Manuscript/Mixed Material Thomas Jefferson to Meriwether Lewis, June 20, 1803, Instructions
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Image 1 of Thomas Jefferson to Meriwether Lewis, June 20, 1803, Instructions Thomas Jefferson's Instructions to Meriwether Lewis [ante June 20 1803] To Meriwether Lewis esq. Capt. of the 1st. regimt, of Infantry of the US. of A. Your situation as Secretary of the…
- Date: 1803-06-20
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Image 2 of Thomas Jefferson to Meriwether Lewis, June 20, 1803, Instructions latitude and longitude of the places at which they were taken, and are to be rendered to the war office for the purpose of having the calculations made concurrently by proper persons…
- Date: 1803-06-20
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Image 3 of Thomas Jefferson to Meriwether Lewis, June 20, 1803, Instructions gulph of California, are understood to be the principal streams heading opposite to the waters of the Missouri, and running Southwardly. Whether the dividing grounds between the Missouri & them are mountains…
- Date: 1803-06-20
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Image 4 of Thomas Jefferson to Meriwether Lewis, June 20, 1803, Instructions these means to communicate to us, at seasonable intervals, a copy of your journal, notes & observations, of every kind, putting into cypher whatever might do injury if betrayed. Should you reach…
- Date: 1803-06-20