Dear Ms. Firebaugh,
Thank you so much for recommending Mr. Crotty's book--in fact, I just
happened to snag it from the Library of Virginia mere weeks ago. What a
treat for the folks around Fincastle, making the history of the expedition
so immediate and accessible! Unfortunately for my purposes, he didn't
happen to unearth journals or newspaper articles with direct bearing on my
project. Ah, well--the search continues!
Thanks again,
--Eric
Eric D. M. Johnson
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Subject: Re: Meriwether Lewis returning through Virginia
> Dear Mr. Johnson:
>
> You might find some helpful information in The Visits of Lewis & Clark to
> Fincastle, Virginia, a book by Gene Crotty, published within the last
year. It
> is available in Roanoke area book stores, I know, and should be available
> through interlibrary loans.
>
> I have not read the book but Mr. Crotty's work is generally quite detailed
> and he uses diaries and other resources to back up his claims. His
working
> knowledge of the subject is very indepth. I recently wrote an article on
Mr.
> Crotty for a local newspaper and was impressed at his scholarship.
>
> Anita J. Firebaugh
> Freelance Writer
> Botetourt County, Virginia
>
>
> In a message dated 5/17/2004 11:59:29 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> [log in to unmask] writes:
> Date: Mon, 17 May 2004 16:15:30 -0400
> From: Eric Johnson <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Meriwether Lewis returning through Virginia
>
> Hi, all--
>
> I've got a research question with which I'm hoping you can help me.
>
> In November/December 1806, Meriwether Lewis made the last leg of his =
> return journey from St. Louis to Washington (Clark was in a different =
> party at that stage), bringing with him among others the Mandan chief =
> Sheheke (or Shahaka), whose name is often translated as Big White or =
> White Coyote. Published documentary evidence shows their return trip =
> should have taken them through Virginia via the Cumberland Gap and up =
> through Abingdon, Botetourt County, Staunton, and Charlottesville.
>
> I'm trying to confirm this route and get any details of those stopovers =
> in towns through Virginia, and after perusing quite a bit of the more =
> widely-published literature (Donald Jackson's Letters of the Lewis & =
> Clark Expedition, the Journals of the expedition, etc.) I've looked over =
> a number of newspapers from the period as indexed by the Virginia =
> Newspaper Project but haven't turned up anything more than an =
> announcement of the expedition's successful return to St. Louis (though =
> I admit I haven't had the chance for a truly exhaustive search).
>
> What I'm wondering is whether anybody has any other suggestions of =
> sources to which I might turn for information about their actual trip =
> through Virginia--particularly, whether there are any manuscript =
> collections or diaries for individuals who lived along that route during =
> the fall and winter of 1806 and so might have recorded observations =
> about the party's passage through their communities. I have done some =
> low-level examination of the National Union Catalog of Manuscript =
> Collections and of the LVA's index to manuscripts, but I thought I would =
> post the question here in case somebody has some direct knowledge of =
> those resources or recommendations they could share with me.
>
> Thank you so much!
>
> All my best,
>
> --Eric
>
> Eric D. M. Johnson
> Proprietor
> The Village Factsmith Historical Consulting & Research
> The Cybernetick Inkwell Web Design & Development
> http://www.factsmith.com/
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