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  Probert Encyclopaedia: People and Peoples (Thomas M-Thq)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
THOMAS M. Thomas M Campbell was an American politician.
Thomas Morley was an English composer of madrigals.
He was the son of a dissenter but was induced to enter the church by a friend and became Bishop of Bristol in 1734, of Oxford in 1737, dean of St Pauls Cathedral, London in 1759 and archbishop of Canterbury in 1758.
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 Wilson Cary Nicholas Randolph
Wilson Cary Nicholas Randolph was born on October 26, 1834, at Edgehill, Albemarle County, Virginia, the eleventh child of Thomas Jefferson Randolph (1792-1875) and Jane Hollins Nicholas (1798-1871) and a great-grandson of Thomas Jefferson.
Randolph 's contributions to society as a field surgeon, a hospital administrator and surgeon, and as a family physician were matched by those to education.
Randolph's sister, Carry, always close to him in spirit, and who presided at Edgehill, simplified her brother's finances to facilitate his anticipated second marriage; she gave him a house and lot on the southeast corner of Jefferson and North 2nd Street in Charlottesville, known as the Wyatt, or Poindexter, lot.
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 Family Trees of Thomas Jefferson and Other Famous Americans - pafg110 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
Thomas Mann Randolph MEIKLEHAM was born on 30 Dec 1840 in Scotland>.
Thomas Mann RANDOLPH [Parents] was born in 1741 in Of Tuckahoe, Goochland, Virginia.
Virginia RANDOLPH was born in 1769 in Of, Tuckahoe, Henrico, Virginia.
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 George W. Randolph -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Randolph briefly attended school in (Click link for more info and facts about Cambridge, Massachusetts) Cambridge, Massachusetts, and served as a midshipman in the (The navy of the United States of America; maintains and trains and equips combat-ready naval forces) United States Navy.
He attended the (Click link for more info and facts about University of Virginia) University of Virginia before moving to (Capital of the state of Virginia located in the east central part of the state; was capital of the Confederacy during the American Civil War) Richmond and becoming a lawyer.
Randolph is buried in the Jefferson family graveyard at (Click link for more info and facts about Monticello) Monticello.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/g/ge/george_w._randolph.htm   (140 words)

  
 wikien.info: Main_Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
George W. Randolph (March 10 1818 - April 3 1867), the Confederate Secretary of War during the American Civil War, was born in Charlottesville, Virginia at Monticello to Thomas Mann Randolph Jr.
Randolph was appointed by Jefferson Davis as Secretary of War on March 18 1862, and he took office on March 24 1862, but on November 17 1862, Randolph resigned.
Randolph is buried in the Jefferson family graveyard at Monticello.
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 T Jefferson Bio
Through his mother, Jane Randolph, a member of one of the most famous Virginia families, Thomas was related to many of the most prominent people in the province.
Unlike Thomas Paine, who attacked all sects, Jefferson attacked none, and he contributed to many churches, but he was distinctly anticlerical and was as opposed to absolutism in priests and presbyters as in kings.
But the revolt of John Randolph, an uncompromising strict constructionist and formerly the Republican leader in the House of Representatives, was contained.
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 Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Thomas Jefferson (1677 to 1731) was the grandfather of President Thomas Jefferson.
Thomas Jefferson Jr., a small baby at the time, was mentioned briefly in his Uncle Thomas Jefferson’s letter of January 11, 1789 to his brother, Randolph Jefferson.
Thomas Turner was a close acquaintance of David Meade Randolph, whose wife was a sister of Jefferson’s son in law, Thomas Mann Randolph.
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 Homes Of Virginia - Tuckahoe
Tuckahoe, which we believe to be the earliest frame building of importance still standing to the west of the Falls of Richmond, has been given a widely varying birthday, ranging from 1674 to 1725, according to the temperament and source of information of the particular historian.
William Randolph the emigrant (1650-1711), grantee from the crown of a large section of Tidewater Virginia, stretching indefinitely westward, parcelled out his domain among his numerous sons, five of whom built important houses or established family lines that have persisted-some through all sorts of varying fortune-to the present day.
Thomas Randolph, the founder, whether he moved there in 1690 or earlier, certainly died there in the early days of the eighteenth century, and the place descended in the family through his son, William Randolph, his grandson, Thomas Mann Randolph, and his great-grandson, Thomas Mann Randolph II, until it was sold for debt in 1830.
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 Inventory of the Francis Asbury Dickins Papers, 1729-1934
Randolph wrote to her criticizing Van Buren and she wrote in return of social activities in the capital city.
Thomas Mann Randolph visited Washington and wrote of plans to raise silk at Bellona; also, letter from young Henry Randolph from Mr.
Thomas Aspinwall inquired in 1845 about the value of land in Georgia bought from John Forsyth (perhaps that for which there is a land grant in the dated series of papers, Dickins Section, for Forsyth in 1828).
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 Pocahontas: The Real Story
Richard Randolph of Bizarre (1770-1796), who was arrested and charged with infanticide in 1793, was the son of John Randolph of "Mattoax" (1739-1775), who married Francis Bland in 1769.
John Randolph of Mattoax was the son of Richard Randolph of "Curles" (1686-1748) and of Jane Bolling (1704-1766).
Thomas Mann Randolph Junior was a direct descendant of Jane Rolfe and of her grandmother, Pocahontas (1585-1617).
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 Family Trees of Thomas Jefferson and Other Famous Americans - pafg51 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
Randolph JEFFERSON [Parents] was born on 1 Oct 1755 in Shadwell, Albermarle, Virginia.
Anne Jefferson LEWIS [Parents] was born in 1755 in Albemarle, VA. She married Randolph JEFFERSON on 30 Jul 1781 in Charlottesville, Albemarle, Virginia.
Mary Anne Randolph (Molly) CUSTIS [Parents] was born on 1 Oct 1808 in Arlington, Virginia.
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 Clifton Inn :: History
Thomas Mann Randolph was himself a prominent figure in the Commonwealth, where he served as Governor, member of the House of Delegates and member of the United States Congress.
Randolph’s Jefferson family ties were frayed and in fact broken in 1826 in a dispute over Thomas Jefferson’s will.
When Randolph learned that he had been bypassed as executor of the will by his own son, Thomas Jefferson Randolph, the elder Randolph was furious and humiliated.
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 Mary Randolph's Grave   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Spending the last years of her life just across the Potomac River in the District of Columbia, Randolph was quite familiar with the Arlington Estate and was laid to rest in a plot which she had selected herself.
and Thomas Mann Randolph, she was born into one of Virginia's oldest and most influential families on August 9, 1762 at Amptill near Richmond, Virginia and grew up in the company of some of the leading figures in the founding of the new nation.
Mary Randolph died on January 23, 1828 and was laid to rest at Arlington a short time afterwards.
chnm.gmu.edu /courses/petrik/s2002/cw2/students/jones/virtualtour/groundstour/randolphgrave.html   (551 words)

