Coues-Anderson Manuscript Transcript of the Lewis and Clark Journals,

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1 Coues-Anderson Manuscript Transcript of the Lewis and Overview of the Collection Creator Title Dates Quantity Collection Number Summary Repository Access Restrictions Languages Coues, Elliott, Anderson, Mary Clark Journals (inclusive) ,798 pages, arranged in sixteen boxes, 22.5 x 14.5 cm OLPb017COU This is a handwritten copy of the Lewis and Clark Expedition journals at the American Philosphical Society made by Mary Anderson, the secretary of Elliott Coues, who planned to edit the journals. The manuscript includes Coues's annotations and illustrations and maps like those in the original journals. Lewis & Clark College, Special Collections and Archives Lewis & Clark College Special Collections and Archives Aubrey R. Watzek Library 0615 SW Palatine Hill Rd. Portland, OR Telephone: Fax: archives@lclark.edu This collection has no restrictions and is open for research. English Historical Note This manuscript is a close hand-written transcript of the Lewis and Clark journals. The transcript ( an exact copy, word for word, letter for letter, and point for point ) was begun around December 1892 by expert copyist Mary Anderson at the request of Elliott Coues (Cutright, History 89), and was completed in Elliott Coues had been hired by Francis Harper to annotate the 1814 Biddle/ Allen narrative of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. During his research, Coues became aware of the publication potential of Lewis and Clark's original journals, and as a result decided to have this copy made. Although Coues never succeeded in bringing the complete journals to publication, he did begin work on the project by writing footnotes on the backs of some of the pages. Additionally, Coues made marks on the original journals, and in some cases this copy provides a check against these blemishes in the originals. 1

2 The transcript was acquired by George Tweney in the spring of 1970 from Douglas Parsonage, a New York book dealer, who had recently taken over from Lathrop Harper, the brother of the late Francis Harper (Tweney, Elliott Coues). In 2000, Tweney sold the manuscript to Lewis & Clark College. Content Description This manuscript, made by an expert coppyist, includes the complete journal text's kept by Lewis and Clark, , as they explored the Louisiana Purchase and crossed North America to the Pacific Ocean by land. The manuscript also includes copies of maps and images exactly as they appeared in the original journals. Use of the Collection Restrictions on Use Permission to publish, exhibit, broadcast, or quote from materials in the Watzek Library Archives & Special Collections requires written permission of the Head of Archives & Special Collections. Preferred Citation The Coues-Anderson Manuscript, OLPb017COU, Lewis & Clark College Aubrey Watzek Library Archives & Special Collections, Portland, Oregon. Administrative Information Arrangement The thirty codices are arranged into sixteen boxes (codices O and P are housed together, as are codices Q, R, S, and T), a total of 2798 pages, according to the original order of the Lewis and Clark Journals, which is roughly chronological. Each codex is paginated seperately. This finding aid is arranged according to this original codex order. Location of Collection Special Collections Custodial History This manuscript copy of the journals was made by Elliot Coues's secretary Mary Anderson, and used by Coues while he was editing the Biddle/Allen narrative for Francis Harper. After Coues's death the manuscript remained in the possession of Francis Harper in New York. In 1970 the Seattle book dealer, George Tweney, purchased the manuscript from Douglas Parsonage, an employee of Lathrop Harper, Inc. Acquisition Information In 2000, Lewis & Clark College purchased the manuscript from George Tweney. 2

