Rewrite the Text with the additional information Use who whose Willam Clark' s family owned a plantation there 2) Thomas Jefferson was one of America's founding fathers 3) Meriwether Lewis was one of Clark's army comrades 4) Lewis's aim was to explore the new land 5) clark readily agreed. William Clark was born in Virginia on August 1, 1770. WHEN Thomas Jefferson purchased Louisiana , America acquired thousands of miles of land west of the Mississippi River. Meriwether Lewis invited Clark 5o collaborate on an expedition across the new land . Lewis also aimed at establishing friendly relations with Indians , and at discovering new plants and animals. Clark was made responsable for the expedition's records and map making