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 . President Otiio University. Swank, James W., Secretary American Iron and Steel , Edward A., D. D., President I linois , James M., D. D., President V
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 . President Otiio University. Swank, James W., Secretary American Iron and Steel , Edward A., D. D., President I linois , James M., D. D., President Vassar , Robert H., Director Sibley College, Thwing, Charles F., D. D., President Western Reserve University. Tuttle, Herbert, LL. D., Professor Cornell University. Tyler, Lyon G., President College of William and Mary. Venable, W. H., LL. D., Author. Walworth, Jeannette H., Author. Warreuj William F., S. T. D., LL. D., President Boston , Henry, Editor Louisville Courier-Journal. Webb, Gen. Alexander S., LL. D., President College of the City of New York Weidemeyer, John William, Historical Writer. Wheeler, David H., D. D., President Alleghany Colicge. Winchell, Alexander, Late Professor of Michigan. Wise, John S., Ex-Congressman from Virginia. Wright, Marcus J., Historian and Custodian of Confederate Recordsin United States War Department. OF AMERICAN ,.; JEFFERSON, Thomas, third president of theUnited States, was born in Sliadwell, AlbemarleCo., Va., Apr. 2, 1743. The family were of Welshancestry, the first of the name in Virginia being amember of the legislature of that colony in Jefferson was the third son of Peter andJane (Randolph) Jefferson, and his education, which?was designed to be of the best quality attainable,had been well advanced when he was fourteen yearsof age, at which time (in 1757) his father died at theage of fifty, leaving him practically without a mas-ter or guide. In 1760 he ent
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