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interrupted his studies, in part as the
College of William & Mary closed during much of the conflict and troops occupied the campus. His father William Cabell was familiar with the college and Williamsburg through his service in the
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for the position of U.S. Representative for the extensive district that ran from
Amherst County in southwest Virginia to Spotsylvania County in the Northeast, thus extending the future President's political experience. Meanwhile,
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