The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . esfather, by which she received nearly 50,000 acres ofland and 135 slaves. Here Jefferson began to leadthe actual life of a farmer, which he had said wasthe one which he should den
The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . esfather, by which she received nearly 50,000 acres ofland and 135 slaves. Here Jefferson began to leadthe actual life of a farmer, which he had said wasthe one which he should denominate as his pursuit,still continuing, however, his practice, which in theyear 1774, although lucrative, had not extended hisname beyond his own immediate neighborhood. Bythe close of that year, however, the name of Jeffer-son was among the first of the patriotic leaders inthe colonies. The Continental congress was aboutto assemble at Philadelphia, and Jefferson, beforeleaving to attend the meeting of burgesses at Wil-liamsburg, which would elect the deputies of Vir-finia, prepared a draft of such instructions as heeemed should be given to the representatives ofVirginia in the Continental congress. These instruc-tions amounted ,to a small pamphlet, the substanceof which became practically the Declaration of In-dependence. Jefferson now gave up his law busi-ness into Ihe hands of his friend and kinsman, Ed-. mund Randolph, and withdrew from practice, as itafterward proved, forever. The Williamsburg con-vention of 1774 appointed Thomas Jefferson as analternate with John Randolph, in case the lattershould be obliged to leave the congress before itsadjournment. The affair at Lexington precipitatedevents, and the convention becoming convinced ofthe gravity of the situation, began to arin for theconflict. A committee of thirteen, appointed to ar-range a plan of defence, included such men asGeorge Washington, Patrick Henry, Richard HenryLee and Thomas Jefferson. On June 20, 1775, t
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