Day-by-Day / August 29, 1803

August 29, 1803

Louisville newspaper leak

Louisville, KY A Louisville newspaper leaks a story that that William Clark and Meriwether Lewis will soon lead an expedition to the Pacific Ocean.

William Clark

by William Ordway Partridge

A very large bust of William Clark

Photo by VIAs Inc. © 2000

On 29 August 1803, a Louisville newspaper printed the following:

An expedition is expected to leave this place shortly, under the direction of Capt. William Clark and Mr. Lewis, (private secretary to the President) to proceed through the immense wilderness of Louisiana to the South or Pacific Ocean.[1]Reprinted in the Philadelphia Aurora, 20 September 1803, page 2.

 

Notes

Notes
↑1 Reprinted in the Philadelphia Aurora, 20 September 1803, page 2.

Discover More

  • The Lewis and Clark Expedition: Day by Day by Gary E. Moulton (University of Nebraska Press, 2018). The story in prose, 14 May 1804–23 September 1806.
  • The Lewis and Clark Journals: An American Epic of Discovery (abridged) by Gary E. Moulton (University of Nebraska Press, 2003). Selected journal excerpts, 14 May 1804–23 September 1806.
  • The Lewis and Clark Journals. by Gary E. Moulton (University of Nebraska Press, 1983–2001). The complete story in 13 volumes.

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Unless otherwise noted, journal excerpts are from The Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, edited by Gary E. Moulton, 13 vols. (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1983-2001).