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the Revolutionary War and later expeditions against the Indians and Spaniards. A few letters
relate to the early history of St. Louis, Missouri. Correspondents of George Rogers Clark include
Capt. Brashear, Col. Arthur Campbell, Capt. Dalton, Col. John Floyd, Charles Gratiot, Capt.
Helm, Patrick Henry, Thomas Jefferson, Col. J.M.P. Legras, Fernando de Leyba, Col. Benjamin
Logan, Col. John Montgomery, Lt. John Rogers, Capt. Shannon, Capt. Williams, and Capt.
Worthington.
The papers of William Clark (1770-1838), explorer with Meriwether Lewis, comprise
correspondence with Meriwether Lewis and Thomas Jefferson and journals relating to the
expedition to the Pacific Ocean. Also includes journals Clark kept while serving in the Indian
campaigns under Col. John Hardin and Generals Charles Scott and Anthony Wayne.
Correspondence from 1818 to 1833 relates to his service as superintendent of Indian affairs in St.
Louis. Correspondents include family members and business/political associates: Daniel Clark,
Henry Dearborn, Henry Deringer, John H. Eaton (secretary of war), Rene Jusseaume, Stephen
W. Kearny, Lafayette, James Madison, James Monroe, William Morrison, Benjamin O'Fallon,
Dr. James J. O'Fallon, John O'Fallon, Sylvester Pattie, Prince Paul (of Wurttemburg, Germany),
and Clark's sons Meriwether Lewis and George Rogers Hancock Clark.
Other material in the collection includes Clark's four morocco bound manuscript journals of
the expedition, 1805 April-1806 June, Clark's personal notebook and journal, 1817-1820,
biographical and personal notes of the William Clark family, school notebooks of the children,
and correspondence about the collection.
The John O'Fallon Clark Collection, 1786-1904, which has been added to the papers,
includes papers of the Clark family of Missouri. Includes deeds, land records, and will of
William Clark; correspondence and records of George Rogers Hancock Clark and his
descendants; papers regarding land in Paducah, Kentucky, Jeffersonville, Indiana, and land
surveys; and litigation over Lewis-Clark papers found in St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1953.
This collection also contains a separately housed Mexican War account and memoranda book
of Meriwether Lewis Clark (1809-1881), son of William Clark, recording army pay, allowances
and expenses, supplies and purchases, with ledger of personal family accounts at rear, April
1846-June 1847. He commanded a battalion of volunteer artillery raised at St. Louis in 1846 and
accompanied Doniphan's expedition during the Mexican War.
Indexed in the archives card catalog.
Finding aid available.
Cite as: Clark Family Collection, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A2606
Clark, Joseph Lawrence (1910- ).
Family History Sheet, circa 1934. 1 item [formerly Alphabetical File]
Family history sheet for the Missouri Historical Society filled out by Joseph Lawrence Clark,
Ennis, Texas. Includes genealogical data on his family.
Cite as: Joseph Lawrence Clark Family History Sheet, Missouri History Museum Archives, St.
Louis.
A2607
Clark, Kenneth Louis (1904- ).
Biographical Data Sheets, 1966 Oct 3. 2 items [formerly Alphabetical File]
Biographical data sheet and family history sheet for the Missouri Historical Society filled out
by Kenneth Louis Clark, 7808 Page, Pagedale, St. Louis County, Missouri. Includes genealogical
data on his family.