Thomas Jefferson
1743 to 1826
8 documented presences
8 places
Quo Fuit places 8 dated presences for Thomas Jefferson across 8 places, from 1745 to 1826. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Thomas Jefferson (1743 – July 4, 1826) was a Founding Father and the third president of the United States from 1801 to 1809.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Where Thomas Jefferson was documented, and when
1745year
Tuckahoe (plantation)attested
“Peter Jefferson moved his family to Tuckahoe Plantation in 1745 following the death of William Randolph III, the plantation's owner and Jefferson's friend, who in his will had named Peter guardian of Randolph's children.”
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1758 to 1760period
Gordonsville, Virginiaattested
“He was taught from 1758 to 1760 by the Reverend James Maury near Gordonsville, Virginia, where he studied history, science, and the classics while boarding with Maury's family.”
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1761year
College of William & Maryattested
“In 1761, at the age of seventeen, Jefferson entered the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, where he studied mathematics and philosophy with William Small.”
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1767year
Virginiaattested
“In 1767, Jefferson was granted admission to the Virginia bar, and lived with his mother at Shadwell.”
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1767year
Shadwell (Virginia)attested
“In 1767, Jefferson was granted admission to the Virginia bar, and lived with his mother at Shadwell.”
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7 May 1784exact date
Parisattested
“On May 7, 1784, Jefferson was appointed by the Congress of the Confederation to join Benjamin Franklin and John Adams in Paris as Minister Plenipotentiary for Negotiating Treaties of Amity and Commerce with Great Britain and other countr…”
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1791year
Philadelphiaattested
“Representative, and author Philip Freneau, Jefferson co-founded the National Gazette in Philadelphia in 1791, which sought to counter the policies of the Federalist Party, which Hamilton was promoting through the Gazette of the United St…”
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1826 to 1835period
Charlottesville, Virginiaattested
“After Jefferson's death in 1826, although not formally manumitted, Sally Hemings was allowed by Jefferson's daughter Martha to live in Charlottesville as a free woman with her two sons until her death in 1835.”
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Places Thomas Jefferson is documented in
Paris1 presence · 1784Philadelphia1 presence · 1791Virginia1 presence · 1767
Charlottesville, Virginia1 presence · 1826
College of William & Mary1 presence · 1761
Gordonsville, Virginia1 presence · 1758
Shadwell (Virginia)1 presence · 1767
Tuckahoe (plantation)1 presence · 1745
Other places tied to Thomas Jefferson in the record
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October 1753month
Shadwell (Virginia)mentioned
“The Jeffersons returned to Shadwell before October 1753.”
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1763 to 1804period
Louisianamentioned
“Jefferson and others were influenced by exploration accounts of Le Page du Pratz in Louisiana (1763) and James Cook in the Pacific (1784), and they persuaded Congress in 1804 to fund an expedition to explore and map the newly acquired te…”
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1763 to 1804period
Pacificmentioned
“Jefferson and others were influenced by exploration accounts of Le Page du Pratz in Louisiana (1763) and James Cook in the Pacific (1784), and they persuaded Congress in 1804 to fund an expedition to explore and map the newly acquired te…”
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1769 to 1775period
Virginiamentioned
“Between 1769 and 1775, he represented Albemarle County in Virginia's House of Burgesses.”
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1775year
College of William & Marymentioned
“He also addressed his enrollment in the College of William & Mary and his election to the Continental Congress in Philadelphia in 1775.”
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1775year
Philadelphiamentioned
“He also addressed his enrollment in the College of William & Mary and his election to the Continental Congress in Philadelphia in 1775.”
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September 1776month
Virginiamentioned
“He was then elected to the Virginia House of Delegates for Albemarle County in September 1776, when finalizing the state constitution was a priority.”
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September 1776month
Virginia House of Delegatesmentioned
“He was then elected to the Virginia House of Delegates for Albemarle County in September 1776, when finalizing the state constitution was a priority.”
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September 1776month
Virginia Housementioned
“He was then elected to the Virginia House of Delegates for Albemarle County in September 1776, when finalizing the state constitution was a priority.”
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1779year
Virginiamentioned
“In 1779, he proposed gradual voluntary training and resettlement to the Virginia legislature, and three years later drafted legislation allowing slaveholders to free their own slaves.”
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1781year
The U.Smentioned
“Later, writing in Notes (1781), Jefferson supported gradual emancipation of slaves, to be sent away from the U.S.”
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31 December 1783exact date
Virginiamentioned
“Jefferson sent a letter (revealed in 2025) to Virginia Governor Benjamin Harrison, dated December 31, 1783, in which he relates the wave of enthusiasm of Europeans for taking up arms against their leaders.”
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1784year
Virginiamentioned
“In archaeology in 1784, Jefferson, using the trench method, started excavating a Monacan burial mound in Virginia.”
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1786year
Londonmentioned
“During the summer of 1786, Jefferson arrived in London to meet with John Adams, who was then serving as the nation's first US Ambassador to Britain.”
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1787year
1787year
14 July 1789exact date
1791year
1793year
1800year
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1800year
4 March 1801exact date
Documented at the same place, the same year
Abigail AdamsPhiladelphia · 1791Edgar Allan PoeCharlottesville, Virginia · 1826Marquis de SadeParis · 1784Luigi CherubiniParis · 1784Laurent de Gouvion Saint-CyrParis · 1784Jean-Pierre BlanchardParis · 1784
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