Day-by-Day / April 9, 1804

April 9, 1804

Attending to sundry stores

While in St. Louis, the captains attend to “Sundery Stores &c.” An undated letter between the two—written about this time—indicates the types of things that may need their attention.

Attending to Stores

Monday 9th & Tuesday 10th, Wednesday 11, attending to Sunderey Stores &c
William Clark

Articles in Need

[April 1804]

Memorandom of Artecles which may be wanting

not to be had Some red lead & oil Paints for the lockers on Deck &c.
200 sent ” Nails 6d or 8d to put on Hinges
sent ” red & blue Ribben (wide)
sent 2 Trumpits to be mended.[1]Clark to Lewis. Written in Clark’s hand with Lewis’s responses set here in italics. Donald Jackson, ed. Letters of the Lewis and Clark Expedition with Related Documents: 1783-1854, 2nd … Continue reading
 

Weather Diary

Thermometr. at sun symbol rise Weather Wind at Sunrise Thermometr. at 4 oClock Weather Wind at 4 oClock River
26 above 0 fair after clouds N E cloudy fall 2 in.

windey
—William Clark[2]To assist the reader, the editor of this web page has omitted the date column, merged the “River” columns, and spelled out some abbreviations.

Notes

Notes
1 Clark to Lewis. Written in Clark’s hand with Lewis’s responses set here in italics. Donald Jackson, ed. Letters of the Lewis and Clark Expedition with Related Documents: 1783-1854, 2nd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1978), 175.
2 To assist the reader, the editor of this web page has omitted the date column, merged the “River” columns, and spelled out some abbreviations.

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  • The Lewis and Clark Expedition: Day by Day by Gary E. Moulton (University of Nebraska Press, 2018). The story in prose, 14 May 1804–23 September 1806.
  • The Lewis and Clark Journals: An American Epic of Discovery (abridged) by Gary E. Moulton (University of Nebraska Press, 2003). Selected journal excerpts, 14 May 1804–23 September 1806.
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