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*April 2 by the Old (Julian) Calendar, April 13 by the New (Gregorian) Calendar. The New Calendar was adopted by Great Britain and its colonies in 1752. To bring the calendar in line with the solar year, it added eleven days; the new year began in January rather than March. Jefferson begins attending a local school run by a Scotsman, Reverend William Douglas. Peter Jefferson dies. Jefferson attends the school of the Reverend James Maury in Fredericksville Parish, twelve miles from Shadwell.
Jefferson attends the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg. Jefferson begins law studies with George Wythe, his former teacher at the College of William and Mary and now his mentor in the legal profession. Top Spring-Summer. May. February 1. January 1. September 27. Thomas Jefferson: A Resource Guide (Virtual Programs & Services, Library of Congress) Revolutionary Period (1764-1789) American Revolution: First Continental Congress. As of July 1, 2013 ThinkQuest has been discontinued.
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Digital Encyclopedia | George Washington's Mount Vernon Estate, Museum & Gardens. University Digital Library -- Collection Overview. “My first antiquarian book was purchased in London in the summer of 1959. I had just graduated from Princeton as an American history major, and I was absentmindedly scanning a bookseller’s dusty window. I noticed a small book, a 1792 edition of Tom Paine’s Rights of Man. The price? About the equivalent of $5.00. How could I not buy it? After nearly 60 years of collecting, Sid Lapidus ’59 has presented to the Library more than 2700 volumes representing the fruits of his enthusiasm.
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