3 Processing Note Processed in Papers left in original order in custom made archival boxes, and scanned for preservation purposes in Bibliography For more information about the Elliott Coues and this manuscript see: Cutright, Paul Russell. A History of the Lewis and Clark Journals. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, Tweney, George. "Elliott Coues on Lewis and Clark: A Discovery." We Proceeded On. February The Literature of the Lewis and Clark Expedition: A Bibliography and Essays. Portland, OR: Lewis & Clark College, Related Materials See Lewis and Clark College Special Collections for related collections, ~archives/specialcollections Detailed Description of the Collection The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection. The quoted notations below are the summaries of each codex by copyist Mary Anderson, with additional comments by Elliott Coues. Abbreviations accompanying figures: A34, etc.: original codex letter with page number; C-A23, etc.: Coues-Anderson MS, with page number; M2, 278, 280, etc: Moulton Journals, with volume and page number(s), and with figure names from Moulton. Title pages are not included in the page counts. Container(s) Description Dates Box Codex A Codex Aa Codex A: William Clark Lewis and Clark. Codex A. Journal, complete, May 13 Aug. 14, 1804, By William Clark. 92 leaves = 184 pages of the original MS., making folios of this copy, By Mary B. Anderson, N.B. Figures in circles, thus, 116 [circled], indicate pagination of the original. All penciling is my memoranda of places, distances, etc., foreign to the inked text. Elliott Coues Figure: Manitou on a rock, June 5, 1804 (A34; C-A23; M2, 278, 280). Codex Aa: Fragment by Meriwether Lewis Lewis and Clark. Codex A.a. A fragment, May 20 and May 15, By Meriwether Lewis. copied By Mary B. Anderson, folios 1-6, Dec Compared with the original MS. Elliott Coues. May 13-August, 14, 1804 May 15 and May 20,

4 Codex B Codex Ba Codex C Codex D Codex E Codex F Codex B: William Clark Lewis and Clark. Codex B. Journal, complete, Aug 15 Oct. 3, By William Clark. 90 leaves = 180 pages of the orig. MS., making folios 1-87 of this copy. By Mary B. Anderson, Codex Ba: Fragment by Meriwether Lewis Lewis and Clark. Codex Ba. A fragment, ( the Antelope ) Sept. 16 and 17, By Meriwether Lewis. Copied By Mary B. Anderson, folios 1-8, Dec Compared with original MS. Elliott Coues. Codex C: "The Brown Book" mainly by William Clark Lewis and Clark. Codex C. The Brown Book, being the Mandan Journal, Oct 1, 1804 Apr. 7,. Mainly By William Clark Feb By Meriwether Lewis Invoices, etc. by another hand. Orig. leaves 137 = 274 pages, copied in folios By Mary B. Anderson Figures: War hatchet, January 28, (C158; C-A98; M3, 280); Battle ax, February 5, (C165; C-A104; M3, 287); Mississippi River and Tributaries in Present Minnesota, undated, winter 1804/5 (C255; C-A182: M3, 366). Codex D: Meriwether Lewis Lewis and Clark. Codex D. Journal, complete, Apr. 7 May 23,. By Meriwether Lewis. Copied in folios 1-157, By Mary B. Anderson, Page 155 completes the May 23, entry. Pages 156 and 157 represent the final page (140) of the original, headed Remarks for June. The upper part of Anderson s 156 is torn away, and is supplied in photocopy from microfilm of the original MS. (See also M4, 347-8, for a variant text of this material.) Codex E: Meriwether Lewis Lewis and Clark. Codex E. Journal, complete, May 24 July 16,. Missouri R. from North Mountain Cr. to the Gates of the Rocky Mts. By Meriwether Lewis. Copied in folios By Mary B. Anderson, Figure: Falls and Portage of the Missouri River, ca. July 4, (E132/133; C-A 173/174; M4, 360). Codex F: Meriwether Lewis Lewis and Clark. Codex F. Journal complete, July 17 Aug. 22,. From the Gates of the Rocky Mts. To the Shoshone Indians. By Meriwether Lewis. Copied in folios By Mary B. Anderson, [See with Codex F Codices Fa, Fb, Fc, Fd, Fe.] Figures: Shoshone Smoking-pipe (F99; C-A132; M5, August 15- October 3, 1804 September 16-17, 1804 October 1, April 7, April 7-May 23, May 24-July 16, July 17-August 22, 4

