Observations on Proposed Western Expedition, 1793 January 20, Philadelphia, [Pennsylvania].

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Observations on Proposed Western Expedition, 1793 January 20, Philadelphia, [Pennsylvania].

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Prefers undertaking voyage at his expense in order to act more freely; asks for 3600 pounds in advance; asks for letters of introduction for negotiations in Illinois and with Indian chiefs; all geographic observations and information will be communicated to the Philosophical Society; other discoveries in natural history will be for his immediate profit and for the general good; will not undertake voyage until after ordering his affairs in Carolina and the reception of letters from Charleston.

2 p. on 1 leaf ; 24 cm. x 20 cm.

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