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The New Nation Poster Set
These three poster sets include posters of Virginians'
contributions to the new country, the migration of Virginians and Nat Turner.
Why is James Madison the Father of the Constitution?
The Library of Congress offers us over 12,000
of James Madison's papers including letters, notes, finacial documents and manuscripts.
The Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom
This bill, drafted by Thomas Jefferson in 1777, first
appeared in the form of a broadside, printed in Williamsburg in 1779. The only known copy of the original broadside belongs
to the Boston Public Library.
The Virginia Declaration of Rights
By the end of 1776 five colonies had adopted some form
of the Declaration of Rights by George Mason, who Thomas Jefferson regarded as the "the wisest man of his generation."
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