Day-by-Day / October 14, 1803

October 14, 1803

Louisville arrival

According to a Lexington, Kentucky newspaper article, Meriwether Lewis arrives with his crew and boats at the Louisville port above the Falls of the Ohio. William Clark is likely there to meet him.

The Partnership Begins

by Michael Haynes

painting of uniformed Lewis shaking hands with Clark dressed in gentleman's clothes

© Michael Haynes, https://www.mhaynesart.com. Used with permission.

The Kentucky Gazette

newspaper clipping transcribed on this page

Courtesy the Filson Historical Society, Louisville.

For a transcription, see on this page “News of Lewis’s Arrival.”

News of Lewis’s Arrival

LOUISVILLE, October 15

Captain Lewis arrived at this port on Friday last. We are informed that he has brought barges &c on a new construction, that can be taken in pieces for the purpose of passing carrying-places; and that he and captain Clark will start in a few days on their expedition to the Westward.[1]The Kentucky Gazette, Lexington, 1 November 1803.

The ‘barges &c” are the barge (called boat, barge, and bateau but never keelboat) and the iron-framed boat.

 

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Notes

Notes
↑1 The Kentucky Gazette, Lexington, 1 November 1803.

Discover More

  • 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.
  • The Lewis and Clark Journals. by Gary E. Moulton (University of Nebraska Press, 1983–2001). The complete story in 13 volumes.

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