LEWIS AND CLARK PUBLICATION ANNOUNCEMENT.


"Proposals ... for Publishing Lewis and Clark's Tour to the Pacific Ocean, Through the Interior of the Continent of North America ... during the Years 1804, 1805, and 1806." IN: National Intelligencer and Washington Advertiser, Vol VII, No 1065. Washington City: Samuel Harrison Smith, August 12, 1807. Folio (516 x 332 mm). 4 pp. Dampstaining and heavy chipping along left hand margin, with interior loss affecting text (but not Lewis and Clark article). Provenance: D.N. Nicholas (inscription).LONG AND DETAILED PROSPECTUS FOR LEWIS AND CLARK'S ACCOUNT OF THEIR TRAVELS. A detailed account of the proposed publication, described in three volumes with a separate map, "dimensions 5 feet 8 inches by 3 feet 10 inches." With a note at the end of the column signed in type by "M. Lewis." It would be seven years before the work appeared in print.