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... lands lay , then was appointed colonel of the militia of his county , and finally , in the disastrous year of Braddock's defeat ( 1755 ) , he was elected a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses . He survived this crowning honor but ...
... lands lay , then was appointed colonel of the militia of his county , and finally , in the disastrous year of Braddock's defeat ( 1755 ) , he was elected a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses . He survived this crowning honor but ...
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... land of loyal devotions . With his new manorial dignity Jefferson took up the duties of a country squire . He became a justice of the peace and a vestryman of the parish . He also initiated his lifelong crusade for the improve- ment of ...
... land of loyal devotions . With his new manorial dignity Jefferson took up the duties of a country squire . He became a justice of the peace and a vestryman of the parish . He also initiated his lifelong crusade for the improve- ment of ...
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... land ( somewhat encumbered by debt ) and slaves that was about equal to Jefferson's own estate . Mrs. Jefferson was extraordinarily endowed with both charm and sense , though her physical strength began to fail soon after her marriage ...
... land ( somewhat encumbered by debt ) and slaves that was about equal to Jefferson's own estate . Mrs. Jefferson was extraordinarily endowed with both charm and sense , though her physical strength began to fail soon after her marriage ...
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... land farmers . Although he was but thirty - two years of age the youngest man in Congress , with the ex- ception of Edward Rutledge of South Carolina , and John Jay of New York - Jefferson was already known to the leading men of ...
... land farmers . Although he was but thirty - two years of age the youngest man in Congress , with the ex- ception of Edward Rutledge of South Carolina , and John Jay of New York - Jefferson was already known to the leading men of ...
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... land , when Thomas Jefferson went up in May , 1776 , to resume his seat in Congress . Already the ties which bound the colonies to England were snapping . The local committees of safety had virtually suc- ceeded the King's officials in ...
... land , when Thomas Jefferson went up in May , 1776 , to resume his seat in Congress . Already the ties which bound the colonies to England were snapping . The local committees of safety had virtually suc- ceeded the King's officials in ...
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