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from the original manuscripts in the library of the American Philosophical Society and by direction of its committee on historical documents |
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 | Original journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804-1806 |  |
JEFFERSON'S MESSAGE
1806
Message | from the | President
of the United States, | communicating |
Discoveries |
made in exploring the Missouri, Red River and Washita, |
by
| Captains Lewis and Clark, Doctor Sibley, | and | Mr.
Dunbar; |
with | a Statistical Account | of the
| countries adjacent. | February 19,
1806. | Read,
and ordered to lie on the table. |
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
Message | from the
| President of the United States, | communicating
| Discoveries |
made in exploring the | Missouri, Red River,
and Washita, |
by | Captains Lewis and Clark, Doctor Sibley, | and
Mr.
Dunbar; | with | a Statistical Account | of the |
countries adjacent.
| Read in
Congress, February 19, 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.
1806
Discoveries | made in
exploring | the Missouri, Red River | and
Washita, |
by | Captains Lewis and Clark, Doctor Sibley, | and |
William Dunbar, Esq. | with | a Statistical Account |
of the | Countries
adjacent. |
With an Appendix by Mr. Dunbar. |
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
The | Monthly
Authology, | and | Boston Review, | Containing |
Sketches and Reports | of | Philosophy, Religion, History,
| Arts and
Manners, | Omnes undique flosculos carpam atque
delibem. | Vol. 3d.|
1806.
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Boston | Published by | Munroe & Francis
| No. 7 Court Street. |
1806 |
Callender Scp. |
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.
[Same title] Vol. 4th.
| 1807 | Boston | Published by | Munroe &
Francis |
No 7 Court Street. | 1807
| Callender scp | The appendix of this fourth
volume,
also entitled, "The Political Cabinet",
consists of 80 pp. On pp. 6, ff.
is printed a "Letter from Capt. Clark",
dated at "St. Louis, 23d Sept. 1806."
These descriptions are from a set in MHS. Also in WHS.
1807
Travels | in the | Interior
Parts of America; | communicating |
Discoveries |
made in exploring | the Missouri, Red River and
Washita, |
by | Captains Lewis and Clark, Doctor Sibley, | and |
| As laid before the Senate, | by the | President of the United
States. | In February, 1806, | and never before published in Great
Britain. |
London: | Printed for Richard Phillips, 6, Bridge Street,
| Blackfriars,
| By J. G.
Barnard, 57, Snow-hill. | 1807. |
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.
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The copy described[1]
is in HC. It is also in BM; C; CHC; NYSL;
WHS.
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
American | State Papers, |
containing | Authentic Documents | relative
to | the History, Politicks,
Statisticks, &c. | of the | United States
of America.
| Communicated | to Congress by the President.
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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]
| Original journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804-1806 | |