5 82); Shoshone Fish Weir, August 21, (F147; C-A 198; M5, 136). Codex Fb Codex Fc Codex Fd Codex Fe Codex G Codex Fb: Journal fragment by Meriwether Lewis Lewis and Clark. Codex Fb. Fragment of Journal, Aug ,, The Shoshone Indians, By Meriwether Lewis. orig. folios 13, written to 25 1/4 pages Copied in folios By Mary B. Anderson, Dec Compared with original Elliott Coues. [Follows Codex Fa both go with Codex F.] Codex Fc: Journal fragment by Meriwether Lewis Lewis and Clark. Codex Fc. Fragment of Journal, Sept. 9 and 10,. Traveller s Rest. By Meriwether Lewis. Copied in folios 1-4, By Mary B. Anderson, Dec Compared with original, Elliott Coues. [Follows Codex Fb] Codex Fd: Journal fragment by Meriwether Lewis Lewis and Clark. Codex Fd. Fragment of Journal, Sept ,. Bitter-root Mts. By Meriwether Lewis. Orig. folios 4 = 8 pages, copied in folios 1-9, By Mary B. Anderson, Dec Compared with original, Elliott Coues. [Follows Codex Fc.] Codex Fe: Two weather diary fragments Two Fragments 1. Weather Diary, Lewis, Apr June,. 2. Weather Diary, Lewis, July September. See Explanations on 2 following folios. Copied by Mary B. Anderson, Dec [12 pages.] Text of remarks copied, without tabulated figures by M. B. A., Dec NB. This Meteorological Register consists of two parts, here united as Codex Fe, the dates being continuous. Apr. May, June. Part first, five leaves of the original, here nine leaves, is part of Lewis Codex D. This belongs at end of Codex D, from which it was torn out; and remarks for June are on p. 140 of Codex D. Part Second, for July, Aug., Sept.,, being three leaves of the original, here six leaves, is similarly a part of a Lewis(?) Codex. Note. In making this copy the tabular figures of the original (thermometer etc. ) are omitted: but all the text, of remarks apposite these tables, and further remarks on separate pages, is given. Elliott Coues. (Dec. 1892) Codex G: William Clark Lewis and Clark. Codex G. Journal, complete, July 2d Oct. 10,. Great Falls of Missouri R. To the Columbia R. By William Clark, Copied By Mary B. Anderson, [152 pages.] August 23-26, September 9-10, September 18-22, April-June, ; July-September, July 2-October 10, 5

6 Codex H Codex I Codex Ia Codex H: William Clark Lewis and Clark. Codex H. Journal, complete, Oct. 11 Nov. 19,. Down the Columbia. By William Clark. Copied By Mary B. Anderson, [146 pages.] Transcript complete as originally numbered. It lacks three pages of maps, at the start of the original MS. These are described in Anderson s transcript of Biddle s fly leaf note, but the maps were either not completed, or were removed before the pages were numbered by Coues/ Anderson. Facsimiles of the equivalent maps in the original journals have been laid in the box.figure: Confluence of Snake and Columbia Rivers, Washington (H33; C-A30; M5, 297). Codex I: Miscellaneous by William Clark Lewis and Clark. Codex I. Miscellaneous, as follows: 1. Itinerary, Ft. Mandan to the Pacific. 2. Weather Diary, April Jan Journal, Nov. 19, Jan. 21, Estimate of the Western Indians. By William Clark. Copied By Mary B Anderson, [166 pages.]figures: Tongue Point, Oregon, Winter -6 (I11;C-A12; M6, 460); Conic Hat, December 29, (I80; C-A86; M6, 143); Arrow, January 15, 1806 (I119; C-A127; M6, 209); Bone Fishhook and Line, January 16, 1806 (I122; C-A129; M6, 213); Digging Instrument, January 23, 1806 (I135;C-A143; M6, 232); Conic Hat, January 29, 1806 (I144; C-A152; M6, 247); Double-edged Knife, January 29, 1806 (I144; C-A153; M6, 247). The chart of the Mouth of the Columbia River (I152, M6, 52) is omitted in the Anderson copy, with no break in page numbering. Codex Ia: fragment by Meriwether Lewis Lewis and Clark. Codex Ia. Fragment, Journal Nov. 29 Dec.1,. The Netul River. By Meriwether Lewis. 2 copies follow see explanation inside Copied by E. C. and M. B. A. Dec Following is 5 leaves torn out of one of the small oblong Note-books, written 8 pages full of Lewis manuscript, back of one leaf blank but for a slight sketch of Point Adams, front of another leaf written across lengthwise in another hand Capt. Lewis rough notes, when he left Capt. Clark near the mouth of Columbia for a few days to examine the S.W. side. Copied by me v. l. p.[verbatim litteratim punctuatim] Dec E. C. The Coues copy is four pages, Anderson s copy is six pages plus the sketch of Point Adams. Total of both copies: eleven pages plus three title pages.figure: Point Adams, Oregon, ca. December 1, (Ia7; C-A8, Anderson; M6, 102). October 11- November 19, November 29- December 1, Codex J Codex J: Meriwether Lewis Lewis and Clark. Codex J. The Clatsop Journal, Jan. 1 Mar. 20, By Meriwether Lewis. Copied by Mary B. Anderson, pages.figures: Two Swords, a Bludgeon January 1-March 20,

