“his talent for observation, which had led him to an accurate knoledge of the plants & animals of his own country, would have distinguished him as a farmer,” Jefferson eulogized after Meriwether’s death, “but at the age of twenty, yielding to the ardor of youth, & a passion for more dazzling pursuits, he engaged as a volunteer in the body of militia which were called out by Genl Washington on occasion of the discontents produced by the Excise-taxes in the Western parts of the United States; and from that situation he was removed to the regular service as a lieutenant in the line.”

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