Extract from James P. Ronda
| 2000 |
Out of his own hopes and fears, his travels and reading, Jefferson invented an uniquely American West … In their maps and in their minds, by what they did and what they wrote, Lewis and Clark imprinted Jefferson’s western vision on a westering nation.
Published in James P. Ronda, Jefferson’s West: A Journey with Lewis and Clark (Charlottesville, 2000), 11, 73.
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January 1, 2000 to December 31, 2000
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Quotes by and about Thomas Jefferson
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Jefferson’s West
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