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13 April 1743 A.D. SHADWELL, ALBEMARLE, VA: Thomas Jefferson Born Editors. “ 1743 – Thomas Jefferson was born at Shadwell in Albemarle county, Virginia. ” This Day in U.S. Military History. N.d. https://thisdayinusmilhist.wordpress.com/2014/04/13/april-13/ . Accessed 10 Apr 2015. 1743 – Thomas Jefferson was born at Shadwell in Albemarle county, Virginia. He was tutored by the Reverend James Maury, a learned man, in the finest classical tradition. He began the study of Latin, Greek, and French at the age of nine. He attended William and Mary College in Williamsburg at sixteen years old, then continued his education in the Law under George Wythe, the first professor of law in America (who later would sign Jefferson’s Declaration in 1776). Thomas Jefferson attended the House of Burgesses as a student in 1765 when he witnessed Patrick Henry’s defiant stand against the Stamp Act. He gained the Virginia bar and began practice in 1769, and was elected to the House of Burgesses ...