[1] The second half of Maley’s journal as housed at Yale contains his writings on three trading expeditions, taking place between 1811 and 1813, up the Red River from Natchitoches (Nackitosh) through the interior of Louisiana and North Texas.
[3] The existence of the first half of the journal was unknown until Southern Methodist University acquired it in 2012 from Michael Brown Rare Books, LLC, in Philadelphia.
An Account of Four Years Travels 1808-1812 recounts Maley's journeys through present-day Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas and Louisiana.
The journal includes Maley's descriptions of agriculture, mines and mineral deposits, as well as the inhabitants of settlers’ villages and Native American camps.
William H. Goetzmann writes in Exploration and Empire: “My account of Maley’s incredible and hitherto unknown adventures is based on his own manuscript journal, purchased for Yale by Professor Benjamin Silliman.