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Typescript of “Meriwether Lewis” by Rochonne Abrams with 12 chapters.

Scope and Contents The Reference Files (Boxes 1-2) consist almost entirely of photocopies, typescripts, and reproductions of documents from other repositories, and should be used as a supplement to the original material in the rest of the Clark Family Collection. This group provides general information about the Clark family and the collection, and also includes reproductions of documents pertaining to the Lewis and Clark Expedition, George Rogers Clark, and...

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The Meriwether Lewis Papers is an artificial, or subject-based, collection gathered to record the Lewis and Clark Expedition. During the re-processing of the Meriwether Lewis Collection in 1999, several items were removed from the collection and returned to the archival collection in which they originally belonged. (Please consult the separation record at the end of this finding aid.)

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The Amos Stoddard Papers consist primarily of correspondence and documents dated 1796-1809. The bulk of the correspondence is dated 1804 and relates to the transfer of Upper Louisiana to the United States. The papers also include Stoddard's manuscript autobiography written circa 1812 covering events of his life up to 1792.