librarian, and the collector media for determining what is a complete
work—a monographic bibliography must give in minutest detail an
analysis of each volume. Only by this method can imperfections and
variations be determined. Starting out with this ideal in view, I have
endeavored to find and examine one or more copies of every work related to the expedition. This task was great, but an insatiable appetite
would not permit deviation from this plan. If the results attained
prove at all of service, the compiler will consider himself rewarded for his arduous labor.

The material is arranged in five chronological groups, namely: Jefferson's
Message (1806–1808); Counterfeit Publications (1809–1851);
Gass (1807–1904); Genuine History (1814–1904); Miscellanea
(1804–1904). Only a few analytical references have been included, on
account of their special importance, and magazine articles have intentionally
been barred. The various editions of Jefferson's Writings and
Works, edited by Washington and by Ford, are worth consulting for
valuable materials. References to the official publications of the government
of the United States, not included here, are given by another
hand at the end of my bibliography.

The following key is explanatory of the abbreviations used to locate
copies:

AAS

= American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Mass.

BA

= Boston Athenæum

BM

= British Museum, London

BPL

= Boston Public Library

C

= Library of Congress, Washington, D. C.

CHC

= Collection of Charles H. Conover, Esq., Chicago

CHS

= Connecticut Historical Society, Hartford

CU

= Columbian University, Washington, D. C.

EI

= Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.

HC

= Harvard College Library, Cambridge, Mass.

HSP

= Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

LCP

= Library Company of Philadelphia, Philadelphia

MHS

= Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston

NA

= New York Public Library (Astor Library Building)

NL

= New York Public Library (Lenox Library Building)

NYHS

= New York Historical Society, New York

NYSL

= New York State Library, Albany

WD

= War Department Library, Washington, D. C.

WHS

= State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Madison

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JEFFERSON'S MESSAGE

1806

City of Washington: | A. & G. Way, Printers. | 1806. |

8vo; title, verso blank; "Message", pp. [3] and 4; "Extract of a Letter
from Captain Meriwether Lewis, | to the President of the United States, dated |
Fort Mandan, April 17th, 1805", pp. [5]–8; "A Statistical View",
pp. [9]–65; "Historical Sketches", pp. [66]–86; "To General Henry
Dearborn", signed by John Sibley, pp. 87–112; "Distances up Red river by
the course of the river", pp. 113–115; "Observations", etc., pp. 116–171;
"Meteorological observations", pp. (7); two folded broadsides, to follow pp. 30
and 34. Signatures; [1]–22 in fours, 23 in two (the last leaf blank).

This is the original and official edition, as well as the first separate publication
with data on the expedition of Lewis and Clark.

Copies: AAS; BM; BPL; C; CHC; CHS; CU; EI; HC; LCP;
MHS; NA; NL; WD; WHS.

1806

New-York: | Printed by Hopkins and Seymour, | and sold by G. F.
Hopkins, No. 118, Pearl-Street. | 1806. |

8vo; title, verso blank; "Message", pp. [3] and 4; "Extract of a Letter
from Captain Meriwether Lewis, | to the President of the United States, dated |
Fort Mandan, April 17th, 1805", pp. [5]–8; "A Statistical View", pp. [9]47;
"Historical Sketches", pp. [48]–62; "To General Henry Dearborn",
signed by John Sibley, pp. 63–81; "Distances up Red river by the course of
the river", pp. 82–83; "Observations", pp. 84–125; "Meteorological
Observations", beginning on p. 125–128; table of "Siouxs proper" to follow
p. 25. Signatures: [A]–Q in fours.

Copies: AAS (uncut copy); BPL; CHC; LCP; NYHS; WHS.

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1806

Natchez: | Printed by Andrew Marschalk, | 1806. |

8vo; title, verso blank; "Message", pp. [3] and 4; "Extract of a letter
from Captain Meriwether Lewis, to the Prefident of the United States, dated
Fort Mandan, April 17th, 1805", pp. [5]–8; "A statistical View of the
Indian Nations", pp. [9]–64; "Historical Sketches of the several Indian Tribes of Louisiana", pp. [65]–83; "To General Henry Dearborn, Secretary
of War", signed by John Sibley, pp. 84–109; "Distances up Red river by the
course of the river", pp. 110–112; "Observations", pp. 113–164; "Extracts
from the Appendix", pp. [165]–166, 159–169; "Meteorological observations",
pp. 170–177; verso of last leaf blank. Two pages 127, also erratic
pagination after 166. Signatures: [A]–W in fours, X in six.

The only copy which I have seen was one kindly loaned to me by Dr. Samuel
A. Green, of Boston, Mass., purchased by him many years ago in Paris, France.
It appears not to be in the various libraries which I have visited, but the British
Museum has a copy.

1806

8vo. The appendix, entitled, "The Political Cabinet", consists of 96 pp.
On pp. 39, ff. Jefferson's Message of February 19, 1806 and other documents
are printed in part.

These descriptions are from a set in MHS. Also in WHS.

1807

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8vo; title, verso blank; text in composite, pp. [3]–24, 17–116. Signatures:
A— C, C—O in fours, P in two. Folded table of "Siouxs Proper" at p. 24
of first series of pagination.

