On this day in 1803, President Thomas Jefferson asked Congress to appropriate $2,500 — about $1.6 million in today’s dollars — to finance the Lewis and Clark expedition.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2015/01/this-day-in-politics-jan-18-1803-jefferson-asks-congress-to-fund-lewis-and-clark-expedition-114357.html#ixzz3PGtai6ub
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