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1	Author:	Biddle, Nicholas, 1786-1844	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Nicholas Biddle collection, 1803-1810
	Dates:	1803-1810
	Abstract:	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. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.917.3.L58b
	Extent:	2 volume(s)
	Topics:	Exploration.
	Genre:	Travel Narratives and Journals
	Subjects:	Exploration \| Indians of North America \| Louisiana Purchase -- Discovery and exploration.

2	Author:	Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Chronological series of facts relating to Louisiana; its limits and bounds, 1804
	Dates:	1804
	Abstract:	This bound volume contains two discreet documents written by Thomas Jefferson (which have been subsequently printed in various sources). The first is a letter from Thomas Jefferson to Peter Du Ponceau dated Monticello, December 30, 1817. In it, Jefferson discusses his acquisition of Louisiana, his Indian vocabularies, and Meriwether Lewis' contributions to it. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.973.4.J35c
	Extent:	1 volume(s)
	Topics:	Colony and State Specific History \| Diplomatic History \| Exploration. \| Language and Linguistics \| Military History
	Genre:	General Correspondence \| Manuscript Essays
	Subjects:	Louisiana Purchase -- Discovery and exploration.

3	Author:	Lewis, Meriwether, 1774-1809	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Meriwether Lewis journal, August 30, 1803 - December 12, 1803; 1810
	Dates:	August 30 - December 12, 1803; 1810
	Abstract:	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. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.917.3.L58p
	Extent:	1 volume(s)
	Topics:	Exploration. \| Native America \| Travel
	Genre:	Travel Narratives and Journals
	Subjects:	Indians of North America \| Louisiana Purchase -- Discovery and exploration.

4	Author:	Ordway, John,b. ca. 1775.	Requires cookie*
	Title:	John Ordway journal, 1804-1806
	Dates:	1804-1806
	Abstract:	These three volumes contain the journal kept by John Ordway from May 1804 to September 1806, while serving as a sergeant of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Ordway's journals note wildlife, daily happenings on the expedition, and interactions with Native peoples. These volumes can serve as a good complement to the original Lewis and Clark ones. The journals have been edited and printed elsewhere, including a recent edition published by the APS. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.917.3.Or2
	Extent:	3 volume(s)
	Topics:	Exploration. \| Native America \| Natural history
	Genre:	Travel Narratives and Journals
	Subjects:	Indians of North America \| Louisiana Purchase -- Discovery and exploration. \| Natural history.

5	Author:	Paulmier, Charles Francois Adr	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Mémoire sur le district du Ouachita dans la province de la Louisianne, [1803]
	Dates:	Circa 1803
	Abstract:	This collection includes three different travel accounts to the Louisiana Territory in the early 19th century. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.917.6.Ex7
	Extent:	1 volume(s)
	Topics:	Exploration. \| Native America \| Travel
	Genre:	Travel Narratives and Journals
	Subjects:	Alabama -- History \| Cherokee Indians \| Chickasaw Indians \| Choctaw Indians \| Indians of North America -- Social life and customs \| Louisiana Purchase -- Discovery and exploration. \| Mines and mineral resources -- Arkansas. \| Mississippi -- History