This edition is part of Richard Phillips's A | Collection | of | Modern and
Contemporary | Voyages | and | Travels: | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . .|
. . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | Vol. VI. |

The copy described[1] is in HC. It is also in BM; C; CHC; NYSL;
WHS.

[1]

Jefferson's Message of February 19th, 1806, was printed many times in collected
works, without the accompanying documents, of which the following is by no means
a complete list: (1) Addresses and Messages. New York: Charles Lohman, 1837;
(2) Addresses and Messages. New York: Edward Walker, 1841; (3) Addresses
and Messages. New York: Edward Walker, 1846; (4) True American. By
Joseph Coe. Concord, N. H.: Morrill, Silsby & Co., 1841; (5) Statesman's
Manual. By E. Williams. New York: Edward Walker, 1853; (6) Richardson's
Messages and Papers of the Presidents. Washington: Government Printing
Office, 1896–99; (7) Writings of Thomas Jefferson. Edited by H. A. Washington.
Washington, D. C. : Taylor & Maury, 1853–54; (8) Writings. [Idem]. New
York: J. C. Riker, 1854–56; (9) Works. [Idem]. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott
& Co., 1864; (10) Works. [Idem]. New York: Townsend MacCoun,
1884. —It is not in Paul Leicester Ford's collection of Jefferson's Writings.

1808

Boston: | Printed by Munroe, Francis, & Parker, | No. 4, Cornhill.|
1808. |

8vo. On pp. 39, ff. Jefferson's Message of February 19, 1806 and other
documents are printed in part; and on pp. 6, ff. the "Letter from Capt.
Clark", dated at "St. Louis, 23d Sept. 1806." It is a reissue, with separate
title-page, of the appendixes from the Monthly Anthology, vols. 3 and 4.

The description is from a copy in MHS. Also in WHS.[1]

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COUNTERFEIT PUBLICATIONS

1809

Philadelphia: | Published by Hubbard Lester. | 1809. | Price—
1 dollar 62 1/2 cts. |

12mo; title, with copyright on verso; "Recommendation" of Jefferson,
verso blank; "Message", verso blank; "Introduction", pp. [vii]–xi;
"Estimate", p. xii; "Travels to the Pacifick Ocean", pp. [13]–153;
"Statistical View", pp. [154]–178; "Historical Sketches of the several
Indian Tribes in Louisiana", pp. [179]–204; "Origin", pp. 204–228;
"Observations", pp. [229]–292; "Anecdotes", pp. 293–300. Five portraits,
of "Sioux Warrior", "Sioux Queen", "Mahas King", "Ottoes
Queen", and "Serpentine Chief"; also folded map, entitled, "Map of the Country Inhabited by the Western Tribes of Indians". Two of the plates in
different copies exhibit a curious metamorphosis, by serving in one case for masculinity
and in the other for femininity, namely, as "Mahas King" and "Mahas
Queen"; "Ottoes Chief" and "Ottoes Queen". Signatures: [A]-BB in
sixes.

Copies: C; CHC; NL (lacks map); NYHS (two copies, one lacks map).

1809

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London: | Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, | Paternoster
Row, | 1809 |.[2]

8vo; title, with printer's name on verso; "Message", pp. [iii]–iv; "Introduction,"
pp. [v]–ix; one blank page; "Travels to the Pacific ocean",
pp. [1]–156; "Statistical View", pp. 157–183; "Historical Sketches of
the several Indian Tribes in Louisiana", pp. 184–210; "Origin of the American
Indian Population", pp. 211–237; "Observations", pp. 238–307;
"Common Names of some of the Trees", etc., pp. 308–309; verso of p. 309
blank. P. 38 is misprinted 83. Folded "Map of the Country Inhabited by
the Western Tribes of Indians", engraved by Neele. Signatures: A in five,
B–U in eights, X in two, Y in one.

Copies: BM; C; CHC; HC; NL; NYHS; NYSL.

[2]

See Eclectic Review for November, 1809, p. 1052, for a caustic review of this publication,
which is reprinted in Monthly Anthology and Boston Review, viii, p. 142.—Ed.

1811

Libanon, (P.) | Gedruckt bey Jacob Stöver.—1811. |
18mo; title, verso blank; "Empfelung", with "Vorbericht" on verso,
1 leaf; "Reise nach dem stillen Meet", pp. [5]–23; "Statistische Uebersicht",
pp. 23–33: "Beobachrungen", pp. 34–47; "Louisiana", pp.
47–51; "Ueber den Ursprung der Indianer", pp. 52–59; "Anekdote",
pp. 59–60. Signatures; 1–5 in sixes.

On p. 60 the publisher says; "☞Die unerwartet gross Ermunterung, die
diese gegenwärtige Reisebeschreibung durch eine zahlreiche Subscription von
einem geehrten Publikum erhalten hat, und wöfur der Herausgeber hiermit seinen
aufrichtigsten Dank abstattet" [etc.].

The only copy I have found is in the Historical Society of pennsylvania
(Cassel Collection).

