Meriwether Lewis

(1774-1809)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Lewis, Meriwether, 1774-1809 LBT ID: MeLewis1809 VIAF ID: 64071776 LOC ID: n79084458	B/BAP: 1774-08-18 DIED: 1809-10-11
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Born in Virginia, he explored the Northwest Territories with William Clark and was Governor of Upper Louisiana (1806).
REFERENCES TO Meriwether Lewis: Robert Southey to Neville White, 16 February 1815 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850) Found 1: ¶ 1 Charles Cuthbert Southey, The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850) Ch. XIX. 1814-1815