History of the United States I / Unit 11 USH1 1503 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Corps of Discovery
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The idea
Jefferson appointed his friend and personal secretary, the twenty-nine-year-old army captain Meriwether Lewis, who chose William Clark.
In practice
Clark having once been Lewis's commanding officer, now serving under him.
Where people slip
Thirty-three frontiersmen, boatmen and hunters made up the party that set off in May eighteen oh four.
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