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Author Lewis, Meriwether, 1774-1809.

Title The journals of Captain Meriwether Lewis and Sergeant John Ordway, kept on the expedition of western exploration, 1803-1806 / ed. with introduction and notes by Milo M. Quaife.

Publication Info. Madison : The Society, 1916.

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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Moore Stacks  F576 .W81 vol. 22 1916    Available  ---
Description 444 pages : frontispiece, plates, portrait, maps (part folded) facsimiles ; 25 cm.
Series Publications of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. Collections ; vol. XXII
Publications of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. Collections ; vol. XXII.
Note The two journals, here printed for the first time, are from the original manuscripts discovered in 1913 and 1914 among the papers of the Biddle family and now preserved in the Library of Congress. The Lewis journal (p. [29]-76) is that of the trip from Pittsburgh to the camp on the River Dubois, August 30-December 12, 1803. Sergeant Ordway's journal (p. [77]-402) extends from May 14, 1804, to September 23, 1806.
Subject Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804-1806)
Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804-1806)
West (U.S.) -- Description and travel.
Added Author Ordway, John, approximately 1775-
Quaife, Milo Milton, 1880-1959.