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GASS

1807

A Journal | of the | Voyages and Travels | of a Corps of Discovery, |
under the command of Capt. Lewis and Capt. | Clarke of the army of
the United States, | from | the mouth of the river Missouri through the |
interior parts of North America | to the Pacific Ocean, | during the
years 1804, 1805 & 1806. | Containing | An authentic relation of
the most interesting transactions | during the expendition,—A description
of the country,—| And an account of its inhabitants, soil, climate,
curiosities | and vegetable and animal productions. | By Patrick Gass, |
one of the persons employed in the expedition. | With | Geographical
and Explanatory Notes | by the publisher. | [Copy-right secured according
to law.] |

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.

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1808

A | Journal | of the | Voyages and Travels | of | a Corps of Discovery,
| under the Command of Captain Lewis and | Captain Clarke,
of the Army of | the United States; | from the mouth of the | River
Missouri, | through the | Interior Parts of North America, | to the
Pacific Ocean; | during the years 1804, 1805, & 1806. | Containing |
An Authentic Relation of the most interesting Transactions during
the Expedition: A Description of the Country: And an | Account of
its Inhabitants, Soil, Climate, Curiosities, | and Vegetable and Animal
Productions. | By Patrick Gass, | One of the Persons employed in the
Expedition. |

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;

one blank page; half-title to Journal, with verso blank; "Journal | of the |
Voyages and Travels, &c. &c.", pp. 13–381; verso of the last page blank;
"Books lately published by J. Budd", pp. (2). Signatures: [A] in two,
B–BB in eights. Published in paper covers with label-title, "Gass's | Voyages
| and | Travels | through | North America. | 9 s."

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1810

Voyage | des Capitaines | Lewis et Clarke, | Depuis l'embouchure
du Missouri, jusqu'à l'entrée | de la Colombia dans l'Océan Pacifique; |
fait dans les années 1804, 1805 et 1806, | par ordre du gouvernement
des États-Unis: | contenant | Le Journal authentique des Événements
les plus remar- | quables du Voyage, ainsi que la Description des |
Habitants, du Sol, du Climat, et des Productions | animales et végétales
des pays situésà l'ouest de | l'Amerique Septentrionale. | Rédigé en
Anglais par Patrice Gass, Employé dans | l'Expédition; | Et traduit en
Français par A. J. N. Lallemant, | l'un des Secrétaires de la Marine. |
Avec des Notes, deux Lettres du Capitaine Clarke, | et une Carte
gravée par J. B. Tardieu. |

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.

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1810

A | Journal | of the | Voyages and Travels | of a Corps of Discovery,
| under the command of Capt. Lewis and Capt. | Clarke of
the army of the United States, | from | the mouth of the river Missouri
through the | interior parts of North America | to the Pacific Ocean, |
During the Years 1804, 1805 and 1806. | Containing | An authentic

relation of the most interesting transac- | tions during the expedition,—
A description of | the country,—And an account of its inhabi- | tants,
soil, climate, curiosities and ve- | getable and animal productions. | By
Patrick Gass, | one of the persons employed in the expedition. | With
geographical and explanatory notes. | Second Edition—with six engravings.
| [Copy-Right secured according to Law.]

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.

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1811

Journal | of the | Voyages and Travels | of | a Corps of Discovery, |
Under the command of Capt. Lewis and Capt. Clarke | of the army of
the United States, | from the mouth of the river Missouri through | the
interior parts of North America | to the Pacific Ocean, | During the
Years 1804, 1805, and 1806. | Containing | An authentic relation of
the most interesting transactions | during the expedition; a description
of the country; | and an account of its inhabitants, soil, cli- | mate,
curiosities, and vegetable | and animal productions. | By Patrick Gass, |
One of the persons employed in the expedition. | With geographical and
explanatory Notes. | Third Edition—With six Engravings. | [Copyright
secured according to Law.] |

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

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.

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1812

Journal | of the | Voyages and Travels | of | a Corps of Discovery, |
Under the command of Capt. Lewis and Capt. Clarke | of the army of
the United States, | from the mouth of the river Missouri through the |
interior parts of North America to | the Pacific Ocean, | During the
Years 1804, 1805, and 1806. | Containing | An authentic relation of
the most interesting transactions during the expedi- | tion; a description
of the country; and an account of its inhabitants, | soil, climate, curiosities,
and vegetable and animal productions. | By Patrick Gass, | One
of the persons employed in the expedition. | With geographical and
explanatory notes. | Fourth Edition—with six Engravings. | [Copyright
secured according to Law.] |

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.

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1814

Tagebuch | einer | Entdeckungs-Reise | durch | Nord-America, |
von | der Mündung des Missuri an bis zum Einfluss der | Columbia in
den stillen Ocean, | gemacht | in den Jahren 1804, 1805 und 1806, |
auf | Befel der Regierung der Vereinigten Staaten, | von | den beiden
Capitäns Lewis und Clarke. | Uebersetzt | von | Ph. Ch. Weyland. |
Mit einer Charte. |

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;

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

Lewis and Clarke's | Journal | to the | Rocky Mountains | In the
years 1804, –5, –6; | as related by | Patrick Gass, | one of the officers
in the expedition. | New Edition with Numerous Engravings. |

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.

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1852

Patrick Gass. | [To accompany bill H. R. No. 152.] | January 29,
1852. | Mr. G. W. Thompson, from the Committee on Private Land
Claims, made | the following | Report: | The Committee on Private
Land Claims, to whom was referred the petition | of Patrick Gass,
report: | [followed by the text of the Report]

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

1854

Patrick Gass. | [To accompany bill H. R. No. 419.] | June 23,
1854. | Mr. Hillyer, from the Committee on Private Land Claims,
made the | following | Report. | The Committee on Private Land
Claims, to whom was referred the petition | of Patrick Gass, report:
[followed by the text of the Report]

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

1859

The | Life and Times | of | Patrick Gass, | now sole survivor | of
the overland expedition to the Pacific, | under Lewis and Clark, in
1804–5–6; | also, | a soldier in the war with Great Britain, from | 1812
to 1815, and a participant in the | Battle of Lundy's Lane. | Together
with | Gass' Journal of the Expedition condensed; |—and—| sketches
of some events occurring during the | last century in the upper Ohio
country, | biographies, reminiscences, etc. | By J. G. Jacob. |

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.

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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.