Jefferson, Thomas:

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TRAVELS IN THE INTERIOR PARTS OF AMERICA; COMMUNICATING DISCOVERIES MADE IN EXPLORING THE MISSOURI, RED RIVER AND WASHITA, BY CAPTAINS LEWIS AND CLARK, DR. SIBLEY AND MR. DUNBAR WITH A STATISTICAL ... The first London edition of the first official publication to provide any detailed account of the Lewis and Clark expedition, and the first work to give any satisfactory account of the southwestern portion of the Louisiana Purchase. The first section consists of material transmitted to Jefferson by Lewis, providing information about their route, Indians, trade, animals encountered, and geography. Equally important are the accounts of the southern explorations. Included are Dr. Sibley's letters to Gen. Henry Dearborn, which comprise the first account of Texas in book form, mentioning in particular various Texas tribes and the Red River country."President Jefferson's Message is the covering letter for a group of documents that report the recent explorations in Louisiana Territory. Although Lewis and Clark had not returned from the Pacific at the time, their earlier report and letter written from the upper Missouri on the eve of their departure to the Rockies contain significant data" - Wagner-Camp. "Though meager in information on Lewis and Clark, this was the first book giving any of their activities....The Sibley-Dunbar descriptions of the Texas-Louisiana frontier gave the first formal and satisfactory picture of the southern portion of the Louisiana Purchase" - Howes. Nebenzahl

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