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1812

Friedrichstadt: | Gedruckt bey M. Bärtgis.— 1812. |

12mo; title, verso blank; "Empfehlung" [extract from Jefferson's Message],
p. [3]; "Vorbericht", p. [4]; "Reise nach dem stillen Meer", pp. [5]–
11; "Bericht des Capitains Clarke, in einem Briefe an den Gouvernör Harrison.
Fort Madan, den 2ten April, 1806", pp. 12–15; "Brief des Capt.
Clarke an seinen Bruder. St. Louis, den 22ten Sept. 1806", etc., pp. 15–24;
"Statistische Uebersicht aller westlichen Indianer Stämme", pp. 24–36;
"Beobachtungen über die Sitten u. Gebräuche die Indianer", pp. 36–51;
"Louisiana", pp. 51–56; "Ueber den Ursprung der Indianer", pp. 56–64.
Signatures: A-E in sixes, F in two. The third leaf of sig. D is misnumbered C2. A complete copy, apparently, should have several cuts of Indian chiefs
("Abbildungen Indianischer Könige").

This little pamphlet, printed at Frederick, Maryland, is entirely unknown to
bibliographers, and Seidensticker did not know of a single item printed there
during the year 1812. The only copy I have located is owned by Charles H.
Conover, Esq., of Chicago, who kindly loaned it to me for this study. It has
not the cuts of Indian chiefs which the title-page calls for.

1812 (FISHER)

Baltimore. | Printed by Anthony Miltenberger, | For the Purchasers.|
1812. |

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Sm. 12mo; two frontispieces, Lewis and Clark; title, verso blank; "Recommendation",
p. (1); "Message", pp. (2); "Introduction", pp. [x]–
xiv; "Estimate", p. xv; text, pp. [16]–326. Pp. 179 and 265 are mispaged
178 and 295, respectively. Signatures: [A]–Bb in sixes, Cc in one.

Copies: BM; BPL; C; CHC; NYHS.

1812 (FISHER)

Philadelphia: | Published by James Sharan. | J. Maxwell, printer. |
1812. |

12mo; two leaves with portraits of Lewis and Clark; title, with "Copyright
secured" on the verso; a second title: "The | Voyages and Travels |
of | Captains Lewis and Clarke", with verso blank; "Recommendation",
p. (1); "Message", pp. (2); one blank page; "Introduction", pp. [vii]–
xi; "An Estimate", etc. on p. xii; "Travels to the Pacific Ocean", etc.,
pp. [13]–153; "Statistical View", pp. [154]–178; "Historical Sketches
of the several Indian Tribes in Louisiana", pp. [179]–204; "Origin", pp.
204–228; "Observations", pp. [229]–292; "Anecdotes", pp. [293]–300.
The pagination of 155 is inverted in some copies. In most copies the second
title-page is lacking. Signatures: Two leaves with portraits: | Main title-page,
A—BB in sixes.

Copies: BM; C; CHC; NA; NL; NYHS; NYSL; WHS.

1813 (FISHER)

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Baltimore: | Printed and published by P. Mauro, | No. 10, North
Howard St. | 1813. |

12mo; title, verso blank; "Recommendation", p. (1); "Message", pp.
[vi]–vii; "Introduction", pp. [viii]–xi; "Estimate", p. (1); text, pp.
[13]–266. There are no pp. 125, 126, 149, 150, 179, 180, 209, 210;
and pp. 173, 174 are repeated. Signatures: [A]–X in sixes, Y in three.
Three illustrations, at pp. 35, 80, 230.

Copies: BPL (lacks one plate); C; CHC; NYSL; WHS.

1840

Dayton, O. | Published and sold by B. F. Ells. | John Wilson,
Printer. | 1840. |

16mo; two leaves with portraits; title, with advertisement and copyright
on the verso; extracts from "Message", etc., pp. (2); "Preface", pp. [ix]–
xii; text, pp. [15]–224; "Dictionary of Indian Words and Phrases", pp.
[225]–234; "Appendix", pp. 234–237; "Contents", pp. [238]–240.
Page [xiii] is blank. Plates: Portraits of Lewis and of Clark, before the title;
other illustrations on pp. [xiv], 18, 39, 44, 68, 82, 84, 98, 105, 111, 126,
138, 176, 222. Signatures: [I]–15 in eights.

Copies: BPL (lacks portraits); C; CHC; HSP; NYHS; WHS.

1851

The Journal of Lewis and Clarke. Dayton: Ells, Claflin & Co.
1851. 12mo, pp. 240.

This title is given in Sabin's Dictionary of Books relating to America, No.
40832. I have not been able to authenticate his reference, and it has not been
found in any collection or library known to me.

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GASS

1807

Pittsburgh, | printed by Zadok Cramer, | for David M'Keehan, Publisher
and | Proprietor . . . . . . . . . . 1807. |

18mo; title, with copyright on verso; "Preface", pp. [iii]–viii; half-title,
verso blank; text, pp. [11]–262. No illustrations. Signatures: A–Y in
sixes, the last blank.

Copies: BA; BM (two copies); C; CHC; CHS; HC; HSP; LCP;
NL; NYHS; NYSL; WHS.

1808

Pittsburgh: Printed for David M'Keehan. | London: Re-printed
for J. Budd, Bookseller to | His Royal Highness the Prince of | Wales,
Pall-Mall. 1808. |

8vo; title, with printers' name on verso; "Advertisement by the English
Publisher", pp. [iii]–iv; "Preface, by the American Publisher", pp. [1]–9;

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Copies: AAS; CHC; HSP; MHS; NA; NL; NYHS; NYSL; WHS.

