Thomas Jefferson

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He was only 33 years old when he wrote the Declaration of Independence. He was a member of Congress. He was an ambassador to France and after he retired he established the University of Virginia.  Thomas Jefferson was the third president of the United States, but he had an incredible life.

When Thomas Jefferson was president in the early 1800’s it took him 10 days to travel the 225 miles from Monticello to Philadelphia by carriage.  You could make the 100-mile trip from Philly to New York in two days if you really pushed it, but that would mean continually changing horses along the way.  Back in those days the country still hadn't extended all the way to the Pacific Ocean, but Jeffe