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	Shadwell, Virginia
		Shadwell in 1835 was a fairly large town.
		Shadwell was one of the earliest towns to have a station and agent: in 1850 it was one of only 10 depots on the line.
		Shadwell accounts were handled by the agent in Keswick.
	www.piedmontsub.com /Shadwell.shtml (759 words)

	Thomas Jefferson
		Admitted to Virginia bar, 1767; Elected to Virginia House of Burgesses, 1769; Delegate to the Continental Congress, 1775-76; Virginia House of Delegates, 1776-79; Elected Governor of Virginia, 1779, 1780; Dispatched to England to treat for peace with Gr.
		Jefferson was born at Shadwell in Albemarle county, Virginia on April 13, 1743.
		He gained the Virginia bar and began practice in 1769, and was elected to the House of Burgesses in 1769.
	www.ushistory.org /declaration/signers/jefferson.htm (1235 words)

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	Thomas Jefferson - TvWiki, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		As Governor of Virginia, Jefferson continued to advocate educational reforms at that college including the nation's first elective system of course study and student-policed honor code.
		In Virginia, prior to the American Revolution, the Anglican Church was government sanctioned and funded, and its doctrine was made mandatory for Christians.
		After much planning, his dream was realized in 1819 with the founding of the University of Virginia, and upon its opening in 1825 it was then the first university to offer a full slate of elective courses to its students.
	www.tvwiki.tv /wiki/Thomas_Jefferson (5510 words)

	The American Revolution (Thomas Jefferson) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		As the author of the Declaration of Independence and the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom, he is probably the most conspicuous champion of political and spiritual freedom in his country's history.
		A distinguished architect and naturalist in his own right, a remarkable linguist, a noted bibliophile, and the father of the University of Virginia, he was the chief patron of learning and the arts in his country in his day.
		He was confirmed in his opinion that France was a natural friend of the United States, and Britain at this stage a natural rival, and thus his foreign policy assumed the orientation it was to maintain until the eve of the Louisiana Purchase.
	theamericanrevolution.org /ipeople/tjeff.asp (5760 words)

	Virginia @ AARoads.com - Interstate 64 Eastbound
		Virginia Secondary 631 is a divided highway that downtown Charlottesville from the south.
		Virginia 20 is a somewhat diagonal route that originates at its intersection with U.S. 15 north of Sprouses Corner in Buckingham County, heads north to Charlottesville, then angles northeast to meet Virginia 3 at Wilderness via Orange.
		Virginia Secondary 616 south connects to U.S. 250 west to Shadwell and the southwestern terminus of Virginia 22.
	www.aaroadtrips.com /i-064a_va.html (3840 words)

	Account of a Declaration; Biographies
		Francis Lightfoot Lee (brother of R.H. Lee) was born in Westmoreland, Virginia, on the fourteenth of October, 1734.
		That being the era of the French and Indian War, Lee formed a militia troop of young men in his neighborhood, was elected the leader, and marched his troop to a council in Alexandria where General Braddock was preparing a campaign on the Ohio river.
		In 1757 Lee was appointed Justice of the Peace, and was shortly thereafter elected to the Virginia House of Burgesses.
	www.leftjustified.com /leftjust/lib/sc/ht/decl/gbioj-n.html (5424 words)

	Shadwell real estate, country cottages, historic homes, land and history. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Shadwell real estate is limited to a few small neighborhoods encircling the Glenmore Country Club and Keswick Hall.
		Shadwell was a farmhouse of a story and a half in height, and had the four spacious ground rooms and hall, with garret columns above, common in these structures two hundred years since.
		Shadwell was located on the highway and was frequented by many visitors who received the old Virginia hospitality (Rawlings 10).
	www.charlottesville-area-real-estate.com /Shadwell-Real-Estate.html (1775 words)

	Shadwell (Virginia) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Shadwell, a plantation in Virginia near Charlottesville, was the birthplace of Thomas Jefferson.
		It was named after Shadwell parish in London where his mother Jane Randolph was born.
		In 1770, the house at Shadwell was destroyed in a fire and the family of Peter Jefferson moved to a home called Edge Hill.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Shadwell_(Virginia) (130 words)

	Article Insider - Shadwell Real Estate
		Shadwell real estate is limited to a few small neighborhoods encircling the Glenmore Country Club.
		The town of Shadwell is just minutes east of Charlottesville, and many people do not realize it is a distinct town from Keswick.
		While it is rare that you would have the opportunity to acquire Shadwell real estate, you might want to keep returning to the Internet to see if something has become available.
	www.articleinsider.com /article/120839 (227 words)

	Thomas Jefferson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		On June 21, 1775, Thomas Jefferson was appointed as a representative for Virginia to the Continental Congress.
		He was elected as a member of the legislature of Virginia where he had his heart set on improving Virginia's laws to the level of the Declaration of Independence.
		In 1779, Thomas Jefferson was elected as governor of Virginia.
	library.thinkquest.org /TQ0312233/jefferson.html (312 words)