7 and a Paddle, January 1, 1806 (J1; C-A1; M6, 152); Arrow, January 15, 1806 (J25; C-A29; M6, 207); Bone Fishhook and Line, January 16, 1806 (J28; C-A32; M6, 212); Digging Instrument, January 24, 1806 (J40; C-A48; M6, 234); Conic Hat and Double-edged Knife, January 30, 1806 (J48; C-A59; M6, 250); Paddle, Small Canoe, February 1, 1806 (J52; C-A64; M6, 264); Canoe with High Bow and Most Common Canoe, February 1, 1806 (J52; C-A65; M6, 264); Canoe with Carved Images, February 1, 1806 (J53; C-A66; M6, 266); Fir Leaf (Douglas fir, Pseudotsuga taxifolia), February 9, 1806 (J65; C-A82; M6, 291); Maple Leaf (vine maple, Acer circinatum), February 10, 1806 (J66; C-A84; M6, 294); Fern Leaf (Christmas fern, Polystichum munitum), February 13, 1806 (J71; C-A90; M6, 304); Head of a vulture (California condor, Gymnogyps californianus), February 17, 1806 (J80; C-A100; M6, 323); Pine Cone (Sitka spruce, Picea sitchensis), February 18, 1806 (J83; C-A104; M6, 326); Eulachon (Thaleichthys pacificus), February 24, 1806 (J93; C-A118; M6, 343); Head of Cock of the Plains (sage grouse, Centrocercus urophasianus), March 2, 1806 (J107; C-A135; M6, 369); Head of a White gull (northern fulmar, Fulmaris glacialis), March 7, 1806 (J115; C-A146; M6, 389); Head of a Brant (greater white-fronted goose, Anser albifrons), March 15, 1806 (J131; C-A167; M6, 417); White Salmon Trout (coho salmon, Oncorhynchus kisutch), March 16, 1806 (J133; C-A169; M6, 422). Codex K Codex L Codex K: Meriwether Lewis Lewis and Clark. Journal K. Journal, Fort Clatsop to Camp Chopunnish, Mar. 21 May 23, By Meriwether Lewis. Copied by Mary B. Anderson, [194 pages.]figures: Iron Scimitar, March 29, 1806 (K14, C-A18, M7, 29); Confluence of Willamette and Columbia Rivers, April 3, 1806 (K28/29; C-A36; M7, 63); Two Views of a Canoe, April 6, 1806 (K33; C-A42; M7, 80); Plan of Chinookan House, April 6, 1806 (K39; C-A49; M7, 85); Bone Fishhook, April 26, 1806 (K83; C-A105, M7, 170); Fish Net, May 18, 1806 (K139; C-A176; M7, 270). Codex L: Meriwether Lewis Lewis and Clark. Codex L. Journal, complete, May 24 Aug. 8, with Weather Diaries, &c. Exploration of Maria s River, etc. By Meriwether Lewis. Copied by Mary B. Anderson, Codices La and Lb belong to this Codex, at pages 81 and 144 respectively. Pages (3 folios), which were torn out, I have reinserted, making orig. folios 150. Elliott Coues. [169 pages.] March 21-May 23, 1806 May 24-August 8, 1806 Codex La Codex La: journal fragment by Lewis and Clark July 3-15,

