William Clark requested that Nicholas Biddle, scholar, statesman, and financier, write a narrative of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, which was published in 1814 as "History of the Expedition of Captains Lewis and Clark."

Provenance

Deposited by Edward and Charles J. Biddle, 1915; presented by Charles J. Biddle and accessioned, 1949

General physical description

2 volumes, 160 p.

General note

Lewis' journal is printed in M.M. Quaife, ed., "The journals of Captain Meriwether Lewis and Sergeant John Ordway, kept on the expedition of western exploration, 1803-1806," State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Collections 22(1916).

Biddle's notes are printed in Donald D. Jackson, ed., "Letters of the Lewis and Clark Expedition" (Urban, Ill., 1962), p. 497-546.

Early American History Note

This collection contains two volumes, both of which have been published elsewhere. The first consists of a travel journal, likely kept by Meriwether Lewis, on his trip from Pittsburgh west to Winter Camp in 1803. The second volume contains a list of questions Nicholas Biddle had for William Clark. These queries include Clark’s response.

Corporate Name(s)

• Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804-1806).

Genre(s)

• Journals (notebooks).
• Sketches.
• Travel Narratives and Journals

Geographic Name(s)

• West (U.S.) -- Description and travel.
• West (U.S.) -- Discovery and exploration.

Occupation(s)

• Indians of North America

Personal Name(s)

• Biddle, Charles
• Biddle, Edward
• Biddle, Nicholas, 1786-1844
• Clark, William, 1770-1838
• Lewis, Meriwether, 1774-1809

Subject(s)

• Exploration
• Exploration.
• Louisiana Purchase -- Discovery and exploration.