A few nice Biography images I found:
Biography of Thomas Jefferson (Third President 1801-1809)
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Portrait by Rembrandt Peale / Courtesy of the New York Historical Society.
Jefferson was born April 13, 1743, at Shadwell, Virginia; He died July 4, 1826, at Monticello, on the same day his friend John Adams died.
Jefferson authored the Declaration of Independence and the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom. He was the third President of the United States, and founder of the University of Virginia He was an architect, inventor, writer, ambassador, politician historian, philosopher, gardener and a plantation owner. Jefferson served our country for over five decades.
Having inherited a considerable landed estate from his father, Jefferson began building Monticello when he was twenty-six years old. Three years later, he married Martha Wayles Skelton, with whom he lived happily for ten years until her death. Their marriage produced six children, but only two survived to adulthood. Jefferson, who never remarried, maintained Monticello as his home throughout his life, always expanding and changing the house. Jefferson inherited slaves from both his father and father-in-law. He was unwilling, despite all his wisdom, to free his slaves.
Having attended the College of William and Mary, Jefferson practiced law and served in local government as a magistrate, county lieutenant, and member of the House of Burgesses in his early professional life. As a member of the Continental Congress, he was chosen in 1776 to draft the Declaration of Independence, which has been regarded ever since as a charter of American and universal liberties. The document proclaims that all men are equal in rights, regardless of birth, wealth, or status, and that the government is the servant, not the master, of the people.
After Jefferson left Congress in 1776, he returned to Virginia and served in the legislature. Elected governor from 1779 to 1781.
During the brief private interval in his life following his governorship, Jefferson wrote Notes on the State of Virginia. In 1784, he entered public service again, in France, first as trade commissioner and then as Benjamin Franklin's successor as minister. During this period, he avidly studied European culture, sending home to Monticello, books, seeds and plants, statues and architectural drawings, scientific instruments, and information.
In 1790 he accepted the post of secretary of state under his friend George Washington. His tenure was marked by his opposition to the pro-British policies of Alexander Hamilton. In 1796, as the presidential candidate of the Democratic Republicans, he became vice-president after losing to John Adams by three electoral votes.
Four years later, he defeated Adams and became president, the first peaceful transfer of authority from one party to another in the history of the young nation. Perhaps the most notable achievements of his first term were the purchase of the Louisiana Territory in 1803 and his support of the Lewis and Clark expedition. His second term, a time when he encountered more difficulties on both the domestic and foreign fronts, is most remembered for his efforts to maintain neutrality in the midst of the conflict between Britain and France; his efforts did not avert war with Britain in 1812.
Jefferson was succeeded as president in 1809 by his friend James Madison, and during the last seventeen years of his life, he remained at Monticello. During this period, he sold his collection of books to the government to form the nucleus of the Library of Congress. Jefferson embarked on his last great public service at the age of seventy-six, with the founding of the University of Virginia. He spearheaded the legislative campaign for its charter, secured its location, designed its buildings, planned its curriculum, and served as the first rector.
Jefferson died on July 4, 1826, just hours before his close friend John Adams, on the fiftieth anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. He was eighty-three years old, the holder of large debts, but according to all evidence a very optimistic man.
It was Jefferson's wish that his tomb stone reflect the things that he had given the people, not the things that the people had given to him. It is for this reason that Thomas Jefferson's epitaph reads: (Jefferson's gravestone at Monticello):
"HERE WAS BURIED THOMAS JEFFERSON AUTHOR OF THE
DECLARATION OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE. OF THE STATUTE OF VIRGINIA FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
AND FATHER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA"
source: many, including www.monticello.org/jefferson/biography.html
Robbert Hartog biography
Image by canuckshutterer "Bill" (W.J. Gibson)
for sale at the Huronia Museum for with all funds going to the museum.
Hartog was a Midland businessman and extremely acitve in various community groups including the boy scouts, he emigrated to Canada from the Netherlands.
Karley who runs the gift shop is holding the book
baberuth baseball legend cd's biography
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