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1790. He attended William and Mary Col-
lege, studied medicine and practiced success-
fully in Virginia. He served in the house of
delegates in 1819-20. In 1831 he went to
Texas, where he took an active interest in
the politics of that revolutionary period. In
1835 ^ convention of the American settlers
was called for the consideration of Texan
independence, over which Archer presided,
and he was selected with Stephen Austin
and N. H. Wharton, commissioner to Wash-
ington to obtain aid from the United States
government. He became a very prominent
figure in Texan politics, being a member of
the first Texan congress, speaker of the
house of representatives of the republic, and
its secretary of war from 1839 to 1842. He
died in Brazoria county, Texas, September
22. 1856.
Randolph^ Thomas Jefferson, born in Monticello, Albeijiarle county, Virginia, September 12, 1792, son of Governor Thomas Mann and Martha (Jefferson) Randolph, and grandson of Thomas Jefferson; edu- cz^itd in the schools of Philadelphia, Penn- sylvania, and Charlottesville, Virginia; one of the first acts of his business life was to discharge a debt of $40,000 remaining against his Grandfather Jefferson's estate; another work performed in loyal regard for the memory of his Grandfather Jefferson was his preparation, as literary executor, of the large four-volume **Biography, Life and Correspondence of Thomas Jefferson," which was published in Boston in 1829; as a member of the legislature, he effected, among other measures, the passage of a bill for the adjustment of the tax question, whereby the finances of the state were ma- terially strengthened; his knowledge of
finance was also expressed in a pamphlet
entitled "Sixty Years* Reminiscences of the
Currency of the United States," of which
each member of the legislature received a
copy; in the convention of 1850-51, when
the Virginia constitution was revised, he
was an active member; after the secession
of the Southern States, he gave his support
to the Confederacy, and after the war he
was equally zealous in the movements to
restore the well-being of his native state;
his last appearance in public office was as
chairman of the Democratic national con-
vention which was convened in Baltimore.
Maryland, in 1872; for seven years he was
rector of the University of Virginia, and for
thirty-one years a member of its board of
visitors : he died at "Edgehill," N'irginia. Oc-
itber 8, 1875.
Vethake, Henry, born in British Guiana in 1792, came to America in his childhood with his parents. He was graduated from Columbia College in 1808, and studied law. He held professorships in Columbia and Queens (now Butler), Dickinson (Pennsyl- vania) colleges, and the University of New York. In 1835 ^^ ^^as elected president of Washington College (now Washington and Lee University), which position he held a year, at the same time filling the chair of intellectual and moral philosophy, retaining the latter until 1859, when he became asso- ciated with the Philadelphia Polytechnic College. He died December 16, 1866.
Garland, John, was born in Virginia, in 1792, died in New York City, June 5, 1861. He was appointed first lieutenant of infan- try on March 31, 1813, served through the war with Great Britain, became a captain on May 7, 1817, and was made major by
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