Day-by-Day / February 23, 1804

February 23, 1804

Orders for blacksmiths

Winter Camp at Wood River, IL Little is recorded about the day other than reporting that the weather is clear and cold. Likely, the blacksmiths continue the work assigned to them recently by Lewis.

Orders for Blacksmiths

Detachment Orders
Camp River Dubois, Febr. 20th 1804

. . . .

The Blacksmiths will also continue their work untill they have completed the [articles?] contained in the memorandam with which I have furnished them, and during the time they are at work will recieve each an extra gill of whiskey pr. day and be exempt from guard duty; when the work is completed they will return to camp and do duty in common with the detatcment.—

. . . .

Meriwether Lewis Capt.
1st U. S. Regt. Infty.

Weather Diary

Therm at sun symbol rise weather wind Therm at 4 Oclk weather wind rise & fall inchs
6 above 0 fair N W 24 above 0 N W fair 1

[river] fall in the evening ½ Inch
William Clark and Meriwether Lewis[1]Moulton, Journals, 2:176–77. To assist the reader, the editor of this web page has omitted the “day of month 1804” and “River feet” columns and spelled out most … Continue reading

 

Notes

Notes
1 Moulton, Journals, 2:176–77. To assist the reader, the editor of this web page has omitted the “day of month 1804” and “River feet” columns and spelled out most abbreviations.

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