1734                 Documents in Year 1735                      1736

Biographies

Links of Interest:

  • Thomas Jefferson

    • Peter Jefferson 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.

  • Scarlet Fever Epidemic in American colonies

    • The Almanac of American History by Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. Brompton: CT 1993. (p. 84)

  • Technology:

    • John Harrison,42 year old English carpenter, completes H1, a 75 pound timekeeper for determining longitude at sea eventually making it possible for England to control the shipping trade. Go forward to 1739
    Lasky, Kathryn. The Man Who Made Time Travel. Canada: Douglas & McIntyre, 2003.
    Sobel, Dava. Longitude. New York: Walker, 1995.

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