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Thomas Jefferson 6
Title: Thomas Jefferson 6
Category: Society & Culture / People
Details: Words: 647 | Pages: 2.8 (approximately 235 words/page)
Thomas Jefferson 6
Thomas Jefferson was born on April 13, 1743in Shadwell, Virginia. His parents
were Peter and Jane Jefferson. When Thomas was only fourteen, his father died.
Once his father died he started to take classes with Rev. James Maury. When he
turned seventeen, he went to the College of William and Mary, but he left after two
years.
In 1760 he was elected to the Virginia House of Burgesses. In1769, the town of
Shadwell that Thomas was living …showed first 75 words of 647 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 647 total…Declaration of Independence was coming near. But, on that day, Jefferson suddenly
lapsed into a coma. People got a physician to come to aid him. He woke up on the
night of the 3rd and said,” Is it the fourth?” On July 4th, 1826, right before one o’clock,
Thomas suddenly died. Later that day a close friend of Jefferson and another historical
figure died. He was John Adams, whose last words where,” Thomas Jefferson
survives.”
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