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... court ; Richard Bland , the celebrated Revolutionary leader ; Robert E. Lee , the idol of the Southern Confederacy , and Thomas Jefferson could trace their de- scent directly to the aristocratic ancestors of Turkey Island . then thirty ...
... court ; Richard Bland , the celebrated Revolutionary leader ; Robert E. Lee , the idol of the Southern Confederacy , and Thomas Jefferson could trace their de- scent directly to the aristocratic ancestors of Turkey Island . then thirty ...
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... courts of Virginia . His friend , the jovial , adven- turous , confident Patrick Henry , was admitted to the bar after studying law for six weeks ; but Jeffer- son did not apply for a license until 1767 , five years after he had entered ...
... courts of Virginia . His friend , the jovial , adven- turous , confident Patrick Henry , was admitted to the bar after studying law for six weeks ; but Jeffer- son did not apply for a license until 1767 , five years after he had entered ...
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... court during his seven years of practice . They amount to about a thousand , and the average yearly income from them was not far from three thousand dollars . In the midst of his law studies in Wythe's office Jefferson came of age , and ...
... court during his seven years of practice . They amount to about a thousand , and the average yearly income from them was not far from three thousand dollars . In the midst of his law studies in Wythe's office Jefferson came of age , and ...
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... court of inquiry in Rhode Island the power to send the accused to England for trial . Indignant at this monstrous disproportion be- tween the punishment and the crime , the " bolder spirits " among the burgesses , Patrick Henry , the ...
... court of inquiry in Rhode Island the power to send the accused to England for trial . Indignant at this monstrous disproportion be- tween the punishment and the crime , the " bolder spirits " among the burgesses , Patrick Henry , the ...
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... Court Oath . Such a body were the sixty delegates of what Jefferson called " the American States of the British Empire , " who met on Septem- ber 5 , 1774 , in the Carpenters ' Hall of Philadelphia . " Certain persons , " the lord ...
... Court Oath . Such a body were the sixty delegates of what Jefferson called " the American States of the British Empire , " who met on Septem- ber 5 , 1774 , in the Carpenters ' Hall of Philadelphia . " Certain persons , " the lord ...
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