Meriwether Lewis
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Meriwether Lewis: The Assassination of an American Hero and the Silver Mines of Mexico
By Kira GaleThey were planning to remove extracts from land commission books to bring to Washington which would injure the reputation of Bates and Lucas. Saying he knew how hard it was to undo first impressions, Austin told Bates he could share ...
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Meriwether Lewis
By Thomas C. Danisi, John C. JacksonInstead of focusing exclusively on the Lewis and Clark expedition, the authors concentrate on what Lewis was doing immediately before and after his journey through Western territory.
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Meriwether Lewis: The Assassination of an American Hero and the Silver Mines of Mexico
By Kira GaleWithin two years Meriwether Lewis was dead at the age of 35, killed by an assassin's bullets in 1809. Gale presents the case that General Wilkinson and John Smith T., a wealthy lead mine operator, were the organizers of his assassination.
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Meriwether Lewis
By Elizabeth RaumThe Journals Lewis's journals were published in 1814 , several years after he died . The journals proved to the world that Lewis was a great American hero . Lewis started out on the journey to Washington , D.C. He never made it there .
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Meriwether Lewis
By John C. Jackson, Thomas DanisiOctober 11, 2009 marks the bicentennial of Meriwether Lewis’s death. As the leader of the Lewis and Clark expedition, an epic exploration of uncharted territory west of the Mississippi, Lewis...
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Meriwether Lewis: Off the Edge of the Map
By Janet Benge, Geoff BengeMeriwether Lewis, together with William Clark, headed the expedition for a land route to the Pacific, opening vast unexplored territories of the American West (1774-1809).
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Meriwether Lewis: Boy Explorer
By Charlotta M. BebenrothRelates events from the childhood and youth of the boy who grew up to become an explorer of the American West.