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Original journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804-1806

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1806

Message | from the | President of the United States, | containing his |
Communication | to | both houses of Congress, | at the commencement
| of the Second Session of the Ninth Congress. | 2d December,
1806. | Printed by Order of the Senate. |

Washington City: | Printed by Duane & Son. | 1806. |

8vo; title, verso blank; text, pp. [3]–12. In this message Jefferson refers
incidentally to Lewis and Clark, and mentions that "they have traced the
Missouri nearly to its source."