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Thomas Jefferson was born at Shadwell, Albemarle County, Va., on April 2 (old style), 1743. He was the oldest son of Peter Jefferson, who died in 1757. After attending private schools, he entered William and Mary College in 1760. In 1767 began the practice of the law. In 1769 was chosen to represent his county in the Virginia house of burgesses, a station he continued to fill up to the period of the Revolution. He married Mrs. Martha Skelton in 1772, she being a daughter of John Wayles, an eminent lawyer of Virginia. On March 12, 1773, was chosen a member of the first committee. | A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents 1 PROJECT GUTENBERG A COMPILATION OF THE MESSAGESAND PAPERS OF THE PRESIDENTS James D. Richardson A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents The Project Gutenberg EBook of A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents by Edited by James D. Richardson This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at Title A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Section 3 of 4 of Volume 1 Thomas Jefferson Author Edited by James D. Richardson Release Date January 31 2004 EBook 10893 Language English Character set encoding ISO-8859-1 START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THOMAS JEFFERSON Produced by Juliet Sutherland David Garcia and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. A COMPILATION OF THE MESSAGES AND PAPERS OF THE PRESIDENTS. BY JAMES D. RICHARDSON A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents 2 Thomas Jefferson March 4 1801 to March 4 1809 Thomas Jefferson Thomas Jefferson was born at Shadwell Albemarle County Va. on April 2 old style 1743. He was the oldest son of Peter Jefferson who died in 1757. After attending private schools he entered William and Mary College in 1760. In 1767 began the practice of the law. In 1769 was chosen to represent his county in the Virginia house of burgesses a station he continued to fill up to the period of the Revolution. He married Mrs. Martha Skelton in 1772 she being a daughter of John Wayles an eminent lawyer of Virginia. On March 12 1773 was chosen a member of the first committee of correspondence established by the Colonial legislature. Was elected a delegate to the Continental Congress in 1775 was placed on the Committee of Five to prepare the Declaration of Independence and at the request of that committee he drafted the .