| Book | Requires cookie* | 1 | Title: | The navigator: containing directions for navigating the Monongahela, Allegheny, Ohio and Mississippi Rivers ; with an ample account of these much admired waters, from the head of the former to the mouth of the latter ; and a concise description of their towns, villages, harbors, settlements, &c. ; with maps of the Ohio and Mississippi ; to which is added an appendix, containing an account of Louisiana, and of the Missouri and Columbia Rivers, as discovered by the voyage under Capts. Lewis and Clark
| | | Creator: | Cramer, Zadok, 1773-1813 | | | Publication: | Cramer, Spear and Eichbaum; Robert Ferguson & Co., printers, Pittsburgh,1817. | | | Notes: | Contains ms. notes. | | | Call #: | F25J C889 1817 Vault | | | Extent: | 307 p. : ill., maps ; 19 cm. | | | Subjects: | Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804-1806) | Mississippi River -- Description and travel | Mississippi River -- Navigation | Ohio River -- Navigation | Ohio River -- Description and travel | Allegheny River -- Description and travel | Louisiana -- Description and travel | Missouri River -- Description and travel | Columbia River -- Description and travel | Imprints, Early American To 1820
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Book | Requires cookie* | 2 | 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
| | | Creator: | Lewis, Meriwether, 1774-1809 | | | | Clark, William, 1770-1838 | | | | Biddle, Nicholas, 1786-1844 | | | | Allen, Paul, 1775-1826 | | | | Maxwell, James. | | | | Inskeep, Abraham H. | | | | Bradford, Samuel F. (Samuel Fisher), 1776-1837 | | | | Inskeep, John, d. 1820 | | | Publication: | Bradford and Inskeep, Abm. H. Inskeep, Philadelphia, New York,1814 | | | Notes: | This, the first authentic history of the expedition, was written by Nicholas Biddle, and edited by Paul Allen. cf. E. Coues, Hist. of the expedition, 1893; Appleton, Cycl. Amer. biogr. Matches Streeter Americana, no. 1777 except for binding and also lacks expanded imprint. The appendix contains: (1) Observations and reflections on the present and future state of upper Louisiana, in relation to the government of the Indian nations ... and the trade and intercourse with the same. By Captain Lewis. (2) A summary statement of the rivers, creeks and most remarkable places, their distances from each other, &c., their distances from the Mississippi, ascending the Missouri, across the Rocky mountains, and down the Columbia to the Pacific ocean, as was explored in the years 1804, 5 and 6 by Captains Lewis and Clarke. (3) Estimate of the western Indians. (4) Thermometrical observations, showing also the rise and fall of the Mississippi (Missouri) ; appearances of weather, winds, &c. (5) Remarks and reflections [January 1, 1804, to August 22, 1806] | | | Call #: | F42.5 L61 1814 Vault | | | Extent: | 2 v. : ill., maps (some fold.) ; 22 cm. | | | Subjects: | Lewis, Meriwether, -- 1774-1809 -- Journeys -- West (U.S.) | Clark, William, -- 1770-1838 -- Journeys -- West (U.S.) | Lewis and Clark Expedition -- (1804-1806) | West (U.S.) -- Description and travel | Missouri River -- Description and travel | Columbia River -- Description and travel | West (U.S.) -- History -- To 1848 | Overland journals West (U.S.) 1804-1806 | Imprints, Early American To 1820
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