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Thomas Jefferson is known for many things. He wrote the Declaration of Independence, was the third President of the United States, and founded the First Party System of government. However, he was also a mathematician, archaeologist, author, lawyer, architect, violinist, and numerous other things. In 1819, after decades of wanting to found a university, he created the University of Virginia - the first university to offer a complete slate of elective courses. He interacted with many of the students and faculty until his death 27 years later.


I'm a graduate of the College of William & Mary, and there are statues of TJ (as we called him) everywhere! It's a very big deal that he was a fellow alum. I've heard people say you know you're from W&M if you begin all your papers with a quote from him.

As the bio shows, he worked in a lot of different areas. Sometimes W&M alums get a little cynical about him, since he's pretty much everywhere. I'm curious as to whether there are any other alums out there who feel the same -- or differently. And if you're not an alum, are you as fascinated with him as our college was?


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cindydonahey The Ohio Company 0 Feb 20 2007, 1:37 PM EST by cindydonahey
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What infomation is available about Thomas Jefferson's interest in the Ohio Company. I claim to have had lessons as a child about this, way back in the 1950s. There is a map of the Ohio Company lands available from the State (Ohio) Library. The coal bearing, spaghnum moss region of Ohio falls within the Ohio Company lands. I can blather on about selling carolina parakeets abroad for the caged bird trade, and how much slave owners hated the big grape vine runs (where slaves and foxes could not be treed) so common in southeastern Ohio once. We had a lecture on why North America was first called Vinland, so the lessons were interconnected.
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