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At an early day in the same session (october, 1776) he introduced a bill for the revision of the laws. It passed October 24th, and 011 November 5th, by a joint vote of the two Houses, Thomas Jefferson, Edmund Pendleton, George Wythe, George Mason and Thomas Lightfoot Lee were ap pointed a committee to do the work. Naturally Mr. J effer son, as the patron and author of the measure, was the chair man of the committee. He was first named in the resolution appointing them, and his name is first signed to the report subsequently made when the work was done. But nowhere in his writings have I found that he has stated that he was the chairman. The members of this committee met in Jan uary, 1777, at Fredericksburg (a point central and relatively convenient to all except Mr. Jefferson), to take a general view of the work to be done, settle a few leading principles, and distribute the task among the members of the commit tee. When the distribution came to be made, Mr. Mason and Mr. Lee excused themselves, on the ground that not being lawyers they felt unqualified to take any part of it. Soon after this meeting Mr. Lee died, and Mr. Mason re signed from the committee. Under the bill for their ap pointment the committee had the power to fill vacancies; but this the remaining members did not feel called on to do, the leading principles fixing the lines on which the work should proceed having been already agreed on by the whole original committee. In the distribution made, the common law and British statutes down to the fourth year of James I the date of the foundation of the colony, were assigned to Mr. Jefferson the British statutes from that date to 1776 to Mr. Vvythe; and the colonial statutes to Mr. Pendleton. Obviously Mr. Jefferson had the laboring oar.
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At an early day in the same session (october, 1776) he introduced a bill for the revision of the laws. It passed October 24th, and 011 November 5th, by a joint vote of the two Houses, Thomas Jefferson, Edmund Pendleton, George Wythe, George Mason and Thomas Lightfoot Lee were ap pointed a committee to do the work. Naturally Mr. J effer son, as the patron and author of the measure, was the chair man of the committee. He was first named in the resolution appointing them, and his name is first signed to the report subsequently made when the work was done. But nowhere in his writings have I found that he has stated that he was the chairman. The members of this committee met in Jan uary, 1777, at Fredericksburg (a point central and relatively convenient to all except Mr. Jefferson), to take a general view of the work to be done, settle a few leading principles, and distribute the task among the members of the commit tee. When the distribution came to be made, Mr. Mason and Mr. Lee excused themselves, on the ground that not being lawyers they felt unqualified to take any part of it. Soon after this meeting Mr. Lee died, and Mr. Mason re signed from the committee. Under the bill for their ap pointment the committee had the power to fill vacancies; but this the remaining members did not feel called on to do, the leading principles fixing the lines on which the work should proceed having been already agreed on by the whole original committee. In the distribution made, the common law and British statutes down to the fourth year of James I the date of the foundation of the colony, were assigned to Mr. Jefferson the British statutes from that date to 1776 to Mr. Vvythe; and the colonial statutes to Mr. Pendleton. Obviously Mr. Jefferson had the laboring oar.
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