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Lewis, Meriwether, 1774-1809 History of the expedition under the command of Captains Lewis and Clarke, 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, 1805, 1806 by order of the government of the United States

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04051.02 Author/Creator: Lewis, Meriwether, 1774-1809 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Header Record Date: 1900 Pagination: 2 v. : 1 map Height: 16.5 cm, Width: 11.5 cm Order a Copy

Prepared for the press by Paul Allen, Esq., revised and abridged by Archibald M'Vickar. Reprint by A. W. Fowle, apparently of the 1845 Harper Brothers edition.

Lewis, Meriwether, 1774-1809

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