flying pigs and Worms lots and lots of worms
lion and tiger
Lewis and Clark Expedition (1803-06) 1.) Before Lewis met up with Clark, he began the expedition on August 30, 1803 in Pittsburgh PA. Lt. William Clark would offer to join Lewis on the expedition weeks later on October 13, 1803 at Camp Dubois (in present-day Indiana).2.) At the time, Lewis was 29 years old and Clark was 33.3.) The party of nearly 30 --including Lewis and Clark, three sergeants, 22 enlisted men, volunteers, interpreters, and Clark's slave.
Lewis' dog, of the Lewis and Clark expedition, was of the Newfoundland breed. Historians differ on whether the dog was named "Seaman" or "Scannon", depending on how you read Lewis' writing. Lewis purchased him for some $20 from a riverboat captain before he left Washington D.C for Pittsburgh in 1803. The captain had won him and his mother playing cards.
The Louisiana Territory had been a land purchase transaction by the United States of America of 828,800 square miles of the French territory "Louisiane" in 1803. The U.S. paid 60 million francs ($11,250,000) plus cancellation of debts worth 18 million francs ($3,750,000), a total cost of $15,000,000 for the Louisiana Territory. After finally purchasing the Louisiana Territory, and two weeks before inauguration day Jefferson asked Lewis to go on the journey. In January of 1803, Jefferson requested $2500 from Congress to pay for the costs of the trip.
Thomas Jefferson had dreamed of exploring the West for at least 20 years before he even became President. In 1783 he had even asked William Clark's brother, George, to take on the challenge. The Louisiana Purchase would later alter the character of the planned expedition from an exploration of French territory to a first glimpse of lands that, in the view of many contemporaries, were essential to maintaining the agrarian, republican character of the nation. The Louisiana Territory had been a land purchase transaction by the United States of America of 828,800 square miles of the French territory "Louisiane" in 1803. The U.S. paid 60 million francs ($11,250,000) plus cancellation of debts worth 18 million francs ($3,750,000), a total cost of $15,000,000 for the Louisiana Territory. After finally purchasing the Louisiana Territory, and two weeks before inauguration day Jefferson asked Lewis, in January of 1803, to go on the journey. Jefferson then requested $2500 from Congress to pay for the costs of the trip.
lion and tiger
The only unknown animals in 1803 in the USA were some desert animals like: The jumping mouse, the tiaganoose(another type of desert rodent).
There were only 13 colonies in 1803.
Two unknown plants in 1803 were the Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula), discovered in the United States, and the Frangipani (Plumeria), originally native to Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, and South America.
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Louis Claude de Saint-Martin died on an unknown date in 1803.
Elizabeth Ellen MacMahonChildren:MatthewGeorge Williamperhaps others, unknown.
# Julie Carron, married 1799 and she died in 1803. # unknown (Ms. Chevereaux perhaps), married in 1806 separated in 1808.
Louis Claude de Saint-Martin died at the age of 60 on an unknown date in 1803.
George Bass is believed to have died at sea in 1803. It is unknown what, exactly, George Bass died of. Bass left the Navy to become a South Pacific trader, and on 5 February 1803, he sailed the ship 'Harrington' out of Sydney Harbour with a cargo, bound for Tahiti. Bass was never heard of again, and his fate remains unknown.
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The date of the Louisiana Purchase was April 30, 1803