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Education
Studies in Greek, Latin, and Mathematics with Reverends William Douglas and James Maury, 1752-1760.Undergraduate degree from the College of William & Mary, 1762.Private studies in law with George W...
Work Experience
Lawyer, private practice (1767-1774)Representative from Albemarle, Virginia House of Burgesses (1768-1775)Representative from Virginia, Second Continental Congress (1775-1776)Representative from Al...
Major Works
A Summary View of the Rights of British America, 1774Declaration of Independence, 1776Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom, 1777Notes on the State of Virginia, 1785First Inaugural Address, 1801The...
Awards
Honorary Doctorate of Laws, College of William & Mary (1783)Honorary Doctorate of Laws, Yale College (1786)Honorary Doctorate of Laws, Harvard University (1787)President, American Philosophical Ass...