Web Sites
Benjamin Rush: Signers of the Declaration of Independence
http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/signers/rush.htm
The site offers a brief biography on the life of Benjamin Rush, the medical expert consulted by Captain Meriwether Lewis. (The drawing of Rush on the site is used as a visual on "The Philadelphia Experts" handout.
Benjamin Smith Barton Papers http://www.amphilsoc.org/library/mole/b/barton.htm
This site hosts The Barton papers–an archive providing a comprehensive view of Benjamin Smith Barton's professional work as botanist, physician, and professor. The picture of him on this site is used on "The Philadelphia Experts" handout of this lesson.
Lancaster Historic Buildings Online, Home of Andrew Ellicott http://www.lancasterpa.net/photo_tour/historic_buildings/sehner_ellico...
This site gives a brief history and description of the house in which Andrew Ellicott lived when Lewis came to be tutored in the art of surveying. The image of the home is used to enhance the "The Philadelphia Experts" handout of this lesson.
The Lewis and Clark Expedition: 200 Years Ago This Week, The Bicentennial Commemoration of the Lewis & Clark Expedition http://www.thejourneycontinues.org/200/021603.html
This website shows how President Jefferson sent Captain Meriwether Lewis to study with Benjamin Rush and Caspar Wistar. Included is a transcription of Jefferson's Letter to Benjamin Rush asking him to "prepare notes" on particular information Lewis should be on the look out for on his expedition. The photograph of Wistar present on the site has been used in this lesson's student handout.
The site offers a brief biography on the life of Benjamin Rush, the medical expert consulted by Captain Meriwether Lewis. (The drawing of Rush on the site is used as a visual on "The Philadelphia Experts" handout.
Benjamin Smith Barton Papers http://www.amphilsoc.org/library/mole/b/barton.htm
This site hosts The Barton papers–an archive providing a comprehensive view of Benjamin Smith Barton's professional work as botanist, physician, and professor. The picture of him on this site is used on "The Philadelphia Experts" handout of this lesson.
Lancaster Historic Buildings Online, Home of Andrew Ellicott http://www.lancasterpa.net/photo_tour/historic_buildings/sehner_ellico...
This site gives a brief history and description of the house in which Andrew Ellicott lived when Lewis came to be tutored in the art of surveying. The image of the home is used to enhance the "The Philadelphia Experts" handout of this lesson.
The Lewis and Clark Expedition: 200 Years Ago This Week, The Bicentennial Commemoration of the Lewis & Clark Expedition http://www.thejourneycontinues.org/200/021603.html
This website shows how President Jefferson sent Captain Meriwether Lewis to study with Benjamin Rush and Caspar Wistar. Included is a transcription of Jefferson's Letter to Benjamin Rush asking him to "prepare notes" on particular information Lewis should be on the look out for on his expedition. The photograph of Wistar present on the site has been used in this lesson's student handout.
