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President Jefferson needed Lewis and Clark to map the Louisiana Territory and to explore it.
Thomas Jefferson hired Lewis & Clark to explore the west.
President Thomas Jefferson commissioned the Lewis and Clark expedition, not long after he bought the Louisiana territory from Napoleon.
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Thomas Jefferson had dreamed of exploring the West for at least 20 years before he even became President. In 1783 he had asked William Clark's brother, George Rogers Clark, to take on the challenge. George Rogers Clark was a well-known Revolutionary War hero, and Jefferson felt he was very suitable for the task. George politely declined however, and Jefferson though such an expedition would never get off the drawing table, but that all changed after purchasing the Louisiana territory years later.
In a way, yes. They're notes are probably not as detailed as Jefferson would've liked them to be, but their information was vital to those who wished to move west.
President Jefferson needed Lewis and Clark to map the Louisiana Territory and to explore it.
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president Jefferson send Lewis and Clark on an expedition to the west because president Jefferson wanted to learn as much as he can he could about the land (Louisiana) he bought.
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Lewis and Clark kept journals so that they could report their discoveries to President Jefferson. At the time, Jefferson had just bout the Louisiana Territory and he needed to know what was over there. He chose Lewis, who was his personal secretary to go on an expedition and Lewis chose Clark to accompany him and be his second in command. They basically just needed to write down everything that would have been useful for president Jefferson.
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