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Full title: History of the expedition under the command of Captains Lewis and Clark, to the sources of the Missouri thence across the Rocky mountains and down the river Columbia to the Pacific Ocean performed during the years 1804-5-6 by order of the government of the United States prepared for the press by Paul Allen, Esquire in two volumes.

Two volumes with preface by Thomas Jefferson recounting Meriweather Lewis's life and sudden death. Handwritten in volume one: "John Bird's Book, February 24th A.D. 1819 and the Commonwealth this forty second." Stamped in both volumes inside covers: "Clifton Matheny Monterey, VA."

Document Type

Book

Digital Format

PDF

Language

English

Publication Date

1814

Barcode

48319

Publisher

Bradford and Inskeep

City

Philadelphia

Keywords

Lewis and Clark, Louisiana Purchase, Exploration, Early United States, Thomas Jefferson, Meriwether Lewis, William Clark

Disciplines

Cultural History | Indigenous Studies | Other Languages, Societies, and Cultures | Political History | United States History

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This edition was imaged in its entirety.

It contains 514 images, and is a VERY LARGE file and it will take time to download.

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Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.

History of the expedition under the command of Captains Lewis and Clark...in Two Volumes (Volume 1)


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