In this virtual Fellow's Forum through the International Center for Jefferson Studies, Librarian and Director of the American Philosophical Society Library Patrick Spero will discuss the history of the American Philosophical Society’s “Michaux Subscription List.” Presaging the Lewis and Clark expedition, the history of the Subscription List and Michaux’s ultimate expedition through the interior of North America reveals much about early American science and politics – and Thomas Jefferson’s place in both worlds.

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