Editing Nicholas Biddle (section)

===Lewis and Clark===
Biddle also edited the journals of the [[Lewis and Clark Expedition]].{{sfn|Govan|1959|p=23}} He encouraged President [[Thomas Jefferson]] to write an introductory memoir of his former aide and private secretary, Captain [[Meriwether Lewis]] (1774–1809).{{sfn|Cutright|1982|p=34}} Biddle's work would be published as a book in 1814 and would become the standard account of the expedition for more than a century.{{sfn|Hammond|1957|p=289}} But because he had been elected to the Pennsylvania state legislature, Biddle was compelled to hand over editorial responsibilities to [[Paul Allen (editor)|Paul Allen]] (1775–1826), who supervised the project until its completion and appeared in print as the book's official editor.{{sfn|Cutright|1982|p=34}}