This famous American was chosen by President Thomas Jefferson to be his private secretary.
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- Meriwether Lewis
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This famous American was chosen by President Thomas Jefferson to be his private secretary.
Meriwether Lewis who at the time was a lieutenant in the U.S. Army. Lewis had been a neighbor of Jefferson’s in Virginia. Jefferson became president in 1801. The Lewis and Clark expedition began in 1803.