1810

A Paris, | Chez Arthus-Bertrand, Libraire, rue Hautefeuille, no 23. |
1810. |

8vo; half-title, with publisher's list on verso; title, verso blank; "Message",
pp. [v]–vij; one blank page; "Préface de l'éditeur américain", pp.
[ix]–xviij; text, pp. [1]–415; "Lettre du capitaine Clarke à S. E. le gouverneur
Harrison", dated "Fort Mandanne, 2 avril 1805", pp. 416–422;
"Lettre du capitaine Clarke à son frère le général Clarke", dated "Saint-Louis,
23 septembre 1806", pp. 423–432; "Table des Chapitres", pp. 433–443;
verso of last page blank. Colophon at the foot of p. 443, thus: "De l'Imprimerie
de Me Ve Jeunehomme, | Rue Hautefeuille, no 20." Page 358 is
mispaged 258. Signatures: Nine preliminary leaves, sig. 1–27 in eights, 28
in six. Folded map, engraved by J. B. Tardieu, entitled: "Carte | Pour servir
au Voyage | des Capes. Lewis et Clarke, | à l'Océan Pacifique." It
measures 7 3/4 by 9 1/2 inches.

Copies: BM; BPL; CHC; HC; NYHS; NYSL.

1810

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Philadelphia: | Printed for Mathew Carey, | No. 122, Market-street.
| 1810. |

12mo; title, with copyright on verso; "Preface by the publisher of the
first edition", pp. [iii]–viii; half-title, with verso blank, forming pp. [9–10];
"Journal", pp. [II]–262. Signatures: A–Y in sixes, the last leaf blank.
This is the first Gass which has piates, as follows: Frontispiece, to p. 220,
"A Canoe striking on a Tree"; opp. p. 26, "Captains Lewis & Clark holding
a Council with the Indians"; opp. p. 60, "Captain Clark & his men
building a line of Huts"; opp. p. 95, "Captain Clark and his men shooting
Bears"; opp. p. 239, "An American having struck a Bear but not killed him,
escapes into a Tree"; opp. p. 245, "Captain Lewis shooting an Indian."
These cuts are very crude, artistically considered, and are insets.

The subject-matter and location of the plates in Carey's three edition, 1810,
1811, 1812, are the same, but the plates as engraved differ in each edition.
For example, the bear in the plate to page 239 of the 1810 edition looks like a
Newfoundland dog; in the other editions he looks either like a pig or anything
other than a bear. On the whole, the best illustrations are those of the 1812
edition, and this has a map of Louisiana not in the preceding editions. The
three editions are typographically different.

Copies of 1810 edition: CHC; HC; HSP; LCP; NYHS; NYSL; WHS.

1811

Printed for Mathew Carey, | No. 122 Market Street, | Philadelphia. |
1811. |

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12mo; title, with copyright on verso; "Preface. By the publisher of the
first edition", pp. [iii]–viii; half-title (Journal | of the | Voyages and Travels
| of | a Corps of Discovery.), with verso blank; text, pp. [II]–262. Page
170 is misnumbered 70. Signatures: A–X in sixes, Y in five. Six illustrations
to pp. 26, 60, 95, 220 (frontispiece), 239 and 245.

Copies: BPL (lacks one plate); CHC; NL (imperfect); WHS.

1812

Printed for Mathew Carey, | No. 122, Market-Street, | Philadelphia, |
1812.

12mo; "Review of this Work", pp. (2); title, with copyright on verso;
"Preface. By the publisher of the first edition", pp. [v]–x; "Journal", pp.
[11]–262. Small folded map of "Louisiana", at the beginning, measuring
7 5/8 by 5 3/4 inches; frontispiece to p. 220, and also plates to pp. 26, 60, 95,
239 and 245. Signatures: A–Y in sixes, the last leaf being blank.

Copies: AAS (this is Isaiah Thomas's copy, in the original roan binding);
CHC; NL; NYHS (lacks map).

1814

Weimar, | im Verlage des H. S. privil. Landes-Industrie-Comptoirs.
| 1814. |

8vo; title, verso blank; "Bothschaft des Präsidenten der Vereinigten Staaten
an die beiden Kammern des Congresses", pp. iii–v; "Vorbericht des Uebersetzers",
pp. vi–viii; "Inhalt", pp. ix–x; half-title to text, with verso blank;

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text, in twenty-five chapters, pp. [3]–345; "Schreiben vom Capitän Clarke
an Se. Excell. den Gouverneur Harrison", pp. [346]–352; "Schreiben vom
Capitän Clarke an seinen Bruder, den General Clarke", pp. [353]–362.
Map, as below. Signatures: a in five, A–Y in eights, Z in five.

