Disinformation Alert: Jefferson's Secret Message Regarding the Lewis & Clark Expedition

From the Library of Congress.

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President Thomas Jefferson sent a secret message to Congress on January 18, 1803, asking for “the appropriation of two thousand five hundred dollars, for the purpose of extending the external commerce of the United States.” This money was used to fund the Lewis & Clark expedition. Jefferson made the request in a secret message in order to hide his true intentions from the governments of Spain, France, and Great Britain.

Why the secrecy? Why disguise the nation's true intentions? 

That's worth a discussion. 

- Lewis and Clark Expedition.

- Louisiana Purchase.

- Mississippi Watershed.

- History of the Port of New Orleans.

- Corp of Engineers: History of the Mississippi Valley Division.

- Milestones in the History of U.S. Foreign Relations - 1801- 1829.