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<Text id=JefAuto> <Author>Jefferson, Thomas</Author> <Title>Autobiography</Title> <Edition>[Selections. 1984] Writings. Library of America. New York: Literary Classics of the United States, 1984</Edition> <Date>1821</Date> <body> <loc><locdoc>JefAuto3</locdoc> <div0> <milestone n=3> <p>AUTOBIOGRAPHY <p>1743 -- 1790 <p><i>With the Declaration of Independence</i> January 6, 1821 <p>At the age of 77, I begin to make some memoranda and state some recollections of dates &amp; facts concerning myself, for my own more ready reference &amp; for the information of my family. <p>The tradition in my father's family was that their ancestor came to this country from Wales, and from near the mountain of Snowdon, the highest in Gr. Br. I noted once a case from Wales in the law reports where a person of our name was either pl. or def. and one of the same name was Secretary to the Virginia company. These are the only instances in which I have met with the name in that country. . . .