The Life of Thomas Jefferson: Author of the Declaration of Independence, and Third President of the United States ...Andrus, Woodruff, & Gauntlett, 1843 - 267 Seiten |
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... Virginia , the province of his nativity . His ancestors , according to a late biographer , had emigrated there at an early period ; and although bringing with them , as far as is known , no fortune be- yond that zeal and enterprise ...
... Virginia , the province of his nativity . His ancestors , according to a late biographer , had emigrated there at an early period ; and although bringing with them , as far as is known , no fortune be- yond that zeal and enterprise ...
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... Virginia , and was the eldest of eight children . His father , though his education had been entirely neglected in early life , yet , being a man of strong mind and sound judgement , he , by subsequent study , acquired no inconsiderable ...
... Virginia , and was the eldest of eight children . His father , though his education had been entirely neglected in early life , yet , being a man of strong mind and sound judgement , he , by subsequent study , acquired no inconsiderable ...
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... Virginia and North Carolina ; an appointment no less creditable to his talents than his integrity , a confidence in the latter of which is peculiarly necessary in set- tling the boundaries between jealous and independent territories ...
... Virginia and North Carolina ; an appointment no less creditable to his talents than his integrity , a confidence in the latter of which is peculiarly necessary in set- tling the boundaries between jealous and independent territories ...
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... Virginia . With this gentleman he was also united not merely by the ties of professional connexion , but by a congeniality of feeling and similarity of views alike honorable to them both ; the friendship formed in youth was cement- ed ...
... Virginia . With this gentleman he was also united not merely by the ties of professional connexion , but by a congeniality of feeling and similarity of views alike honorable to them both ; the friendship formed in youth was cement- ed ...
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... Virginia , and this spirit was rapidly in- creasing , owing to the arbitrary measures of the mother country , which seemed to be the result no less of mad- ness than determined oppression . The attachment to England was great in all the ...
... Virginia , and this spirit was rapidly in- creasing , owing to the arbitrary measures of the mother country , which seemed to be the result no less of mad- ness than determined oppression . The attachment to England was great in all the ...
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