5th Congress of the United States - Thomas Jefferson - Presidential For Sale

An Act of the Fifth Congress dealing with Stills within the United States approved by John Adams, President of the United States and Thomas Jefferson, Vice-President. Not signed. Thomas Jefferson (April 13, 1743 \" July 4, 1826) was an American statesman, diplomat, lawyer, architect, philosopher, and Founding Father who served as the third president of the United States from 1801 to 1809. He had previously served as the second vice president of the United States under John Adams and as the first United States Secretary of State under George Washington. The principal author of the Declaration of Independence, Jefferson was a proponent of democracy, republicanism, and individual rights, motivating American colonists to break from the Kingdom of Great Britain and form a new nation; he produced formative documents and decisions at both the state and national levels. During the American Revolution, Jefferson represented Virginia in the Continental Congress that adopted the Declaration of Independence. As a Virginia legislator, he drafted a state law for religious freedom. He served as the second Governor of Virginia from 1779 to 1781, during the American Revolutionary War. In 1785, Jefferson was appointed the United States Minister to France, and subsequently, the nation\'s first Secretary of State under President George Washington from 1790 to 1793. Jefferson and Item ordered may not be exact piece shown. All original and authentic.