While Lewis is in Washington City, his Harpers Ferry Armory shipment is refused because it weighs too much for the teamster’s wagon. In early July, he will report the problem to President Jefferson.
Shenandoah Ferry c. 1890
Photo from Meriwether Lewis at Harpers Ferry, National Park Service (HF-232).
Shipment Refused
12. O,Clock.
Harper’s Ferry July 8th. 1803.Dear Sir [Thomas Jefferson]:
The waggon which was employed by Mr. Linnard the Military Agent at Philadelphia, to transport the articles forming my outfit, passed this place on the 28th. Ulto.—the waggoner determined that his team was not sufficiently strong to take the whole of the articles that had been prepared for me at this place and therefore took none of them;
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Your friend & Obt. Servt.
Meriwether Lewis[1]Meriwether Lewis to Thomas Jefferson, Founders Online, National Archives, founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-40-02-0521 accessed 10 June 2022. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas … Continue reading
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Notes
| ↑1 | Meriwether Lewis to Thomas Jefferson, Founders Online, National Archives, founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-40-02-0521 accessed 10 June 2022. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 40, 4 March–10 July 1803, ed. Barbara B. Oberg. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2013, pp. 680–681.] |
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