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Expedition place · August 30, 1803

Ohio River

1 journal entry · Recorded by Meriwether Lewis

NPS High Potential Historic Site: Forks of the Ohio · National Historic Landmark

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August 1803

Aug 30 Meriwether Lewis: August 30, 1803 Meriwether Lewis “August 30th 1803. Left Pittsburgh this day at 11 oclock with a party of 11 hands 7 of which are soldiers, a…”

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