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8. Meriwether Lewis was a close personal friend of President Thomas Jefferson and was Jefferson's private secretary. He was tasked with making celestial observations and classifying the new animals and plants that were discovered on the journey. 173 new plants and 122 species and subspecies of animals were found on the voyage of discovery. 9. William Clark was the younger brother of Revolutionary War hero George Rogers Clark. He served in the Virginia militia in the 1770s, where he first met Meriwether Lewis. He was assigned to chart the maps of the areas that they visited. During the expedition he made about 140 different maps. 10. Meriwether Lewis was educated by private tutors and graduated from Liberty Hall (now Washington and Lee University). William Clark was tutored at home and had no formal education. 11. Members of the Corps of Discovery wore uniforms throughout the journey and were subject to daily drills and strict army discipline. The leaders convened a court martial for rule breakers and issued punishments according to the crimes. Two members of the expedition were sent home in disgrace. 12. Following the expedition Meriwether Lewis was appointed governor of the Louisiana Territory. He never married and died alone on October 11, 1809 (aged 35) at Hohenwald, Tennessee. He died of gunshot wounds and is death was attributed to an alleged suicide, or a murder. 13. William Clark married Julia Hancock and the couple had five children. His first wife died, and he then married Harriet Kennerly Radford. His second marriage produced another three children. He was appointed governor of the Missouri Territory and Superintendent of Indian Affairs. He died on September 1, 1838 (aged 68) in St. Louis, Missouri. |
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