Thomas Jefferson was born in 1743 in Albemarle County, Virginia, inheriting from his father, a planter and surveyor, some 5,000 acres of land, and from his mother, a Randolph, high social standing. He studied at the College of William and Mary, then read law. He died on July 4, 1826.
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Jefferson Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
See the Thomas Jefferson Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
Negative photostats of papers, 1776-1818, of Thomas Jefferson which concern Williamsburg, Va. and the College of William and Mary. Originals in Jefferson Papers, Library of Congress.
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