Box 1
Contains 60 Results:
Letter signed Reuben Lewis, Col. Hancock’s, near Fincastle, to Miss Mary G. Marks, Albemarle County, Charlottesville Post Office. He talks about meeting Miss Lillissed[?] Brackenridge, one of the most beautiful women he has ever seen both as to form and features, but unfortunately for his Excellency [Meriwether Lewis] she left the neighborhood two days after our arrival so that he was disappointed in his design of addressing her. He discusses the reasons for her departure and notes that Julia Clark (not by name but as General Clark’s intended) is a handsome woman. They are in good health, will leave the next day and will make another stop before reaching Kentucky. He wants to hear if anything turns up in her situation as he feels extremely interested in anything that concerns her future happiness. (3 pages), [1807] Nov 29
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.)
Fragment, “No. 33, March Term 1808.” (1 page), 1808
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.)
Letter signed Meriwether Lewis, Louisville, to Mrs. Lucy Marks, near Charlottesville, Virginia. Lewis has been traveling the state looking for land belonging to him and Mary and John Marks (theirs appears to be secure but his own claims are in doubt). He will probably lose the greater part of his claim on Brush Creek. Reuben Lewis, in a flat-bottomed boat with Lewis’s baggage and carriage, accompanied by Major Hughes, Mr. Cox and Mr. Pernia have set out for St. Louis. They will descend the Ohio River 220 miles, then travel 165 miles by land. He discusses the health and welfare of family members, including Reuben, Nicholas and Robert Lewis. He expects to start the next day for St. Louis via Vincennes and Cahokia. (2 pages, transcript included), 1808 Feb 15
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.)
Letter signed Meriwether Lewis, St. Louis, to Col. Thomas Hunt, Fort Belle Fontain. “The bearers here of a Frenchman and a Molatto wait on you with six horses which I would thank you to direct your blacksmith to shoe. These horses are intended for the expedition I am sending out to discover saltpetre caverns. The horses of Mr. Shannon and Mr. Lewis McFarlane I would also thank you to have shod for them these men find their own horses &c and go on this expedition as volunteers.” (1 page), 1808 June 2
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.)
New York Herald newspaper clipping of a letter from Meriwether Lewis to William H. Harrison, governor of Territory of Indiana, dated 26 May. The letter refers to events surrounding the uprising of the Osage, Osage chief The White Hair, allowing the Indians in his territory to attack the Osage, etc. (1 page, pasted on paper), 1808 July 7
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.)
Letter signed Meriwether Lewis, St. Louis, to Col. Thomas Hunt, Belle Fontain. He is urging Hunt to dispatch Capt. Clemson’s company as early as possible to the Fire Prairie and feels that when the secretary at war has received his communication he will approve the move as well as the site selected for the factory and fort. He discusses troop movements including General Clark’s movement by land to Fire Prairie, possible intentions of the Indians, supply needs, plans to fortify and prepare themselves for the onset of winter as the Indians. (3 pages), 1808 July 15
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.)
Note (in the hand of Meriwether Lewis) to Judge Lucas. Will call on the judge as soon as a council with the Iowa is over. (1 page), [1808] Oct 3
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.)
Document signed D. Delauney. Copy of General Orders to the territorial militia by Meriwether Lewis, governor. Translation certified by M.P. Leduc. (7 pages, in French, translation included), 1808 Nov 28
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.)
Letter signed Meriwether Lewis, St. Louis, to Mrs. Lucy Marks, near Charlottesville, Virginia. Writes that his life is still one continuous press of business. John Marks and Edmund Anderson have not written to him. He is anxious for news from Marks and about Mary’s marital situation. He hopes to induce Mr. More [Moore] to remove to Louisiana. He discusses his land purchases near St. Louis, his plans to sell some of the Ivy Creek property and that he has “selected for your residence . . . the most healthy part of the country.” (3 pages, transcript included), 1808 Dec 1
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.)
Document signed Meriwether Lewis, St. Louis, to the secretary of war, order to pay Peter Chouteau $440. (1 page) (Catalog description in same folder indicates that it was in payment of ammunition, tobacco and paint furnished to Major Chouteau for conveying a Mandan chief to his village.), 1809 May 15
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.)