"Jessie, favorite daughter of Senator Thomas Hart Benton, had every opportunity, culturally and socially, that was available to an established family of influence and of comfortable means. She married a young, ambitious explorer, whose life was rich with dangers, political enemies, and violent ups and downs."
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