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    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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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  • Sally Hemings (category People who were enslaved by Thomas Jefferson)
    Thomas Jefferson, one of many he inherited from his father-in-law, John Wayles. Hemings' mother was Betty Hemings, the daughter of an enslaved woman and an...
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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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    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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    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 of Princeton University The Philodemic Society of Georgetown University The Washington Literary Society and Debating Union and Jefferson Literary...
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    and managed by the Institute for Shipboard Education (ISE) in Fort Collins, Colorado. Colorado State University is the current academic sponsor and the...
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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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    University of Virginia, she was an Echols Scholar and a member of the Jefferson Literary and Debating Society. After her freshman year of college at the University...
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  • death, Founding Father and third U.S. president Thomas Jefferson has been an iconic American figure depicted in many forms. Jefferson has often been portrayed...
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  • planter, slave trader and lawyer in colonial Virginia. He is historically best known as the father-in-law of Thomas Jefferson, the third president of...
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  • Eston Hemings Jefferson (May 21, 1808 – January 3, 1856) was born into slavery at Monticello, the youngest son of Sally Hemings, a mixed-race enslaved...
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