Jefferson
['dʒefəsn]
Definition
(noun.) 3rd President of the United States; chief drafter of the Declaration of Independence; made the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 and sent out the Lewis and Clark Expedition to explore it (1743-1826).
Editor: Maggie--From WordNet
Examples
- To Thomas Jefferson, } Secretary of State of the United States. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Jefferson studied and wrote upon the proper shape to be given to the mould board. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- On the 30th of September I reported for duty at Jefferson Barracks, St. Louis, with the 4th United States infantry. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- I now discovered that I was exceedingly anxious to get back to Jefferson Barracks, and I understood the reason without explanation from any one. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Upon application to Congress to be recalled, Mr. Jefferson was appointed to succeed him in 1785. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- I don't suppose the buyers of Americana sit up reading them all night--old Jefferson Gryce certainly didn't. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- My leave of absence required me to report for duty, at Jefferson Barracks, at the end of twenty days. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- I had never met him before, but he introduced himself by handing me an order for him to proceed to Jefferson City and relieve me of the command. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Dent, whose family resided some five miles west of Jefferson Barracks. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- From St. Louis I was ordered to Jefferson City, the capital of the State, to take command. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- There were two noteworthy amendments to Jefferson's draft. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Before I left St. Louis orders were received at Jefferson Barracks for the 4th infantry to follow the 3d. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- I found a good many troops in Jefferson City, but in the greatest confusion, and no one person knew where they all were. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- It was known that Mr. Jefferson Davis had visited Bragg on Missionary Ridge a short time before my reaching Chattanooga. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
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