Washington, DC The committee considering President Jefferson‘s confidential request of 18 January, recommends splitting it into two bills, one to establish trading houses and the other to appropriate $2500 to fund the expedition.
Early Pipe Tomahawk
From the private collection of Peyton “Bud” Clark.
The pipe tomahawk was a popular item in the North American trade. The Lewis and Clark Expedition would bring several made at Harpers Ferry.
Committee Recommendation
Mr. NICHOLAS, from the committee to whom was referred, on the 20th instant, the Message of the President of the United States of the 18th, reported, in part that an act, entitled “An act for establishing trading-houses with the Indian tribes,” ought to be revived and continued in force; and the report was agreed to; and
Ordered, That it be recommitted to the same committee, with leave to report by bill or otherwise.[1]Annals of Congress of the United States, 7th Congress, 2nd Session (Washington: Gales and Seaton, 1851) 12:32 retrieved from … Continue reading
Notes
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