Documents in Year 1738

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Links of Interest:
Thomas JeffersonPeter Jefferson had arrived in 1735, father of Thomas Jefferson (3rd US President)
born in 1743, near Charlottesville, Virginia in Albemarle County on Rivanna
River just down the road from William I Vardeman.
Great Awakening
"English Methodist evangelist George Whitefield arrives in Savannah, Georgia on the first of his seven trips to
the American colonies. A close early associate of John and Charles Wesley, he later breaks with them because he will not
repudiate Calvinism. His electrifying sermons attract throngs of listeners wherever he goes, from New England to Georgia."
The Almanac of American History by Arthur M.
Schlesinger, Jr. Brompton: CT 1993. (p. 85)
Great Awakening: A Secondary School Guide
Recommended by a history teacher who emailed to say how useful she
found the treespot website and this link!
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