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Meriwether Lewis Sets Out for the Western Trail to the West
Jefferson urges Lewis to explore the Louisiana Purchase region while Burr and Yrujo conspire. The article details Lewis’s departure from Washington with minimal fanfare, his mission, and Jefferson’s grand vision of westward expansion, including a map filled with future hopes.
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Jefferson
Napoleon Bonaparte
Louisiana Purchase
Lewis
Merry
Senor Yrujo
Burr
Yrujo
Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Amelias
Mr. Jefferson
Bonaparte
Kentucky
Meriwether Lewis
Congress
Virginia
Ilava
Tain Lewis
Frere
Potomac
Ft. Ban
Eady
Harpers Ae
United States
Lfe
Pittsburgh
Lis
Ile
Mrs. Alston
Meriwether
England
Spain
Bowie Bly
Republic
Pheodosia
Wenuog
Lidni Goldier
Tim Wed &Ahaeersy
Dreignéra
Pellmell
Senate
Madison
Adams
Philadelphia
Dayton
Broughton
Vancouver
Colw River
Columbia
Mount Hood
Stony Mountains