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| Keywords: List of Indian Presents Purchased by Meriwether Lewis in Preparation for the Expedition to the West - NARA - 300353.tif Scope and content In a secret message to Congress dated January 18 1803 President Thomas Jefferson asked for 2 500 to explore lands west to the Pacific Jefferson worked closely with Lewis co-commander of the expedition to ensure that he was well-prepared to anticipate the party's needs While the party ran out of such luxuries as whiskey tobacco and salt they had plenty of rifles powder paper and ink General notes Box 560A Exhibit History American Originals December 1996 - December 1997 National Archives Washington DC Exhibit No 624 0116 300353 Local identifier War Department Office of the Quartermaster General 1842 - 1912 Most Recent <br /> War Department Office of the Secretary 1789 - 09/18/1947 Predecessor Archives I Reference Section Textual Archives Services Division NWCT1R National Archives Building 7th and Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington DC 20408 1803 Record group Record Group 92 Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General 1774 - 1985 Record group ARC 421 Consolidated Correspondence Files compiled 1794 - 1890 Series ARC 300350 File unit File unit ARC Variant control numbers NAIL Control Number NWCTB-92-NM81E225-LEWIS3<br /> NAIL Control Number NWDT1-92-NM81E225-LEWIS3 yes Other versions <gallery> File List_of_Indian_Presents_Purchased_by_Meriwether_Lewis_in_Preparation_for_the_Expedition_to_the_West_-_NARA_-_300353 tif tif File List_of_Indian_Presents_Purchased_by_Meriwether_Lewis_in_Preparation_for_the_Expedition_to_the_West_-_NARA_-_300353 jpg jpg </gallery> NARA-cooperation PD-USGov 1803 in the United States Meriwether Lewis NARA TIF images with categorized JPGs | ||||