	Jefferson County History
		One of America's greatest statesmen, Thomas Jefferson was born in Shadwell, Virginia on April 2, 1743 and graduated from William and Mary College in 1762.
		Although western Virginia's settlers continued to experience isolated Indian attacks for several years, Cornstalk's defeat at Point Pleasant was the beginning of the end of the Indian presence in western Virginia.
		When the West Virginia Constitution was put to a vote many of Jefferson County's citizens did not even know that the question of whether to remain with Virginia or join the new state of West Virginia was being put to a vote.
	www.polsci.wvu.edu /wv/Jefferson/jefhistory.html (3930 words)

	Thomas Jefferson's Poplar Forest_EDUCATION
		Upon his return to Virginia in October 1776, Jefferson began his efforts to reform the state’s legal code in order to bring it more in line with the revolutionary principles of equality, especially in the areas of distribution of property and education.
		In 1779, Jefferson was elected governor of Virginia.
		Aside from foreign policy, Jefferson was extremely vocal in the debate surrounding the new Constitution—his greatest concern about the all-important document was that it made the federal government too powerful, as it lacked a bill of rights to protect the rights of states and individuals from federal encroachment.
	www.serve.com /~poplarforest/Democracy-Election1804/biojefferson.html (2071 words)

	Presidential Avenue: Thomas Jefferson
		Thomas Jefferson was born on April 13, 1743, at Shadwell plantation in western Virginia.
		University of Virginia Professor Frederick Nicholas wrote in his foreword of the book Tuckahoe Plantation, "Not only is the house priceless because of its completeness, but it contains some of the most important architectural ideas of the Georgian Period.
		Thomas Jefferson called Monticello his "essay in architecture." Reflecting the genius and versatility of its creator, Jefferson's Monticello is a monument to a scrupulous interest in architecture, landscaping, agriculture, and domestic comforts.
	www.presidentialavenue.com /tj.cfm (1355 words)

	Virginia: Facts, Map and State Symbols - EnchantedLearning.com
		Thomas Jefferson was born in Shadwell on April 13, 1743 (he was the 3rd US President, serving from 1801 to 1809).
		Virginia's official state flag was adopted in 1861.
		Depicting the state's motto on the flag is the goddess Virtue (who is holding a sword and a spear), who has defeated a tyrant, who is lying on the ground, and is holding a chain and a scourge (a whip).
	www.enchantedlearning.com /usa/states/virginia (593 words)

	Thomas Jefferson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		He supported the separation of church and state and was the author of the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom (1779, 1786).
		He was the eponym of Jeffersonian democracy and the founder and leader of the Jeffersonian Republican party (eventually to become known as the Democratic-Republican Party), which dominated American politics for a quarter-century.
		Jefferson's commitment to equality was expressed in his successful efforts to abolish primogeniture in Virginia, the rule by which the first born son inherited all the land.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Thomas_Jefferson (7514 words)

	Virginia History
		Vauter's Episcopal Church, the upper church of St. Anne's Parish, was built in 1731 on Virginia.
		Although the governor prevailed, it was enacted shortly thereafter that vestries in Virginia had the right to select their own ministers.
		In this letter, John Rutherford, an agent for Virginia plantation owner William B. Randolph, wrote to Randolph indicating that a concerned neighbor near Randolph's Chatworth plantation feared "fatal consequences" if the overseer did not cease his "brutality" toward the Chatworth After the Chatworth overseer received a demanding letter of inquiry from Randolph, he slaves.
	er216.tripod.com /va.html (707 words)

	Life of Jefferson: 1. Early Years (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		To both the sons he left large estates; to Thomas the Shadwell lands, where he was born, and which included Monticello; and to his brother the estate on James river, called Snowden, after the reputed birthplace of the family.
		He was one of the foremost of the Virginia patriots during the revolution; and one of the highest legal, legislative, and judicial characters which that State has furnished.
		The same year, he was appointed by the Legislature of Virginia one of the celebrated committee to revise the laws of the State.
	etext.virginia.edu /jefferson/biog/lj01.htm (2132 words)

	Kings Park Elementary
		Thomas Jefferson was born on April 13, 1743 in Shadwell, Virginia.
		That same year, he was elected to the Virginia House of Burgesses (state legislature.) Four years later, he married a wealthy widow named Martha Wayles Skelton.
		Jefferson returned to Virginia and in 1779, he was elected to become the governor of the state.
	www.fcps.k12.va.us /KingsParkES/technology/bios/jefferson.htm (751 words)

	VA-W202 Shadwell, Birthplace of Thomas Jefferson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Thomas Jefferson -- author of the Declaration of Independence, third president of the United States, and founder of the University of Virginia -- was born near this site on 13 April 1743.
		His father, Peter Jefferson (1708-1757), a surveyor, planter, and officeholder, began acquiring land in this frontier region in the mid-1730s and had purchased the Shadwell tract by 1741.
		Peter Jefferson built a house soon after, and the Shadwell plantation became a thriving agricultural estate.
	photos.historical-markers.org /v/virginia/va-albemarle/IMG_4038.jpg.html (190 words)

