set lewis and clark off on their famous expedition, moscow's work took him from the bahamas to the hudson bay, and it's likely that no other had seen so much of this continent at the time. but there's more to the story during his decade sojourn in america, he found at the center of a vast international conspiracy. and as the story winds on unexpected figure emerges at, the center of the plot, one very well known to all of us here in virginia, and that is thomas jefferson joining us this evening to unpack this conspiracy is patrick spero until. recently, patrick served as the library man and director of the american philosophical society library, one of the oldest, one of the very oldest history organizations, our nation. and in this january, official he will take on the reins this august organization as its new ceo. patrick is a scholar of early american history and the author of several articles and four books, including frontier country the politics of war in early pennsylvania. frontier rebels the fight for independence in the west and the other presidency. the thomas jefferson and the