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Sources consulted for the biography of:Thomas Mann Randolph (1768–1828)
Primary Sources
- Birth date in the Douglas Register, 1705–1898 (p. 143), Accession 23367, Library of Virginia.
- Marriage recorded in James A. Bear Jr. and Lucia C. Stanton, eds., Jefferson's Memorandum Books: Accounts, with Legal Records and Miscellany, 1767–1826 (1997), 1:750.
- First election as governor in Journal of the House of Delegates, 1819–1820 sess., 17.
- Annual reports to assembly in Journals of the House of Delegates, 1820–1821 sess., 6–12, 1821–1822 sess., 6–9, and 1822–1823 sess., 6–9.
Thomas Mann Randolph Correspondence
- Julian P. Boyd et al., eds., The Papers of Thomas Jefferson (1950– ).
- J. Jefferson Looney et al., eds., The Papers of Thomas Jefferson: Retirement Series (2004– ), quotation on 9:538.
- Carr-Cary Family Papers and Papers of the Randolph Family of Edgehill and Wilson Cary Nicholas, both in Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va.
- Thomas Jefferson Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
- Coolidge Collection of Thomas Jefferson Manuscripts, Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston, Mass.
- Governor Thomas Mann Randolph Executive Papers, Accession 41887, Library of Virginia.
Secondary Sources
- William H. Gaines Jr., Thomas Mann Randolph: Jefferson's Son-in-Law (1966).
- Cynthia A. Kierner, Martha Jefferson Randolph, Daughter of Monticello: Her Life and Times (2012).
Obituary
- Obituary with date of death in Richmond Enquirer, July 4, 1828.
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