Licette Delgado ch4 sec4
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1. Thomas Paine- Thomas Paine, was born in Thetford in Norfolk on January 29, 1737. His father, Joseph, was a poor Quaker corse maker who tried to provide his son with an education at the local grammar school but eventually was forced to apprentice him this trade. Paine was unable to accept the occupation. After a short time at sea, Paine returned to his trade in Kent, but then served as an exciseman in Lincolnshire, followed by a stint as a school teacher in London, before he again settled down in 1768 as an excise officer in Lewes in Suffolk. For the next six years he combined his duties as excise officer with managing a small shop. http://www.myfreeoffice.com/jelaine/ThomasPaine.html
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2. Thomas Jefferson-Thomas Jefferson wished to be remembered for three achievements in his public life. He had served as governor of Virginia, as U.S. minister to France, as secretary of state under George Washington, as vice-president in the administration of John Adams, and as president of the United States from 1801 to 1809. On his tombstone, however, which he designed and for which he wrote the inscription, there is no mention of these offices. Rather, it reads that Thomas Jefferson was "author of the Declaration of American Independence, of the Statute of Virginia for religious freedom, and Father of the University of Virginia" and, as he requested, "not a word more." http://sc94.ameslab.gov/TOUR/tjefferson.html
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3. Abigail Adams- Abigail Adams, b. Weymouth, Mass., Nov. 11, 1744, d. Oct. 28, 1818, was the wife of John ADAMS, the second president of the United States, and the mother of John Quincy ADAMS, sixth president. Originally named Abigail Smith, she was the daughter of a clergyman in Weymouth. http://gi.grolier.com/presidents/aae/first/02pw.html
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