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…a most consequential friendship

Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. Lewis had served in the Army under Clark's command in the late 1790s.

Washington, June 19, 1803 1

Dear Clark,

During the last session of Congress a law was passed making an appropriation for exploring the interior of the continent of North America, and in consequence I have been engaged in making the necessary preparations.

A small portion of Lewis’s letter. He wrote on both front and back, cre…

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