Title: Jefferson & southwestern exploration
Description: The complete story of a scientific expedition planned by President Thomas Jefferson to reconnoiter the recently purchased Louisiana Territory by ascending the Red River to its supposed sources in the mountains near Santa Fe, then traveling overland to the Arkansas River and down that stream to civilization.
Subjects: Louisiana Purchase, Description and travel, History, Louisiana, history
Places: Old Southwest, Red River (Tex.-La.)
People: Thomas Freeman (d. 1821), Peter Custis