 Complete the following phrase:  David Meriwether was born at Clover Fields home of the Meriwether family, near Charlottesville in the Virginia Colony, on April 10, 1755. During his early years in Virginia, Meriwether developed a personal friendship with Thomas Jefferson who was a plantation neighbor of the family. Some time later, Jefferson hired one of Meriwethers cousins, Meriwether Lewis as his personal secretary, before eventually commissioning the young Captain to undertake the 