  
 Main Line Times - News - 10/28/2003 - The Clifton Country Inn - so very Virginian   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Thomas Jefferson, America's most enigmatic founder, built his magnificent home, Monticello, on a hill above Charlottesville, Va. Returning from his stint as America's ambassador to France, he brought back with him many European concepts and customs.
The inn, approached via a long curved driveway, was built by one Thomas Mann Randolph, a governor of Virginia and later a member of Congress who married Thomas Jefferson's daughter, Martha.
The Thomas Mann Randolph Suite is on two floors lined with books, ultra comfortable chairs and a four-poster bed that has a quilted ceiling.
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 The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Mann   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Mann, Austin — of Erlanger, Kenton County, Ky.
Mann, Joseph — of Washburn, McLean County, N.Dak. Democrat.
Mann, Virginia — of Warren, Bradley County, Ark. Republican.
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 Presidential Avenue: Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson was born on April 13, 1743, at Shadwell plantation in western Virginia.
Virginia Governor Thomas Mann Randolph was born there.
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.
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 PELLERIN & SKIPWORTH GENEALOGY PROJECT - pafg175 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Jane Randolph JEFFERSON was born on 3 Apr 1774 in Albermarle Co.,VA. She died in Sep 1775 in Charlottesville,Albermarle Co.,VA.
James Madison RANDOLPH was born in 1805/1806 in Washington,DC.
Anne Carey RANDOLPH was born in 1791 in Harrison,Sardis Twp,WV.
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 George Wythe Randolph (March 10, 1818-April 3, 1867)
George Wythe Randolph was born to Thomas Mann Randolph, Jr.
As a young man, he was briefly schooled in Cambridge, Hampshire County, Massachusetts and served from age 13 to 19 as a midshipman in the U.S. Navy before attending University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Albemarle County, Virginia.
Randolph is buried, with many of his famous family members, in the "Monticello" Graveyard in Charlottesville, Albemarle County, Virginia.
www.csawardept.com /history/Cabinet/Randolph   (341 words)

  
 Charlottesville Lodging: The Clifton Inn   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Clifton was originally built by Thomas Mann Randolph (1768-1828), a governor of Virginia, a U.S. Senator and husband of Thomas Jefferson’s beloved daughter Martha.
The original entrance, which was in the Rear of the Main House, was connected to the river by a series of seven tiered terraces.
Clifton was sold by the Randolph family in 1832.
www.cliftoninn.com /history.shtml   (213 words)

