Thomas Jefferson told Lewis to look for threats to US sovereignty and send information in ciphered letters. Lewis lived in the White House for two years planning the expedition 📜🗺️
Jefferson sent Lewis to find threats to US sovereignty
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Key facts
- Thomas Jefferson sent Merryweather Lewis with specific instructions
- Jefferson told Lewis to look for anything threatening US sovereignty
- Lewis was instructed to send information in ciphered letters
- Lewis lived in the White House for two years planning the expedition
- The Mandan people were described as fair-skinned, blue-eyed, blonde-haired
- Lewis's journal mentions planning the trip 10 years earlier
- Key figures including William Henry Harrison were at Battle of Fallen Timbers in 1794
Sources
independent.academia.edu
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institutefornaturalphilosophy.org
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