	Thomas Jefferson - Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre
		Fue también vicepresidente entre 1797 y 1801, gobernador de Virginia (1779-1781) y el principal autor de la Declaración de Independencia de los Estados Unidos.
		Jefferson nació en Shadwell (Virginia) el 2 de abril de 1743, según el calendario juliano entonces en vigor en el Imperio Británico, o el 13 de abril de acuerdo con el calendario gregoriano, adoptado en los dominios británicos en 1752.
		Esto se desprende del primer artículo de la Declaración de Derechos de Virginia redactada por él mismo en 1776.
	es.wikipedia.org /wiki/Thomas_Jefferson (880 words)

	American Writers: Jefferson & Madison
		After serving as governor of Virginia (1779-81), he was a delegate to the Congress (1783-85), where he drafted territorial provisions that were included in the Northwest Ordinances.
		His second term as president was marked principally by the war, during which he reinvigorated the army, and by his approval of the nation's first protective tariff.
		In 1817 he retired to his Virginia estate with his wife, Dolley, whose political acumen he had long prized.
	www.americanwriters.org /writers/jefferson_madison.asp (617 words)

	National Park Service - Founders and Frontiersmen (Other sites - Virginia)
		This small rear section of the present mansion at Ash Lawn, Virginia, was the home of President James Monroe for more than 20 years.
		In 1964 the foundation donated the structure to the University of Virginia.
		Shadwell was the plantation home in which Thomas Jefferson was born, in 1743.
	www.cr.nps.gov /history/online_books/founders/sitee19.htm (1330 words)

	BIO: Thomas Jefferson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Thomas Jefferson was born April 13, 1743 on a plantation in Shadwell, Virginia.
		In April 1767, he became a lawyer and was admitted to the Virginia bar.
		Jefferson also served in the Virginia House of Delegates, and he was Virginia's governor during the Revolutionary War.
	www.edgate.com /lewisandclark/BIOs/BIO_T_Jefferson.html (271 words)

	Thomas Jefferson
		He was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence, and a source of many other contributions to American culture.
		His home in Virginia was Monticello, near Charlottesville, Virginia, which included automatic doors and other convenient devices that he designed himself.
		Jefferson's ideal for the United States was that of an agricultural nation of yeoman farmers, in contrast to the vision of Alexander Hamilton, who envisioned a nation of commerce and manufacturing.
	www.theusaonline.com /presidents/thomas-jefferson.htm (441 words)

	Thomas Jefferson biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		He was chosen representative from his county to the Virginia house of burgesses in 1769, a position he held until the beginning of the Revolution.
		Among the important events are the Tripolitan War, Louisiana Purchase, Lewis and Clarke expedition, the Chesapeae incident, the embargo act, and the organization of the democratic party.
		The system of education adopted in Virginia was largely devised by him, and he also superintended the founding of the university of that state.
	www.dromo.info /jeffersonbio.htm (506 words)

	Simon Group - Your Neighborhood is Our Neighborhood
		Named after one of the ancestral plantations on which Thomas Jefferson settled in Virginia, Shadwell was created to cater to the lifestyle of both the urban and country dweller.
		Privacy abounds, yet Shadwell is near enough to both small towns and large cities—making it convenient for work, shopping, education and entertainment.
		Excellent schools, friendly people and accessibility to the metropolitan areas of Milwaukee and Chicago make Shadwell one of the most desirable suburbs in Southeastern Wisconsin.
	www.simongroup.net /homelot_shadwell.htm (177 words)

	Thomas Jefferson - Gurupedia
		Nearby is the University of Virginia, the original architecture and curriculum of which Jefferson himself designed.
		However, it seems likely that he would be pleased with the quantity and quality of wine now being made in Virginia, to say nothing of the rest of the country.
		Jefferson's idea for the United States was that of an agricultural nation of yeoman farmers, in contrast to the vision of Alexander Hamilton, who envisioned a nation of commerce and manufacturing.
	www.gurupedia.com /t/th/thomas_jefferson.htm (1339 words)

	USA-Presidents.Info -Thomas Jefferson
		This powerful advocate of liberty was born in 1743 in Albermarle 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.
		In the Virginia House of Burgesses and the Continental Congress, he contributed his pen rather than his voice to the patriot cause.
		Jefferson retired to Monticello to ponder such projects as his grand designs for the University of Virginia.
	www.usa-presidents.info /jefferson.htm (541 words)

	The Thomas Jefferson Papers - 1743 to 1827 Timeline - (American Memory from the Library of Congress)
		April 13 (April 2, Old Style).* Thomas Jefferson is born at Shadwell plantation in Goochland (later Albemarle) County, Virginia, to Peter Jefferson, a planter and surveyor, and Jane Randolph, daughter of a prominent Virginia family.
		Jefferson attends the school of the Reverend James Maury in Fredericksville Parish, twelve miles from Shadwell.
		Jefferson is admitted to the bar of the General Court of Virginia.
	memory.loc.gov /ammem/collections/jefferson_papers/mtjtime1.html (635 words)

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