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JuneAugust 1803 - Washington to Pittsburgh - Undaunted Courage ...  Jefferson bought the idea; in his final instructions he ordered Lewis to learn ... He wanted to know more about the Spanish posts in Louisiana and the British activities along the Missouri River. .... On June 19, Lewis had written to William Clark. ..... partake of the dangers, difficulties, and fatigues, and I anticipate the honors...
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Original Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804-1806  1:1.4-. XVI. Lewis invites Clark toioin him. Washington, June 19. 1803. :>2.6 ..... [he] Returnd erley in the morning Killed one Deer ouer ..... hear ondley along the River Banks "in places, passed Sam bad ... honor] for him which will pleas the Indianes, passed the ... fatigues of this enterprise with the said officers; consists of.
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Lewis and Clark - Facts & Summary - HISTORY.com  Meriwether Lewis was an American explorer, who with William Clark led the Lewis and Clark ... He later served as governor of Upper Louisiana Territory. ... in the area increased with purchase of the Louisiana Territory from France in 1803. ... Along the way, Lewis kept a detailed journal and collected samples of plants and...
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William Clark, Lewis and Clark, Social Studies, Glencoe  Lewis chose William Clark, whom Lewis had served under for six months while on army ... Indiana Territory, when he received Lewis's invitation to join the expedition. ... and partake of the dangers, difficulties, and fatigues, and I anticipate the honors ... This is an undertaking [fraught] with many difeculties, but My friend I do...
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William Clark - Lewis & Clark National Historic Trail (U.S. National ...  ... command for the 1803 Expedition, however, it wasn't the eldest Clark brother he sought as ... those circumstances in this enterprise, it's fatigues, it's dangers and it's honors, believe me ... William Clark also left his mark along the Trail.
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Chapter II - Slavery and Escape - Robinson Crusoe - Daniel Defoe ...  This was the only voyage which I may say was successful in all my adventures, ... I took delight to learn; and, in a word, this voyage made me both a sailor and a ... being thrown into a violent calenture by the excessive heat of the climate; our ... Here I meditated nothing but my escape, and what method I might take to effect it,...
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Stephen Decatur - Wikipedia  Stephen Decatur, Jr. (January 5, 1779  March 22, 1820) was a United States naval officer and commodore notable for his naval victories in .... President Jefferson, known for his aversion to standing armies and the navy, ...... At a social gathering in April 1816, Decatur uttered an after-dinner toast that would become famous:.
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II, 14 December 1799  II, 14 December 1799. ... The last illness and Death of General Washington ... In the evening the Papers were brought from the Post Office, and he sat in ... I found the General breathing with difficulty, and hardly able to utter a word intelligibly. .... Doctor, I die hard; but I am not afraid to go, I beleived from my first attack, that I...
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A History of The Nations and Empires Involved and a Study by ...  two months' time without an emperor or an army, and in a few ... out with his son at the head of the army, full of high hopes of ... after Napoleon left Paris, had brought his power to the verge of .... seriously wounded that he was obliged to surrender the chief ...... The career of William II soon became one of much interest and
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YOUNGER SON  It had been a hot day, a longausty ride, the Prince was thirsty. A brandy ... many of the horses were proud and fine. ...... Washington Irving's squire were far remoter from the ..... the bad system of latifondo there can be broken down. ..... a question of blind chance. I am sure the men who succeeded were not better, in character.
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George Rogers Clark - Wikipedia  George Rogers Clark (November 19, 1752  February 13, 1818) was a surveyor, soldier, and ... Because the British ceded the entire Northwest Territory to the United States in the 1783 Treaty of Paris, Clark has often .... In August 1780 Clark led a retaliatory force that won a victory at the Shawnee village of Peckuwe, the...
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Tantor Media - William Bligh  Taking command of the H.M.S. Bounty in 1787, he was commissioned to sail to Tahiti ... Alleged harsh treatment of his crew resulted in a mutiny in April 1789. Bligh and eighteen loyal crew members were set adrift in an open boat and through ... En route, Bligh charted part of the northeast coast of New Holland (Australia).
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INTRODUCTION - Collazo Farm  Among the things these people planned was an expedition up the Missouri River ... In 1792, Jefferson had already started his quest to map and explore the lands ... the mission of Meriwether Lewis and ultimately the Lewis and Clark Expedition. ..... Corps of Engineer Contributions: On May 21, 1804 "The Corps of Discovery"...
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Lewis And Clark Expedition | HistoryNet  Merriweather Lewis: October 11, 1809; William Clark: September 1, 1838 ... Co-commanders of the Corps of Discovery ... send an exploratory expedition west so he appointed his own private secretary, Meriwether Lewis as a ... previously a captain in the 1st Infantry, and William Clark, now a second lieutenant in the artillery,...
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a word for whymper: a reply to sir arnold lunn - Alpine Journal  RECENT book by Sir Arnold Lunn, Matterhorn Centenary,1 has afforded him the ... Mr. Ronald Clark has recently shown (The Day the Rope Broke) that we cannot say that .... the Tennysons and the famous surgeon, Sir Jonathan Hutchinson, to name no ... close climbing friends and no doubt Moore was on closer terms \Vith.
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Lewis and Clark . Inside the Corps . The Corps . William Clark | PBS  Captain William Clark, the red-haired co-captain of the Corps of Discovery, was born on August 1, 1770, the sixth ... Clark began his military career at age 19 when he joined the Kentucky Militia. He later joined the regular army and was promoted to lieutenant. ... Ensign Meriwether Lewis was among men assigned to Clark.
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William Clark - Wikipedia  William Clark (August 1, 1770  September 1, 1838) was an American explorer, soldier, Indian ... Along with Meriwether Lewis, Clark helped lead the Lewis and Clark ... From 1822 until his death in 1838, he served as Superintendent of Indian ... St. Clair, governor of the Northwest Territory, as a captain in the Clarksville,...
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Zebulon Pike: Hard-Luck Explorer by Bob Moore  On returning from his Mississippi River Expedition Pike described, in another letter, his men as being ... In the summer of 1805, Wilkinson gave Pike the difficult assignment of conducting a reconnaissance of the upper Mississippi River. .... Pike sent back two relief parties to bring up the three scattered men left behind with...
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The American crisis. Number V. Addressed to General Sir William ...  The moment he obtains a conquest he loses a subject, and, like the foolish King .... The utmost hope of America in the year se|venty-six reached no higher than that .... It shews him to be coming a little to his reason, for sense of pain is the first symptom of recovery in profound stupefactions. .... YORK-TOWN, March 18, 1778.
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Lewis and Clark Expedition Facts: Military Members of the Corps  Lewis, Meriwether. Captain. Named governor of Louisiana Territory, the Louisiana Purchase lands beyond the ... Governor of Missouri Territory 1813-1820, he failed to be elected the first ... After visiting his home state of New Hampshire, settled in Missouri. ... Clark thought the one-eyed fiddle player was dead by 1825-1828.
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Gateway to the Classics: Historical Tales: English by Charles Morris  The year 1805 was one of threatening peril to England. ... "In honor I gained them, and in honor I will die with them," he had said on a previous occasion. ... [343] "This is too warm work, Hardy, to last," said Nelson, with a smile, as a splinter .... And take care of my dear Lady Hamilton, Hardy; take care of poor Lady Hamilton.