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Jefferson comes from a well-to-do but not rich family with important political and social connections. his father. Peter Jefferson, who was known for his great physical strength, made his own way as a planter. When he died two decades ago, he left about 7,500 acres and more than 60 slaves, to be equally divided between Thomas and his younger brother Randolph, and generous dowries for his six daughters. Jefferson's mother, Jane, who died only last March, was a Randolph, and thus a member of one of the colony's first families...
...Massachusetts troops, and Charles Lee, 44, who now serves Washington as first major general. But the Massachusetts delegates themselves realized that they could best win continent-wide support by letting a southerner take the lead. So it was John Adams who did most to see that the towering planter from tidewater Virginia was put in charge...
Even in retirement, a Virginia planter has obligations. Washington served in the House of Burgesses from 1759 on, as a justice in Alexandria from 1760-74 and as a delegate to both Continental Congresses. Now, under the burdens of command, he drives himself even harder than he drives his men, sometimes rising as early...
...patronage, and the laboring Indian majority believes Burnham's socialism to be a means of gaining black control of the economy. One consequence is that Burnham's cooperative program has failed to take hold in Guyana's predominantly Indian farming areas. Says one bitter rice planter: "I don't need the African to run my business and tell me what...
...become the first commander in chief of the new Continental Army. With textblocks and many illustrations, plus graceful historical essays, Editor and Popular Historian Richard Ketchum creates a sound and extraordinarily detailed portrait of the man and his times during the years when Washington evolved from prosperous Virginia planter to Revolutionary general to President of the newly established republic. A Bicentennial byproduct of notable quality, the book manages to make this monument human, while reassuringly confirming the traditional view that the Colonies were perfectly right in letting George...