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Peter Jefferson

Father of American president Thomas Jefferson (1708-1757) · United States · Scientists · Died at 49

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Peter Jefferson was a planter, cartographer, and politician in colonial Virginia best known for being the father of the third president of the United States, Thomas Jefferson.

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Peter Jefferson was a planter, cartographer, and politician in colonial Virginia best known for being the father of the third president of the United States, Thomas Jefferson. The "Fry-Jefferson Map", created by Peter in collaboration with Joshua Fry in 1757, accurately charted the Allegheny Mountains for the first time and showed the northbound route of "The Great Road from the Yadkin River through Virginia to Philadelphia distant 455 Miles", which later became Great Wagon Road. The map also indicates the southbound route of the Trading Path from Petersburg, Virginia to Old Hawfields, North Carolina and beyond.

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United States
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Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
deceased
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Lived 1708 to 1757 · aged 49

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