On this day, Meriwether Lewis pays more bills: one bill of exchange to Pvt. George Gibson, and two more for St. Louis merchants Thomas Reddick and James Martin.
Bill of Exchange for Thomas F. Riddick
U.S. National Archives.
More Bills
Saint Louis October 13th. 1806
Sir
My Bill of Exchange No. 97 of this date in favor of Thomas F. Riddick or order, for the Sum of seventytwo Dollars and seventythree Cents is on account of that sum delivered me in Specie, and which when paid will be charged to me on the faith of my final settlement with the party who accompanied me to the Pacific Ocean.
I have the honor to be with due
Consideration
Your obt. Servt.Meriwether Lewis Capt.
1st U.S, Regt. Infty.[1]National Archives Catalog, Record Group 107: Records of the Secretary of War, Unregistered Letters Received, 1805 THRU 1807, L-MISC-1806, catalog.archives.gov/id/450641036, accessed 21 Dec 2025.
Also paid on this day:
- No. 95: James Martin for $309.00
- No. 96 George Gibson for $40.65
Thomas Riddick left Virginia for St. Louis in 1804 where he held several civil offices. In April 1807, he and his partner Alexander McNair purchased two bonds from expedition interpreter George Drouillard promising them ownership of the land grants to be given to privates Joseph Whitehouse and John Collins. For that bond, see October 8, 1806. [2]Letters of the Lewis and Clark Expedition with Related Documents: 1783–1854, ed. Donald Jackson (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1978), 3:44–45.
Notes
| ↑1 | National Archives Catalog, Record Group 107: Records of the Secretary of War, Unregistered Letters Received, 1805 THRU 1807, L-MISC-1806, catalog.archives.gov/id/450641036, accessed 21 Dec 2025. |
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| ↑2 | Letters of the Lewis and Clark Expedition with Related Documents: 1783–1854, ed. Donald Jackson (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1978), 3:44–45. |
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