This is a translation made from the French edition (Paris, 1810), and is
so uncommon in the United States that Dr. Coues had never seen it, and was
unable to identify it. I have not traced a copy in any of the many large libraries
which I have consulted, and it was only after some difficulty that I succeeded
in obtaining a copy from Germany which contains a later map. Subsequently,
by good fortune, I procured a perfect copy with the correct map. This chart
measures 7 1/2 by 9 1/4 inches, and is entitled: "Carte | Pour Servir au Voyage |
des Capes. Lewis et Clarke, | à l'Océan Pacifique." The similar map in the
French edition was engraved by Tardieu, but no engraver's name is attached to
the German copy. In my other copy of the book, this map is replaced by a
much larger colored map, possibly designed for a reissue of the book, and is
entitled: "Nord | America | entworfen u. gezeichnet | von | C. F. Weiland. |
Weimar | im Verlage des Geograph. Instituts. | 1839." It measures 12 1/2 by
14 1/4 inches, and was probably also included in Stieler's atlas of the period.
There is a copy of the book in the British Museum. In Germany it is classed as
"Selten" (rare). The German translator, Philipp Christoph Weyland, in his
preface refers to Gass as "Sir Patrick Gass." Weyland was the translator of
several works of travel.

1847

Dayton, | Published by Ells, Claflin, & Co. | 1847. |

12mo; frontispiece, with recto blank; title, with copyright and first part of
"Preface" on verso; the "Preface" extends from pp. [iv]–viii; two leaves
with portraits of Lewis and Clark; "Journal", pp. [13]–238; "Books published
by Ells, Claflin, & Co.", etc., pp. (2). Portraits on pp. [x] and [xi],
and illustrations on pp. 23, 27, 40, 47, 51, 62, 79, 91, 98, 117, 131, 151,
173, 196, 222, and frontispiece. Signature: [1]–15 in eights.

Copies: CHC; NYHS; WHS.

1852

8vo; pp. 2. House Report No. 56, 32d Congress, 1st Session.

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1854

8vo; pp. 2. House Report No. 215, 33d Congress, 1st Session.

1859

Jacob & Smith, | Publishers and Printers, Wellsburg, Va. | 1859. |

12mo; title, with copyright on verso; "Preface", pp. [iii]–v; "Contents",
pp. [vi]–viii; "Life and Times of Patrick Gass", pp. [9]–193;
portrait of Washington on p. 194; "Civil History", pp. [195]–280. No
signatures. Frontispiece portrait of Gass, with autograph; "Mandan Indians",
to p. 59; "Big White-Ball Costume", to p. 108; tailpiece on p. 202;
"Going to Church in Old Times", to p. 248.

Dr. Elliott Coues learned from the author of this volume that the substance
of it appeared in the columns of the Wellsburg (Va.) Herald before it was made
up in book form.

Copies: BA; BPL; CHC; HSP; NYHS; NYSL; WHS.

1904

[A Journal of the Voyages and Travels of a Corps of Discovery,
etc., by Patrick Gass.]

A. C. McClurg & Co., of Chicago, have announced that they will issue
during the year 1904 a reprint of Gass's Journal, in one volume, with an introduction
by James K. Hosmer, uniform with their library edition of the Biddle
version of Lewis and Clark, published in 1902.

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GENUINE HISTORY

1814

2 vols; 8vo. Vol. 1: Title, with copyright on verso; "Preface", signed
by Paul Allen, pp. [iii]–v; p. [vi] blank; "Life of Captain Lewis", pp.
[vii]–xxiii; p. [xxiv] blank; "Contents", pp. [xxv]–xxviii; text, pp. [1]–
470. Plates: "Fortification", opp. 63; "The Falls and Portage", opp. p.
261; large folded map entitled, "A | Map of | Lewis and Clark's Track, |
Across the Western Portion of | North America | From the | Mississippi to the
Pacific Ocean; | By Order of the Executive | of the | United States. | in 1804.
5 & 6. | Copied by Samuel Lewis from the | Original Drawing of Wm.. Clark.
| Saml. Harrison fct. |" Vol. II: Title, with copyright on verso; "Contents",
pp. [iii]–ix; one blank page; text, pp. [1]–433; p. [434] blank; "Appendix",
pp. [435]–522. Plates: "Great Falls of Columbia River", opp. p.
31; "The Great Shoot or Rapid", opp. p. 52; "Mouth of Columbia River",
opp. p. 70. Signatures: Vol. 1–[a]–c in fours, d in two, B–30 in fours, the
last leaf blank. Vol. II–[A] in six (the first blank), B–3u in fours, 3x in one.

Copies: AAS; BA; BM; C; CHC; HC (two copies); HSP; LCP;
NL (two copies, one without the map); NYHS (uncut copy, with titles on
original board covers); NYSL; WHS.

1814

London: | Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, |
Paternoster-Row. | 1814. |

4to; half-title, with "J. G. Barnard, | Skinner-street, London", on the
verso; title, verso blank; "Preface, by the English Editor", pp. [v]–xiv,
signed at end by "Thomas Rees", and dated at "Barnard's Inn, April 30,

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1814"; "Contents", pp. [xv]–xxiv; text, pp. [1]–663; catalogue of
"Works published" on verso of p. 663. P. 323 is misprinted 223. Signatures:
[a] in two, b–c in fours, d in two; B–4P in fours. Large folded
map, "Neele. sculp. 352. Strand"; five plates on three leaves, intended for
pp. 47, 191, 364, 379, 398.

Copies: BM (two copies); C; CHC; MHS; NYHS (imperfect); NYSL.

