The Jefferson Literary and Debating Society (commonly known as "Jeff Soc") is the oldest continuously existing collegiate debating society in North America...
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The Washington Literary Society and Debating Union (also known as "the Washington Society" or "the Wash") is a literary and debating group at the University...
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Virginia. It is the traditional home of the Jefferson Literary and Debating Society; the term "Jefferson Hall" (or "Jeff Hall" or "The Hall") is sometimes...
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and negative contributions to the university. The earliest secret society at the university was probably the no-longer-secret Jefferson Literary and Debating...
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Literary and Debating Society, a student society at the University of Virginia in the United States Jefferson Memorial, Washington, D.C. Jefferson Park (disambiguation)...
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Washington Literary Society and Debating Union and Jefferson Literary and Debating Society of the University of Virginia The Union-Philanthropic (Literary) Society...
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competition with the Jefferson Literary and Debating Society of the University of Virginia, and the Columbia Cup, a debate with the Enosinian Society of The George...
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as the Jefferson Literary and Debating Society. Previous Range residents who have become well-known include Edgar Allan Poe (13 W. Range) and Woodrow...
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Martha Skelton Jefferson (née Wayles; October 30, 1748 – September 6, 1782) was the wife of Thomas Jefferson from 1772 until her death. She served as...
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years, Jefferson and Adams exchanged 158 letters discussing their political differences, justifying their respective roles in events, and debating the revolution's...
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The Lawn (category University and college buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia)
organizations on Grounds: the Jefferson Literary and Debating Society (room 7; founded there on July 14, 1825), Trigon Engineering Society (room 17; founded on...
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Roxane Gilmore (category First ladies and gentlemen of Virginia)
classics, and anthropology. There, she joined the Jefferson Literary and Debating Society, the oldest continuously existing collegiate debating society in North...
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S. (1906). Jefferson, Cabell and the University of Virginia. New York: Neale. p. 307. z society university of Virginia. "Secret Societies Aid University...
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went North to Washington, DC and passed into white society, both marrying white spouses. Jefferson's will freed Madison and Eston Hemings shortly after...
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referenced and seen as an inspiration for the basis of government. The United States Declaration of Independence was drafted by Thomas Jefferson, and then edited...
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society would cause civil unrest between white people and former slaves. Jefferson consistently spoke out against the international slave trade and outlawed...
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The Jefferson Scholarship is a merit scholarship that provides four years of fully funded study at the University of Virginia in the United States. Considered...
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specifically about the town and University titled "Wa-Hoo-Wa" that began, "Oh, Charlottesville, illustrious name,/ The home of Jefferson you claim;/ The lap of...
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Peter Jefferson (February 29, 1708 – August 17, 1757) was a planter, cartographer and politician in colonial Virginia best known for being the father...
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And it is on this same chunk of land, a few miles away, that Mr. Jefferson's University sits, home to the Washington Literary Society and Debating Union...
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merit-based student society to promote literary and forensic work and to recognize outstanding scholarship. Once the new society was approved, a faculty...
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The Jefferson disk, also called the Bazeries cylinder or wheel cypher, was a cipher system commonly attributed to Thomas Jefferson that uses a set of wheels...
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Dedication of the Seven Society Carillon. 1957-10-15. p. 3. Retrieved 2008-01-06. Dabney, 264. Dabney, Virginius (1981). Mr. Jefferson's University: A History...
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Woodrow Wilson (category Members of the American Philosophical Society)
was involved in the Virginia Glee Club and served as president of the Jefferson Literary and Debating Society. Poor health forced Wilson to withdraw from...
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Whig–Cliosophic Society, sometimes abbreviated as Whig-Clio, is a political, literary, and debating society at Princeton University and the oldest debate union...
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2022 University of Virginia shooting (category University and college killings in the United States)
the Year twice, and was a member of the National Honor Society and National Technical Honor Society, president of the Key Club, and president of the...
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Jane Randolph Jefferson (February 10, 1720 – March 31, 1776) was the wife of Peter Jefferson and the mother of US president Thomas Jefferson. Born in the...
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University of Virginia's College at Wise (category Universities and colleges accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools)
Cavalier is the student-run newspaper. The college also has a biannual literary journal, Jimson Weed. The UVA Wise athletic teams are called the Cavaliers...
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Sally Hemings (category People who were enslaved by Thomas Jefferson)
with one-quarter African ancestry and was a nanny, who was owned by president of the United States Thomas Jefferson, one of many he inherited from his...
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Enlightenment, and the nation's third president: List of sculptures of presidents of the United States Mount Rushmore Statue of Thomas Jefferson (Decatur,...
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