Spring Break
Cushing explores expedition history
By: Pammy Ramji
Issue date: 9/28/04 Section: News
The exhibit includes the first published account of the expedition from David B. Mellor's collection, "A Journal of the Voyage of the Corps of Discovery." Published in 1807, the account refers to the journals of Patrick Gass, the chief carpenter of the expedition.
The exhibit also includes a display of C.O. "Pat" Patterson's private collection of Lewis and Clark material such as contemporary newspaper accounts of the expedition and another important published account of the expedition, known as "Biddles Edition," published in 1814.
"If we were to put the journals together into a book, critics would laugh because the adventures are unbelievable," Patterson said.
Jefferson wanted to publish the journals when the expedition ended, so Lewis hired scientific experts but left out an editor. He was then appointed governor of the Louisiana territory, which included Spanish, French and American tribes that did not get along. Lewis governed the Louisiana territory until he committed suicide in 1809. Clark then hired Nicholas Biddle but by the time he was ready, the War of 1812 broke out, Stumpo said.
"It took longer to publish the journals than it took Lewis and Clark to go 3,000 miles and back," Stumpo said.
The exhibit will be open until February 2005. From Monday through Thursday it will be open from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m., on Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 pm, and on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
The exhibit also includes a display of C.O. "Pat" Patterson's private collection of Lewis and Clark material such as contemporary newspaper accounts of the expedition and another important published account of the expedition, known as "Biddles Edition," published in 1814.
"If we were to put the journals together into a book, critics would laugh because the adventures are unbelievable," Patterson said.
Jefferson wanted to publish the journals when the expedition ended, so Lewis hired scientific experts but left out an editor. He was then appointed governor of the Louisiana territory, which included Spanish, French and American tribes that did not get along. Lewis governed the Louisiana territory until he committed suicide in 1809. Clark then hired Nicholas Biddle but by the time he was ready, the War of 1812 broke out, Stumpo said.
"It took longer to publish the journals than it took Lewis and Clark to go 3,000 miles and back," Stumpo said.
The exhibit will be open until February 2005. From Monday through Thursday it will be open from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m., on Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 pm, and on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
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