1815

London: | Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, |
Paternoster-Row. | 1815. |

3 vols; 8vo. Vol. I: Title, with "Printed by A. Strahan, Printers-Street,
London" on verso; "Preface, by the English editor", signed by Thomas
Rees, pp. [iii]–xix; p. [xx] blank; "Contents of the first volume", pp.
[xxi]–xxvi; text, pp. [1]–411; verso of last page blank. Plates: Large
folded map engraved by Neele; "Ancient Fortification on the Missouri", opp.
p. 87 (but the plate is misnumbered 47); "Great Falls of the Missouri", opp.
p. 191. Vol. II: Title, with printer's name on verso; "Contents of the
second volume", pp. [v]–xii; text, pp. [1]–434. Plates: "Great Falls of
Columbia River", opp. p. 364; "Lower Falls of the Columbia", opp. p.
379; "Mouth of Columbia River", opp. p. 398. Vol. III: Title, with
printer's name on verso; "Contents of the third volume", pp. [iii]–xii; text,
pp. [1]–394. No plates. Signatures: Vol. I —A in eight, a in eight (the
last three represented only by stubs), B–CC in eights, DD in four, EE in
two. Vol. II—a in six (the first being blank), B–EE in eights, FF in one.
Vol. III—A in six, B–BB in eights, CC in four, DD in one.

Copies: BM; C; CHC; HSP; NL.

1817

London: | Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, |
Paternoster-Row. | 1817.

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This edition collates almost the same as the preceding London edition of
1815. The large map and plates are the same in both, but the editions differ
typographically; the 1817 edition is entirely reset. The following variations
should be noted: A comma at the end of the third line of the title-pages, not
in the 1815 edition. On the verso of sig. a6, in vol. i, "Directions for placing
the Maps", not in the 1815 edition. A half-title to vol. ii, with verso blank,
making sig. A in six, of which this half-title is the first leaf. In vol. iii sig. A
is arranged in six leaves, as follows: Title, with printer's name on verso;
"Contents of the third volume", pp. [iii]–xii.

Copies: CHC; HSP; WHS.

1817

2 vols; 8vo. Vol. I: Title, with American copyright on verso; "Contents
of the first volume", pp. (6); "Preface", pp. [iii]–v; p. [vi] blank;
"Life of Captain Lewis", pp. [vii]–xxvii; p. [xxviii] blank; text, pp. [1]–
588. P. viii is misprinted iiiv, and p. 418 is given as 18. Folded map on thin
paper, copied in reduced size after that of the 1814 Philadelphia edition; plates
of "Fortification", opp. p. 78; "Principal Cascade of the Missouri", a view,
opp. p. 326; "The Falls and Portage", opp. p. 327. Vol. II: Title, with
American copyright on verso; "Contents of the second volume", pp. [i]–
xii; "Subscribers", pp. (3); "Directions for placing the plates" in both
volumes, p. (1); text, pp. [3]–544; "Appendix", pp. [545]–643, verso
of last leaf blank. The appendix consists of "Observations and reflections on
the present and future state of Upper Louisiana"; "Estimate of the Western
Indians"; "Reflections and Remarks"; "A summary statement of the
rivers", etc. P. 261 is mispaged 2. Plates of "Great Falls of Columbia
River", opp. p. 40; "The Great Shoot or Rapid", opp. p. 67; "Mouth
of Columbia River", opp. p. 90. Signatures: Vol. 1—[a] for title, b in
six, B–4 H in fours. Vol. II—[a] for title, b and c in fours, [A] in three,
B–4 M in fours, 4N in two.

Copies: C; CHC; MHS; NL; WHS.

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1816–1818

Te Dordrecht, | bij A. Blussé & Zoon. | 1816. |

3 vols; 8vo. Vol. I: Title, verso blank; "Voorberigt van den Vertaler",
pp. [iii]–xviii; "Voorberigt van den Engelschen Uitgever", pp. [xix]–
xxviii; "Inhoud", pp. xxix-xxxii; text, pp. [I]–398; large folded "Kaart
| der Reizen van Lewis en Clarke | door het Westelijk gedeelte van | Noord
Amerika, | van den | Mississippi tot de Zuid Zee, | op last van de Uitvoerende
Magt der | Vereenigde Staten, | in 1804, 5 en 6. | C. van Baarsel en Zoon,
sculps." Vol. II: Title, verso blank; "Inhoud", pp. [iii]–viii; text, pp.
[1]–390; p. 98 is mispaged 70. Vol. III: Title, verso blank; "Inhoud",
pp. [v]–xii; text, pp. [1]–326; "Bijlagen", pp. 327–335; verso of p. 335
blank; pp. 119, 161 and 300 are mispaged 116, 163 and 30, respectively.
Signatures: Vol. I—* and ** in eights, A–B b in eights, the last apparently
completed by one blank leaf. Vol. II—* in four, A–A a in eights, B b in
four, the last apparently completed by one blank leaf. Vol. III—* in six, one
being blank, A–X in eights. In Vol. I sig. O6 is misprinted O5; and in Vol.
II. sig. A3 is misprinted A5.

In this work the imprints of the first two volumes agree, save that the second
volume is dated 1817; but the third volume has the following imprint: "Te
Dordrecht, | bij Blussé en Van Braam. | 1818.|" The only copy which I
have seen is in the Library of Congress. It is also in WHS.

