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Title: The Journals of Captain Meriwether Lewis and Sergeant John Ordway, Kept on the Expedition of Western Exploration, 1803-1806 Author: Quaife, Milo M., editor Place: Madison Publisher: Published by the Society Date: 1916 Description: 444 pp. Edited with an introduction and notes by Milo M. Quaife. (8vo), blue buckram, spine lettered in gilt. First Edition. "These two journals, printed for the first time, are transcribed from original manuscripts among the papers of the Biddle family at the American Philosophical Society. The Lewis journal is that of the trip from Pittsburgh to the camp on the River Dubois, August 30-December 12, 1803. Sergeant Ordway's journal extends from May 14, 1804, to September 23, 1806. Like Whitehouse's journal, it shares material with that of Patrick Gass." Literature of the Lewis and Clark Expedition 5e; see also Howes L318; Smith 5908; Wagner-Camp-Becker 13 (note). Lot Amendments Condition: Light wear and soiling to cloth; very good. Item number: 228686