This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Theodosia and Meriwether Lewis Parting and Duty
Meriwether Lewis bids farewell to Theodosia Alston before departing on the Lewis and Clark expedition as Aaron Burr schemes against the western domain. The scene captures their farewell, Lewis’s internal conflict, and Burr’s plotting amid Jefferson’s Louisiana Purchase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meriwether Lewis
Virginia
Lewis
President Jefferson
Washington
Alston
Theodosia
Burr
Aaron Burr
Anthony Merry
Jefferson
Napoleon Bonaparte
Louisiana Purchase
Merry
Senor Yrujo
Yrujo
William Clark
Ohio
Jar’s
West
Iis
Great Britain
Missouri
Louisiana
Louis Wharf
Clark
St. Louis
Theodosia Alston
Chouteau
Colonel Burr
Ginian
Mr. Clark
Meriwether
Captain Lewis
Merne
Shannon
Ile
Meme
Theo
Spain
France
Cruzatte
Labiche
Drouillard
Missouri Dorion
Great River
Yanktonnais
Dorian
Dorion
Wencha