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• Subjects: Canada; Indian; Northwest Passage; Orleans; Pacific; St. Louis; Stanton; Northwest passage
• Online Access: http://cdm16921.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/ndbb/id/10124

Even as the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were being written, the visionary Jefferson saw the nation stretching from sea-to-sea, connected by rivers to the Pacific. Exploration of the western rivers had been his desire for more than 20 years. However, he had been unsuccessful in s...