Jefferson, Thomas
(b. April 13, 1743; d. July 4, 1826) Third president of the United States (1801–1809).
Thomas Jefferson was among the preeminent founders of the United States, advocating st...
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Thomas Jefferson
1743-1826
American president, statesman and inventor who, among other things, is credited with helping to define the duties and regulations of the
U.S. Patent Office. From 1790-93, Th...
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Thomas Jefferson
Born April 13, 1743Shadwell, VirginiaDied July 4, 1826Charlottesville, Virginia
President and vice president of the United States, lawyer, philosopher, writer
"My God! How ...
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A Summary View of the Rights of British America by Thomas Jefferson
A Summary View of the Rights of British America
First published in 1774; excerpted from The Portable Thomas Jefferson, 1975
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Jefferson, Thomas
Thomas Jefferson, 1743–1826. The American philosopher and statesman was the third president of the United States. A man of broad interests and activity, he exerted an imme...
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Jefferson, Thomas
Excerpt from "To the U.S. Minister to France"
Written on April 18, 1802
Published in The Works of Thomas Jefferson, edited by
Paul Leicester Ford, 1905
When Spain ceded...
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Jefferson, Thomas
Excerpt from "Jefferson's Instructions to Lewis"
Delivered April 1803; published in The Journals of Lewis and Clark,
edited by Bernard DeVoto, 1953
The Louisiana...
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Jefferson, Thomas
Excerpt from "Jefferson's First Inaugural Address"
Delivered on March 4, 1801
Published in Documents of American History, edited by
Henry S. Commager, 1943
Ameri...
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Thomas Jefferson
Born April 13, 1743 (Shadwell, Virginia)
Died July 4, 1826 (Monticello, Virginia)
U.S. president, vice president, secretary of state, scientist, inventor,
philosopher, foreign diploma...
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Absalom Jones
Born November 6, 1746 (Sussex County, Delaware)
Died February 13, 1818 (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Episcopal priest
Absalom Jones was the first black Protestant Episcopal priest in the ...
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Jefferson, Thomas(1743–1826)
"Here was Buried Thomas JeffersonApril 2, 1743 O.S. –July 4, 1826Author of the Declaration of IndependenceAnd of the Virginia Statue for Religious Fr...
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President John F. Kennedy (1917-1963; see entry in volume 5) once hosted a White House dinner attended by many Nobel Prize winners. Looking out on the gathering of famous scientists, physicians, and w...
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American philosopher and statesman Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) was the third president of the United States. A man of broad interests and activity, he exerted an immense influence on the political an...
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The third president of the United States, Thomas Jefferson is revered as a statesman whose belief in natural rights, equality, individual liberties, and self-government found its fullest expression in...
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Thomas Jefferson's universally acknowledged importance as a statesman has tended to overshadow his very substantial contributions to American literature. He was the penman of the American Revolution w...
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Thomas Jefferson traveled abroad only once, from 1784 to 1789, and during his lifetime he never published any of the voluminous letters, papers, and notes he compiled while abroad. If he had, they wou...
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Biography EssayThomas Jefferson's universally acknowledged importance as a statesman has tended to overshadow his very substantial contributions to American literature. He was the penman of the Americ...
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Dubbed the "sage of Monticello " and the "godfather of American invention," Thomas Jefferson created a variety of practical devices, notably the dumbwaiter, lazy Susan, folding campstool, folding ladd...
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Thomas Jefferson: All Men Are Not Created Equal
When Thomas Jefferson wrote: "All men are created equal" he did not mean it. What he actually believed in was more like, all white me...
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The third President of The United States of America, Thomas Jefferson, left behind many legacies both physical and intangible, but his three greatest bequests to the U.S. were the Declaration of Indep...
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Thomas Jefferson hailed his victory in the presidential race as a revolution "as real...as that of 1776." After 12 years of Federalist power, Jefferson and the Republicans took control of the governm...
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Thomas Jefferson is important to American history because of all the things he achieved in his lifetime. More important, Thomas Jefferson is an American and is America.
Thomas Jefferson was "of" t...
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Being citizens of the new "united" states of America in the year 1794, we have to take a stand in the world developing around us! Who do you believe should be our country's next president? Thomas Jeff...
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In Virginia, Thomas Jefferson and other leaders strongly believed that a national government was needed. Finally, they convinced state lawmakers to give up Virginia's claims to western lands. In 17...
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George Washington, as prominent as he was proclaimed, would never have been so successful if not for his right hand, Secretary of Treasury Alexander Hamilton and his left, Secretary of State Thomas Je...
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Thomas Jefferson has been recognized and remembered by many as the US minister to France, secretary of state, governor of Virginia, vice president, but most of all as the president of the United-State...
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When one thinks of a transition from a Federalist government to Republican government, one will immediately think of drastic changes and political tension. Federalists had a loose interpretation of t...
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President Thomas Jefferson was our nation's third and fourth president. Through his two terms, he had a great impact on our nation. He did many great things among which are his purchase of the Louisia...
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Thomas Jefferson is one of our most gifted founding fathers. He was an open-minded Virginian and a strict constructionist meaning he always sought for a literally interpretation of the Constitution. H...
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Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr ran on the Republican ticket, though not together against John Adams and Charles Pickney, the Federalists. Jefferson and Burr received the same number of votes, so the ...
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Thomas Jefferson was the head of a committee of five in preparing the Declaration of Independence. Jefferson was born at Shadwell in what is now Albemarle County, VA., on April 13, 1743. Thomas Jeff...
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