  
 Articles - Tomato   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Cultured people like Thomas Jefferson, who ate tomatoes in Paris and sent some seeds home, knew the tomato was edible, but many of the less well-educated did not.
Thomas Jefferson is sometimes mentioned, but the most famous legend of this sort was introduced by Joseph S. Sickler in the mid-1900s, and became the subject of a CBS broadcast of You Are There in 1949.
The story goes that the lingering doubts about the safety of the tomato in the United States were largely put to rest in 1820, when Colonel Robert Gibbon Johnson announced that at noon on September 26, he would eat a basket of tomatoes in front of the Salem, New Jersey courthouse.
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 Jefferson Letters   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Certification by Matthew Flournoy and Thomas Given, Justices of the Peace of Shelby County, Ky., by James Craig, Clerk of Shelby County, Ky., and by Isaac Ellis, Presiding Justice of the Peace of Shelby County.
Deed to tract of land on the Hardware River in Albemarle County, property in the town of Milton, a mill seat, property occupied by Thomas Eston Randolph, land in Kentucky.
Expects to be summoned in [Thomas Mann?] Randolph and Craven Peyton's suit.
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Richard Randolph 1690-1748 +3 others (9 children: 5 sons, 4 dau.) 5ba.
Thomas Bolling's 10 children: 5 sons, 5 dau.) 5dc.
Thomas Branch +1 other (3 children: sons) 6eba.
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 Thomas Mann
Mann, Thomas, 1875–1955, German novelist and essayist, the outstanding German novelist of the 20th cent., b.
To coordinate this dual focus Mann often wrote in a symbolic vein, although in general he was less experimental than many of his contemporaries.
Thomas Mann: The Children of Thomas Mann - The Children of Thomas Mann Mann's daughter, Erika Mann,.
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 The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Randolph   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Randolph, John, of Roanoke (1773-1833) — of Virginia.
Randolph, Joseph Fitz (1803-1873) — of New Jersey.
Randolph, Thomas Jefferson — also known as Thomas J. Randolph — of Virginia.
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 Edgehill
In view of Monticello, Edgehill was the home of Thomas Jefferson Randolph, favorite grandson of Thomas Jefferson.
The stately brick house was built for Randolph in 1828, his family having outgrown the 1799 frame house built for his father, Thomas Mann Randolph, Jr.
Thomas Jefferson Randolph opened a small school in the 1799 dwelling, which had been moved a short distance to make way for the present house.
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 Clifton
(1768-1828), son-in-law of Thomas Jefferson, who served as Governor of Virginia and in the U.S. Congress.
The original portion of the rambling, much-evolved structure was built by Randolph in the first quarter of the 19th century to be the hub of the never-to-be port of North Milton.
Randolph and several partners planned the town adjacent to the Milton Canal to support the agricultural and commercial development occurring in the area and to compete with the then-prosperous but now extinct community of Milton across
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 Contents of The Papers of Thomas Jefferson 50007486
At this meeting Jefferson recommended the appointment of Thomas Sumter, an experienced Indian fighter from South Carolina who was currently a member of the House of Representatives and a staunch opponent of Hamiltonian policies.
Before transmitting the final text to Hammond, Jefferson submitted the draft to his colleagues in the Cabinet and to James Madison in order to ensure that his letter represented the views of a united administration.
There is no evidence that Attorney General Edmund Randolph or Secretary of War Henry Knox recommended any alterations, but Madison and Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton did suggest a number of revisions.
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 ipedia.com: Tomato Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Thomas Jefferson was a pioneer in growing tomatoes, beginning in 1809.
Randolph's The Virginia Housewife has seventeen recipes for tomatoes, including gazpacho, gumbo, and catsup.
In an 1824 speech before the Albemarle Agricultural Society, Jefferson's son-in-law, Thomas Mann Randolph discussed the transformation of Virginia farming due to the introduction of new crops.
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 The HooK: COVER SIDEBAR- Storied history: Clifton a gift from TJ
Jefferson's son-in-law made a name for himself by advocating "contour" or "horizontal" plowing to lessen the chance of erosion, according to "Thomas Mann Randolph: Piedmont Plowman," a 1951 article in the Magazine of Albemarle County History.
According to author William Gaines Jr., Randolph was probably taking a cue from Jethro Tull, the British agronomist and inventor whose landmark 1733 volume, Horse-Hoeing Husbandry, revolutionized agriculture.
"Randolph and several partners planned the town adjacent to the Milton Canal to support the agricultural and commercial development occurring in the area and to compete with the then-prosperous but now extinct community of Milton across the Rivanna River."
www.readthehook.com /stories/2003/11/20/coverSidebarStoriedHistory.html   (507 words)

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