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Jefferson was related to the Lewis family by marriage, and from the time he first heard about Meriwether's death, he believed that Lewis had committed suicide as a result of an inherited tendency toward depression and mental disturbance. Subsequent events could only have reinforced Jefferson's feelings, for at the time he wrote this sketch of Meriwether, the former president was reeling from the news of a scandalous murder committed by his nephews, Lilburn and Isham Lewis.
