[roman] | Word or phrase supplied or corrected. |
[roman?] | Conjectural reading of the original. |
[italics] | Editor's remarks within a document. |
[Ed: italics] | Editor's remarks that might be confused with EC, ML, NB, WC, or X. |
[EC: italics] | Elliott Coues's emendations of interlineations. |
[ML: italics] | Meriwether Lewis's emendations or interlineations. |
[NB: italics] | Nicholas Biddle's emendations or interlineations. |
[WC: italics] | William Clark's emendations or interlineations. |
[X: italics] | Emendations or interlineations of the unknown or an unidentified person. |
〈roman〉 | Word or phrase deleted by the writer and restored by the editor. |
α | Alpha |
∠ | Angle |
☽ | Moon symbol |
☞ | Pointing hand |
★ | Star |
☉ | Sun symbol |
♍ | Virgo |
Altd., alds. | altitude, altitudes |
Apt. T. | apparent time |
d. | degree |
do. | ditto |
h. | hour |
id., isd. | island |
L. L. | lower limb |
L., Larb., Lard., Lbd., or Ld.S. | larboard (or left) side |
Lad., Latd. | latitude |
Longtd. | longitude |
m., mts. | minute, minutes |
M. T. | mean time |
mes., mls., ms. | miles |
obstn. | observation |
opsd. | opposite |
pd., psd. | passed |
pt. | point |
qde., quadt., qudt. | quadrant |
qtr., qutr. | quarter |
s. | second |
S., St., Star., Starbd., Stb, or Stbd. S. | starboard (or right) side |
sext., sextn., sextt. | sextant |
U. L. | upper limb |
Note: abbreviations in weather entries are explained at the presentation of the first weather data, following the entry of January 31, 1804.