![]() ![]() Later, Spain declines to issue Lewis a passport. December 2 Spanish minister Irujo writes to Madrid, says Jefferson asked him if Spain would object to a scientific expedition up the Missouri River.November 21 Secretary of Treasury, Albert Gallatin letter received by Jefferson, advising him to make a secret request to Congress to fund the Expedition, rather than a part of his annual message to Congress.Summer or Fall 1802 Jefferson informs Lewis that he would be in command of an Expedition to the Pacific.August 10-25 Benjamin Smith Barton, Philadelphia physician, naturalist, and botany professor, visits Jefferson is NOT told about the proposed expedition.June 21 Jefferson orders Mackenzie’s book and Arrowsmith’s latest map of North America from James Cheetham of New York.January 8 Caspar Wistar, Philadelphia physician, anatomist, and paleontologist, writes to Jefferson, drawing his attention to Mackenzie’s Voyages. ![]() ![]()
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