1842–1901

New-York: | Harper and Brothers, 82 Cliff-St. | 1842. |

2 vols.; 18 mo. Vol. 1:—Title, with copyright on verso; "Advertisement",
pp. [iii]–vi; "Contents", pp. [i]–v; p. [vi] blank; "Introduction",
pp. [vii]–li; p. [lii] blank; text, pp. [53]–371; "Catalogue of

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Books", on verso of p. 371. Vol. II:—Title, with copyright on verso;
"Contents", pp. [iii]–x; text, pp. [9]–338; "Appendix", pp. [339]–
395; verso of p. 395 blank. Plates: Vol. 1, "Map of Lewis and Clark's,
Track across the Western Portion of North America, . . . Drawn & Engraved
by W. G. Evans N. York", to face title; "Fortification" opp. p. 87;
"Principal Cascade of the Missouri" opp. p. 223; "The Falls & Portage"
opp. p. 234. Vol. II, "Great Falls of Columbia River" opp. p. 64; "The
Great Shoot or Rapid" opp. p. 79; "Mouth of Columbia River" opp. p. 92.
Signatures: Vol. I, 3 prel. leaves, A–H h in sixes; x2 misprinted H2. Vol.
II, 5 prel. leaves, A in two, B–K k in sixes.

The foregoing description is from a set of the original edition in the Library
of Congress. It is a curious fact that all of the editions which I have seen, even
those of a late date, perpetuate an error in the stereotype plates, namely "unimportant"
on the title-pages, which is given as "umimportant."

By the kindness of Mr. A. V. S. Anthony, of Harper and Brothers, I have
been able to test my record of subsequent editions by the books of the publishers.
He also states that "several small editions have been published since 1891, of
which no record was kept." The following is a conspectus of the issues of this
oft-printed work, brought out originally in Harpers' popular "Family Library":
— September, 1842; January, 1843; May, 1843; January, 1844; July,
1845; April, 1847; May, 1850; August, 1851; June, 1855; April, 1858;
November, 1860; February, 1868; March, 1871 (vol. II); April, 1872
(vol. I); February, 1874 (vol. II); December, 1875 (vol. I); 1876 (copy
in NYHS, but publishers have no record); February, 1881; March, 1882;
July, 1883; April, 1886; February, 1887; June, 1891; June, 1901; several
undated editions of late publication (one such in NYHS).

Sabin in his Dictionary of Books relating to America mentions a London,
1842, edition of McVickar, but it is not in the British Museum. I have not
been able to verify his statement, yet it is not unlikely that the American publishers
may have made up some sets for the English market.

1893

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New York. | Francis P. Harper. | 1893.

4 vols., 8vo. Vol. I: Half-title, with certification of the edition on verso;
title, with copyright on verso; "Dedication", verso blank; "Preface to the
new edition", pp. v–x; "Contents of the first volume", pp. xi–xii; "Preface
to the original edition", pp. xiii–xiv; "Memoir of Meriwether Lewis", pp.
xv–xlii; "Supplement to Jefferson's Memoir of Meriwether Lewis. By Dr.
Coues", pp. xliii–lxii; "Memoir of William Clark. By Dr. Coues", pp.
lxiii–xcvii; p. [xcviii] blank; "Memoir of Patrick Gass. By Dr. Coues", pp.
xciv–cvi; "Bibliographical Introduction. By Dr. Coues", pp. cvii–cxxxii; text,
pp. [1]–352; frontispiece portrait of Lewis, and facsimiles of holograph letters of
Lewis and of Clark, opposite pp. xv and lxiii. Vol. II: Half-title, verso blank;
title, with copyright on verso; "Contents of the second volume", pp. v–vi; text
pp. 353–820; frontispiece portrait of Clark. Vol. III: Half-title, verso blank;
title, with copyright on verso; "Contents of the third volume", pp. v–vi; text,
pp. 821–1213; p. [1214] blank; "Appendix I. Essay on an Indian policy",
pp. 1215–1243; "Appendix II. Estimate of the western Indians", pp. 1244–
1256; "Appendix III. Summary statement", pp. 1257–1263; "Appendix
IV. Meteorological register", pp. 1264–1298. Vol. IV: Half-title, verso
blank; title, with copyright on verso; "List of maps and other plates", p. v;
one blank page; folded "Tabular statement of the lineal issue of William Clark";
folded "Tabular statement of the living issue of William Clark"; "Index",
pp. 1299–1364; plans and maps as follows: "Fortification", "The Falls
and Portage", "Great Falls of Columbia River", "The Great Shoot or Rapid",
"Mouth of Columbia River", folded "Map of Lewis and Clark's Track",
folded "Map of part of the Continent of North America"; "New Map of the
Route of Lewis and Clark in 1804–5–6, Prepared by Elliott Coues for comparison
with Clark's Map of 1814". No signatures. The edition consisted
of one thousand copies, of which Nos. 1 to 200 were printed on handmade
paper, and Nos. 201 to 1000 on fine book paper.

