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==Events==  
==Events==  
*[[August 1]] - Twenty-one (21) representatives met at the Mountaintop Inn at [[Rockfish Gap]] and selected [[Central College]] as the home of a new state university.<ref>http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+SR89 SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 89 Offered January 14, 2019</ref>
*[[August 1]] &ndash; The Commissioners for the University of Virginia, chaired by [[Thomas Jefferson]], meets at the Mountaintop Inn at [[Rockfish Gap]] [[Central College]] as the home of a new state university. The twenty-one representatives not only choose a location for the state university, but also to recommend buildings, curriculum and administrative structure. Arguing for Charlottesville’s central location and the advancing construction on the site, Jefferson, [[James Madison]] and their allies proffer the assets, land and buildings of [[Central College]] as an inducement, and the commission chooses [[Charlottesville]]. <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://uvamagazine.org/articles/serpentine_timeline|title=Serpentine Timeline|last=Gates|first=Ernie|publishdate=Winter 2018|publisher=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|accessdate=April 16, 2021}}</ref>
 
==Elections==  
==Elections==  



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  • August 1 – The Commissioners for the University of Virginia, chaired by Thomas Jefferson, meets at the Mountaintop Inn at Rockfish Gap Central College as the home of a new state university. The twenty-one representatives not only choose a location for the state university, but also to recommend buildings, curriculum and administrative structure. Arguing for Charlottesville’s central location and the advancing construction on the site, Jefferson, James Madison and their allies proffer the assets, land and buildings of Central College as an inducement, and the commission chooses Charlottesville. [1]

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  1. Web. Serpentine Timeline, Winter 2018, retrieved April 16, 2021.

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