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In 1793 the famed scientific explorer André Michaux found himself thrust into the middle of a vast international conspiracy. Hired by Jefferson and the American Philosophical Society to explore the West, prior to Lewis and Clark, Michaux was conscripted by the revolutionary French government to serve as a secret agent and tasked him with organizing American frontiersmen to attack Spanish-controlled New Orleans, seize control of Louisiana, and establish an independent republic in the American West. New evidence strongly implicates Thomas Jefferson in this plot.
Join Founding Forward friend and incoming CEO of the American Philosophical Society Dr. Patrick Spero to learn more about this real-life mystery. Drawing on the sources in their vault, Dr. Spero’s new history of Michaux sheds fresh light on an incipient American political climate that fostered reckless diplomatic ventures under the guise of scientific exploration, revealing the air of uncertainty and opportunity that pervaded the early republic.
This program will be hosted in person at The Union League of Philadelphia – 140 S Broad St, Philadelphia, PA 19102. Registration is required. Please register through this event to attend. Should you wish to view the program virtually, the program will be available through Founding Forward’s YouTube.
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