Dr. Coues did not believe in strictly adhering to the text of the 1814 edition.
"I have not found it necessary to make a fetich of that text", is his declaration.
So in his other edited works he took liberties with originals; for example, in
Larpenteur he tells us that "there was scarcely a sentence in it all that did not
need to be recast to some extent in preparing the manuscript for publication.
But this is a mere matter of grammar; I have simply helped the author to
express himself; the sense and sentiment are his own, if the style is not." Of
the Lewis and Clark he says, "I have punctiliously preserved the orthography
of proper names in all their variance and eccentricity; and wherever I have
amplified any statement in the text, or diverted the sense of a passage by a hair's
breadth, square brackets indicate the fact. Yet I have not hesitated to touch the

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text here and there in a mere matter of grammar or punctuation. For the rest,
I have prepared new titles and synopses of the chapters, and new headlines of
the pages; one new chapter is interpolated, by digesting the Clatsop diary for
that purpose. Excepting in these several respects, the present edition is literally
true to the original. Nothing whatever is omitted."

Copies: AAS; BA; BPL; C; CHC; HC; LCP; NA; NL; NYHS;
NYSL; WHS.

1902

New Amsterdam Book Company | Publishers: New York, 1902 |

3 vols; sm. 8vo. Vol. I: Title, verso blank; "Preface", pp. v–vii;
one blank page; "Life of Captain Lewis", pp. ix–xxvii; one blank page; "Contents",
pp. xxix–xxxiii; one blank page; text, pp. 35–416; portrait frontispiece
of Lewis; plan of "Fortification", opp. p. 108; "The Falls and
Portage", opp. p. 347. Vol. II: Title, verso blank; "Contents", pp. iii–ix;
one blank page; text, pp. 11–410, with two blank leaves between pp. 406 and
407; a final blank leaf to complete the last signature; portrait frontispiece of
Clark; "Great Falls of Columbia River", opp. p. 210; "The Great Shoot",
etc., opp. p. 234; "Mouth of Columbia River", opp. p. 257. Vol. III:
Title, verso blank; "Contents", pp. iii–xi; one blank page; text, pp. 13–
283; one blank page; "Appendix", pp. 285–382; "The Commonwealth
Library", pp. (4). Signatures: Vol. I: [1]–26 in eights, the first leaf blank;
Vol. II: [1] to 10 in eights, 11 in four, 12 in four, 12–26 in eights. Vol.
III: [1] to 24 in eights, and one additional leaf. Large folded map in a pocket
of Vol. III, entitled, "A Map of Lewis and Clark's Track . . . Sam Harrison
fct". This edition is included in the series known as "The Commonwealth
Library". Described from a set in the Library of Congress. There is also
a special edition on large paper.

An issue for the Canadian market from the same sheets and in the same
binding of "The Commonwealth Library", has the following imprint on the
title-pages: "George N. Morang & Company, Limited | Toronto |". This is
the only variation from the regular New York edition.

1902

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Chicago | A. C. McClurg & Co. | 1902.

2 vols; 8vo. Vol. I: Half-title, verso blank; title, with copyright, etc. on
verso; facsimile of 1814 title and original copyright, pp. (2); "Publishers'
Note", with verso blank, one leaf; "Contents of Volume I", pp. [ix]–xiii;
one blank leaf; "List of Portraits and Maps", with verso blank, one leaf;
"Introduction", pp. [xvii]–xxxv; "Preface To the Edition of 1814", pp.
[xxxvii]–xxxix; one blank leaf; "Life of Captain Lewis", pp. xli–lvi;
half-title to text, verso blank; text, pp. [1]–500. Maps and portraits as
shown in the volume itself. Vol. II: Half-title, verso blank; title, with copyright,
etc. on verso; "Contents of Volume II", pp. [v]–xi; one blank page;
"List of Portraits and Maps", with verso blank, one leaf; text, pp. [1]–461;
p. [462] blank; "Appendix", pp. [463]–550; "Index", pp. [551]–586.
Maps and portraits as shown in the volume itself. Described from a set in the
Library of Congress.

1904

History of the Expedition under the Command of Captains Lewis and
Clark to the Sources of the Missouri, Across the Rocky Mountains,
Down the Columbia River to the Pacific in 1804–6. With an account
of the Louisiana Purchase, by Prof. John Bach MacMaster, and an introduction
identifying the route, by Ripley Hitchcock. New York:
A. S. Barnes & Co., 1904.

12mo; 3 vols. This edition is included in "The Trail Makers" series.
The title is taken from the publishers' circular announcement.

MISCELLANEA

1804

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.

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1806

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

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

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description of the Missouri and its several branches, of the mountains
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.

[3]

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

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

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country through which it winds, as traversed by captain Lewis and captain Clark
—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

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

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.

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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

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

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 |

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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. |

Described from a copy in AAS. It is also in CHC and WHS.[4]

[4]

A condensation of this article is given in the Appendix to the present edition.—Ed.

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

Copies: BPL; HC; HSP; NYSL; WHS.

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]

[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.

1900

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

Boston and New York | Houghton, Mifflin and Company | The
Riverside Press, Cambridge | 1901

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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

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

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

Chicago | A. C. McClurg & Company | 1902 |

xcii

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

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

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;

xciii

"Contents", verso blank; "List of Illustrations", verso blank; text, pp.
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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