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Lewis and Clark return from their historic journey...
Lewis and Clark return from their historic journey...
Item # 702423
November 05, 1806
CONNECTICUT COURANT, Hartford, Nov. 5, 1806
* Lewis and Clark Expedition letter
* Safe return - homeward bound
Page 2 begins with a notable report on the arrival of Lewis and Clark in St. Louis, after their 2-1/2 year expedition.
It begins: "It is, with the sincerest pleasure, that we announce to our fellow citizens, the arrival of CAPTAIN LEWIS, with his exploring party, at St. Lewis [sic]. The President has received a letter from him dated at St. Lewis, September 23, at which place himself, Captain Clarke and their party arrived that day..."
with much more on their exploration.
The front page has a detailed notice concerning the sale of land in Northern Pennsylvania and South New York.
Four pages, nice condition.
history notes: In October 1806, the Lewis and Clark Expedition completed its monumental journey and returned to St. Louis, Missouri. After more than two years of exploration, having traveled thousands of miles across the uncharted western territories of the Louisiana Purchase, the expedition arrived on September 23, 1806, though official records often reference October as the time they fully reintegrated and reported their findings. Meriwether Lewis and William Clark brought back detailed maps, scientific observations, and ethnographic notes on numerous Native American tribes, as well as specimens of plants and animals previously unknown to European Americans. Their return marked a major achievement in the U.S. effort to understand and expand into the western frontier, providing invaluable geographic, natural, and cultural knowledge that would shape American expansion for decades.
Category: Pre-Civil War
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