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

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Thomas Jefferson to William Short, March 12, 1791 Tensions with European powers create worries for Thomas Jefferson as he writes to William Short with concerns over the navigation of the Mississippi.