Letter signed Meriwether Lewis, St. Louis, to Col. Thomas Hunt, Fort Belle Fontain. “The bearers here of a Frenchman and a Molatto wait on you with six horses which I would thank you to direct your blacksmith to shoe. These horses are intended for the expedition I am sending out to discover saltpetre caverns. The horses of Mr. Shannon and Mr. Lewis McFarlane I would also thank you to have shod for them these men find their own horses &c and go on this expedition as volunteers.” (1 page), 1808 June 2

Item — Box: 1, Folder: 10

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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

1808 June 2

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.