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Envisaging the West: Thomas Jefferson and the Roots of Lewis and Clark

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Thomas Jefferson to James Monroe, May 26, 1801 Thomas Jefferson writes to James Monroe of business dealings and then mentions his fear that Spain would cede Louisiana and the Floridas to the French.