Series: 2 M (Volume 2)
Scope and Content Note: Mainly additional papers, 1777 1793, of the elder William Clark, including correspondence; land survey notes; records pertaining to Clarksville, Indiana; and a few estate records after his death. Correspondents include John Armstrong, Abraham Chapline, Benjamin Clark, Andrew Heth, William Leas, James O'Fallon, John Rogers, Richard Terrell, John Thruston and George Walls. A few papers, 1814-1822, of the younger William Clark relate to midwestern Indian affairs. The majority are messages delivered in 1815 to representatives of the Chippewa, Kickapoo, Menominee, Potawatomi, and Sauk and Fox tribes signed by Clark, Auguste Chouteau, and Ninian Edwards, governor of Illinois Territory.