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Meriwether Lewis 3F36

Born in Albemarle County, Virginia, 1774; Army officer; private secretary to President Jefferson 1801-1803; Leader of the Lewis and Clark Expedition to the Pacific Northwest 1804-1806; Governor of Louisiana Territory 1806-1809; died mysteriously here at Grinder's Stand on the Natchez Trace, October 11,1809. A monument marks his grave.

U.S. 412, at entrance to Meriwether Lewis Park. Lewis County Tennessee


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