(LEWIS CLARK) Volume of The Repertory a Boston newspaper wi

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(LEWIS & CLARK.) Volume of "The Repertory," a Boston newspaper, with news of the expedition. 94 [of 104] bi-weekly issues, each 4 pages, in one volume. Folio, 19 x 13 inches, contemporary ½ calf over marbled boards, moderate wear; moderate wear and toning to contents, dampstaining to a few issues; name of subscriber D.A. Poor inscribed above mastheads, 20th-century owner's tag on front board. Boston, 3 January to 30 December 1806

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The 7 March issue includes President Jefferson's report on the April 1805 letter from Captain Lewis, the last report from the westward leg. The news took nearly 11 months to make its way down the wild Missouri, across the country to Washington, and then up to Boston.

The 12 December 1806 issue includes President Jefferson's State of the Union address on the Lewis and Clark expedition: "The expedition of Messrs. Lewis and Clarke . . . has had all the success which could have been expected . . . and their brave companions have, by this arduous service, deserved well of their country."