Letter signed Meriwether Lewis, City of Washington, to Dr. John Thornton Gilmer, Elbert Court House, Georgia. Letter of introduction for Dr. Ewell, a young gentleman who has expressed his intention of visiting the State of Georgia to possibly make some part of it his permanent residence. “I feel my situation in the President’s family an extremely pleasent one. I very little expected that I possessed the confidence of Mr. Jefferson in so far as to have produced on his part, a voluntary offer of the office of his private secretary—however nothing is extraordinary in these days of revolution and reform.” (2 pages, transcript included), 1801 June 18

Item — Box: 1, Folder: 7

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Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The Meriwether Lewis Papers is an artificial, or subject-based, collection gathered to record the Lewis and Clark Expedition. During the re-processing of the Meriwether Lewis Collection in 1999, several items were removed from the collection and returned to the archival collection in which they originally belonged. (Please consult the separation record at the end of this finding aid.)

Dates

1801 June 18

Conditions Governing Access

The Missouri Historical Society asks researchers to assist in the preservation of the collection by using either the microfilm or the published versions of documents at all times. Permission to access the original documents in the Meriwether Lewis Papers must be obtained from a member of the archives staff.