Louisiana Purchase and Lewis & Clark Primary Sources

Louisiana Purchase and Lewis & Clark Primary Sources

Historical documents. What clues can you gather about the time, place, players, and culture?

First Black Republic

Toussaint Louverture's Haitian Constitution of 1801

Jefferson's Instructions

Thomas Jefferson's instructions to Meriwether Lewis for organizing the Voyage of Discovery

Necessities

Meriwether Lewis' packing list for the Voyage of Discovery

The Treaty

Here's the full text of the treaty that doubled the size of the United States, along with an entire learning guide devoted to the discussion of it.