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| Keywords: u.s. national archives usnationalarchives today's document todaysdocument nara:arcid=595298 january january 18, 1803 january181803 01/18/1803 01181803 january 18 january18 hand written handwritten confidential thomas jefferson thomasjefferson jefferson text writing document monochrome texture Original Caption:President Thomas Jefferson's Confidential Message to Congress Concerning Relations with the Indians and Proposing an Expedition to Explore Across the Continent to the Western Ocean , 01/18/1803. Jefferson delivered this confidential message to Congress for "the purpose of extending the external commerce of the United States." He asked for an appropriation of $2,500 to send "an intelligent officer, with ten or twelve chosen men" to explore an easy line of communication across the continent. The exploration became the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Production Date: January 1, 1803 From: ; 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=306698 Access Restrictions: Unrestricted Use Restrictions: Unrestricted Original Caption:President Thomas Jefferson's Confidential Message to Congress Concerning Relations with the Indians and Proposing an Expedition to Explore Across the Continent to the Western Ocean , 01/18/1803. Jefferson delivered this confidential message to Congress for "the purpose of extending the external commerce of the United States." He asked for an appropriation of $2,500 to send "an intelligent officer, with ten or twelve chosen men" to explore an easy line of communication across the continent. The exploration became the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Production Date: January 1, 1803 From: ; 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=306698 Access Restrictions: Unrestricted Use Restrictions: Unrestricted | ||||
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