Micajah Green Lewis

Micajah Green Lewis (b. c. 1780 – February 14, 1805) was an American political aide who was killed in a duel in New Orleans in 1805.

[4] According to a history of dueling in New Orleans, the reason for the challenge that led to Lewis' death was a "a short article, A DREAM, written by Fidelis, and published in the Gazette of Feb. 8th.

In the meanwhile, he learned from other sources that the author was Robert Sterrey whom Lewis immediately challenged, leaving no room for concession or compromise.

She clasped her hands in agony, then turned her eyes to Heaven she bent her willing steps towards the graves of Louisiana.

Mr. Lewis received the ball which passed through his heart, and uttering the words, 'I believe', he fell a lifeless corpse.

He died on the Helen, a ship returning from Bordeaux, during a winter storm off Southhampton, Long Island in 1820.