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44 44 REUBEN GOLD THWAITES. (2) The other map was forwarded by Mr Vaughan to M r Hafsler, who in his letter dated Aug. 12. 1810 at Schenectady mentioned the receipt of it. (3) The documents for D r Barton, were delivered to him immedi- ately after my arrival in Phil a Not having received any list of them from Gov r Clark I of course took none from D r Barton, and as I was merely the bearer of them, my recollection is not as accurate as it would have been had they fallen more immediately under my examina- tion. My imprefsion however is that the packet for D r Barton consisted of small manuscript books & some papers. The books were chiefly extracts relative to objects of natural history taken from the original Journal now deposited with the Committee. The papers were Indian vocabularies, collected during the journey. They formed, I think, a bundle of loose sheets each sheet containing a printed vocabulary in English with the corresponding Indian name in manuscript. There was also another collection of Indian vocabularies, which, if I am not mistaken, was in the handwriting of Mr Jefferson.' 27 I have turned to my letter to Governor Clark dated July 7, 1810, the first to him after my arrival at Phila, i n hopes of finding some further partculars, but the letter merely states in general terms "I need not say that I arrived safe at this plaae that the map was immediately forwarded to Mr Hafsler, and that D r Barton received all his papers." In the preface to the printed travels which, being published in Phil a whilst D r Barton was there, must be presumed to have been correct it is stated that "those parts of the work which relate to the various objects of natural history observed or collected during the journey, as well as the alphabets of the Indian languages are in the hands of Pro- fefsor Barton, and will it is understood, shortly appear. " This was in 1814. I have mentioned these particulars fo minutely because the descrip- tion may perhaps enable some of the Committee to recognize the vocab- ularies, which I incline to think were the only things delivered by me to D r Barton not included in the volumes now deposited. (4) The journal of Serjeant Ordway was I believe a private pur- chase from that person. Governor Clark in his letter to me of the 24 Jany. 1818 desires me to send it to him. (5) The Journals of Mefs Lewis & Clark from the beginning to the end of the journey are contained in the 14 volumes, all of which are 27 Several copies of the Indian vocabulary blank prepared by Jefferson are in the possession of the American Philosophical Society, having been presented by him in October, 1820. It consists of a sheet 7f by 19J inches, printed on both sides although there are some which were printed on butonesideof a sheet twice this width, the two pages standing side by side. Those filled out represent, among others, the Miami, Micmac, Shawnee, Chippewa, and Lenape languages, while several are still blank. In the collection are none which appear to have emanated from the Lewis and Clark expedition.