This 2009 bas-relief is part of an historical marker commemorating the
placement of John A. Lanzalotti's bust of Meriwether Lewis placed in the
Virginia Capitol in 2008.
Meriwether Lewis
1774-1809
Native of Albemarle County
Private Secretary to President Thomas Jefferson
Co-leader of the Lewis and Clark Expedition
Governor of the Louisiana Territory
To Commemorate placement of his
Bust in the Old Hall of the House
Of Delegates, Richmond VA
August 18, 2008
“Of courage undaunted; possessing a firmness and perseverance of purpose
which nothing but impossibilities could divert from its direction, careful
as a father of those committed to his charge, yet steady in the
Maintenance of order and discipline;… honest, disinterested,
liberal of sound understanding, and a fidelity to truth so scrupulous that
whatever he should report would be as certain as if seen by ourselves.. ”
– Thomas Jefferson
See HMdb.
This silhouette of Meriwether Lewis, made by John Marshal sometime between 1803 and 1830, belongs to the Library of Congress.
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