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January 18 – Jefferson’s Secret Message to Congress
by Darren Cole on January 18, 2011
Jefferson`s Secret Message to Congress Regarding the Lewis and Clark Expedition, Page 3
President Thomas Jefferson`s Confidential Message to Congress... 01/18/1803 (Page 2 of 4)
President Thomas Jefferson`s Confidential Message to Congress... 01/18/1803 (Page 4 of 4)
President Thomas Jefferson's confidential message to Congress concerning relations with the Indians, January, 18, 1803 (ARC ID 595298); Record Group 233, Records of the United States House of Representatives, HR 7A-D1; National Archives. Persistent URL: arcweb.archives.gov/arc/action/ExternalIdSearch?id=595298
In this secret message of January 18, 1803, President Jefferson asked Congress for $2,500 to explore the West–all the way to the Pacific Ocean. At the time, the territory did not belong to the United States. Congress agreed to fund the expedition that would be led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark.
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TAGS 1803-01-18, Congress, indians, January 18, January 18 1803, Jeffersons Secret Message to Congress, Lewis and Clark, Louisiana Purchase, Native Americans, Thomas Jefferson, westward expansion
