Thomas Jefferson did not have a middle name. This was not unusual for this time period or the Jefferson family; only two of Jefferson's nine siblings had middle names (Peter Field and Anna Scott).
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Peter Jefferson, Thomas Jefferson's father, patented 1,000-acre tract which became Monticello.
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Thomas Jefferson born at Shadwell.
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Peter Jefferson died.
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Thomas Jefferson a
The next program in the Virginia Heritage Resource Center's Mining the Treasure House lecture series will be held at noon on Tuesday, 16 September 2008 in the conference rooms adjacent to the lobby of the Library of Virginia at 800 East Broad Street in downtown Richmond. The speakers will be J. Jefferson Looney, Editor-in-Chief of the Thomas Jefferson Papers, Retirement Series, and Lisa A. Francavilla, Managing Editor of that series.
Thought our loyal readers might be interested in some other Jefferson-related events coming up soon:
September 13, 2008Accuracy and Elegance: How Fry and Jefferson Made a Better map of VirginiaLibrary of Virginia, Richmond, VA
