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CHAPTER 2 - WHO WAS THOMAS JEFFERSON?
A lawyer, Tom Jefferson was about 34 years old that important summer. He was a tall man, 6 feet 2½ inches. People seemed to like him. He was married to Martha Randolph Jefferson who ran the family's household at Monticello, their Virginia home. No known pictures of Martha survive, but the Library of Congress has a copy of her recipe book. She seems to have been a very meticulous lady. During the summer of 1776, Jefferson wrote one of the most important documents ever written in the world of law. The Declaration of Independence, approved by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, created the United States of America. It was the crowning achievement of Jefferson's career. He always said nothing else he ever did mattered as much as writing that Declaration. GO TO STORY INDEX |