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The Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation 2003 Annual Meeting in Philadelphia |
| Philadelphia in 2003: the time, place and plans for the Annual Meeting |
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In the spring of 1803, Thomas Jefferson sent Meriwether Lewis to Philadelphia to obtain knowledge and supplies for his journey west. Lewis carried with him letters of introduction to the leading scientists of the age. The city to which Lewis traveled was a significant social and scientific center in the new American republic. The Foundation is delighted to invite you to attend the 35th annual meeting of the Lewis & Clark Trail Heritage Foundation being held in Philadelphia in 2003, the 200th anniversary of Lewis’s visit. Quest for Knowledge: Lewis in Philadelphia papers and tours will explore the contributions of Lewis’s mentors as well as the social, scientific and urban context of the “Athens of America” - Philadelphia in 1803. |
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Speakers Dignified and Civil Inquiry: Dr. Caspar Wistar in Philadelphia,
the "Athens of the Western World" The Eminence of an Opulent City: Birch's Views and the Image
of Philadelphia at the Turn of the 19th Century Supplies from Philadelphia Lewis and Clark's Contributions to Meteorological Science Philadelphia 1803-1807: Planning, Provisioning, Preserving Benjamin Smith Barton's Elements of Botany 1803 Displaying the Expanding Nation to Itself: The Cultural Work
of Public Exhibitions of Western Fauna in Lewis and Clark's Philadelphia
Nineteenth Century Scientific Opinion of Lewis and Clark Mineral Productions of Every Kind: The Geological Education of
Meriwether Lewis Ethnobotanical and Medical Aspects of the Botanical Specimens
Collected by Lewis and Clark Benjamin Rush, a Physician of the Enlightenment Early Urban Water Supply in Philadelphia: A First in Municipal
Responsibility "I Never Yet Parted": Bernard McMahon and the Seeds
of the Corps of Discovery "Our Future Metropolis": Philadelphia on the Edge of
the Nineteenth Century Philadelphia: Medical Mecca and Science's Hometown Philanthropy, Agricultural Reform, and Republican Political Economy:
The Work of the Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture
During the Era of Lewis and Clark |
Things to do on Saturday and Sunday Afternoons -See a flower press demonstration -Have your silhouette made out of paper -Watch a demonstration of a sextant -Take a walking tour of Lewis related sites, including the notorious Osage Orange trees in St. Peters churchyard Download the
Registration form for the Annual Meeting.
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