8 Lewis and Clark. Codex La. Fragment, Journal, July 3 15, ( Pass Codex, being discovery of L. and C. Pass. Belongs in Codex L., at orig. page 81.) By Meriwether Lewis. Copied by Mary B. Anderson, Dec [18 pages.] The small sketch of Monture (Seaman s) Creek, Powell County, Montana (La4, M8, 91) is not copied by Anderson. Codex Lb Codex M Codex N Codex O Codex P Codex Lb: journal fragment by Meriwether Lewis Lewis and Clark. Codex Lb. Fragment, Journal, Aug.9 12, Cruzatte s Shot. By Meriwether Lewis. (his last) Copied by M. B. Anderson. Dec A Fragment, belonging with Codex L, at p.144 Shooting of Lewis by Cruzatte.... E. C. [7 pages.] Codex M: William Clark Lewis and Clark. Codex M. Journal, complete June 7 Aug. 14, The Yellowstone River. By William Clark. Copied by Mary B. Anderson, [188 pages.] Figure: Snake and Missouri rivers and their Connections, May 29 31, 1806 (M1/2; C-A2; M7, 316/317). Codex N: William Clark Lewis and Clark. Codex N. Journal, complete, Aug. 15 Sept. 225, With various other matters. By William Clark. Copied by Mary B. Anderson [128 pages.]figures: Bon Homme Island on the Missouri River, Bon Homme County, South Dakota and Knox County, Nebraska, September 1, 1806 (N81, C-A84; M8, 339); Bon Homme Island on the Missouri River, Bon Homme County, South Dakota and Knox County, Nebraska, September 1, 1806 (N82, C-A85; M8, 340); Lewis s Route from Traveler s rest to the Missouri River, ca. July 3 11, 1806 (N149/150; C-A122/123; M8, 105). Codex O: Astronomical Observations Lewis and Clark. Codex O. Astronomical Observations, May 18, 1804 Mar. 30,. Geographical Notes, No dates. Copied by Mary B. Anderson, [109 pages.] Codex P: Natural History Notes, etc. Lewis and Clark. Codex P. Natural History Notes, &c., &c. April 9, February 17, Not in handwriting of L. or C. Collate with Codices D to N. Copied by Mary B. Anderson, [112 pages.]figure: Digging Instrument, January 23, 1806 (P92; C-A73; M6, 232, (note 4). (This figure is copied from I135 / C-A143 above.) August 9-12, 1806 June 7-August 14, 1806 August 15- September 25, 1806 May 18-March 30, April 9, - February 17, 1806 Codex Q Codex Q: Misc. Natural History

9 Lewis and Clark. Codex Q. Miscellaneous Natural History, By Lewis, Clark, and another hand. Copied by Mary B. Anderson, [70 pages.]figure: Iron Scimitar, March 29, 1806 (Q88; C-A34; M7, 29 and 31, note 13). (This figure is copied from K14 / C-A18 above.) Codex R Codex S Codex T Codex R: Misc. Natural History Lewis and Clark. Codex R. Miscellaneous Natural History, May 1804 Mar By Lewis, Clark, and another hand. Copied by Mary B. Anderson [62 pages.]figure: Large convolvalist leaf (hedge bindweed, Convolvulus sepium L.), July 17, 1804 (R37; C-A14; M3, 459, 467). Codex S: Two Letters by Meriwether Lewis Lewis and Clark. Codex S Two Letters, By Meriwether Lewis. Copied by Elliott Coues, Dec a) Sept , Rough Draft of letter announcing return of the Expedition to President Jefferson.b) Fragment of a letter, Sept. 1806, on discovery of the Yellowstone, etc. [19 pages.] Codex T: Unidentified Fragment Lewis and Clark. Codex T. unidentified fragment, not in Clark's hand, one loose sheet. Copied by Elliott Coues [Dec. 12, 1892], copied again by Mary B. Anderson, Dec Total of both copies, three pages, with three title pages. (See M8, 414f., note 1.)Figure: Large convolvalist leaf (hedge bindweed, Convolvulus sepium L.), July 17, 1804 (R37; C-A14; M3, 459, 467). May, March, 1806 September 1806 undated Find Related Collections Subject Terms : Explorers -- West (U.S.) -- Diaries Lewis, Meriwether, Diaries West (U.S.) -- Description and travel Clark, William, Diaries. Lewis and Clark Expedition ( ) Personal Names : Anderson, Mary Coues, Elliott, Archives Corporate Names : American Philosophical Society Other Creators : Personal Names : Lewis, Meriwether, (creator) Clark, William, (creator) 9

10 Harper, Francis P. (Francis Perego), 1856?-1932 (creator) Tweney, George H (creator) 10