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Contents Preface ix Evaluating and Interpreting Primary Documents xi Historical Introduction xv Chronology xxxi Acknowledgments xliii Chapter 1 Thomas Jefferson and the American West 1 1. Letter from Thomas Jefferson to General George Rogers Clark (December 4, 1783) 3 2. Letter from General George Rogers Clark to Thomas Jefferson (February 8, 1784) 5 3. Letter from Thomas Jefferson to Marquis de Lafayette (February 9, 1786) 7 4. Letter from Thomas Jefferson to Richard Claiborne (August 7, 1787) 9 5. Letter from Thomas Jefferson to George Washington (January 22, 1793) 10 6. Letter from George Washington to Thomas Jefferson (January 22, 1793) 12 7. American Philosophical Society’s Instructions to Andre Michaux (January 23, 1793) 13 8. Thomas Jefferson to Meriwether Lewis (February 23, 1801) 16 9. Letter from Thomas Jefferson to General James Wilkinson (February 23, 1801) 17 10. Letter from Meriwether Lewis to Thomas Jefferson (March 10, 1801) 19 11. Letter from Thomas Jefferson to Robert Livingston (April 18, 1802) 20 12. Letter from General George Rogers Clark to Thomas Jefferson (December 12, 1802) 24 Chapter 2 Preparation for the Expedition West 27 13. Meriwether Lewis: Estimated Costs of Missouri River Expedition (January 1803) 29 14. Jefferson’s Secret Message to Congress (January 18, 1803) 30 15. Letter from Meriwether Lewis to Thomas Jefferson (April 20, 1803) 33 16. Letter from Dr. Benjamin Rush to Thomas Jefferson Containing His Instructions to Meriwether Lewis (June 11, 1803) 37 17. Supplies Ordered by Meriwether Lewis for the Expedition (Spring 1803) 39 18. Letter from Thomas Jefferson to Meriwether Lewis (June 20, 1803) 42