 | Henry Howe - 1852 - 614 pages
...HERE LIES BURIED THOMAS JEFFERSON, AUTHOR or THE DECLARATION OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE, OF THE STATUTE OF VIRGINIA FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, AND FATHER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA. " Mr. Jefferson's religious creed," says Tucker, " as described in his correspondence, cannot perhaps... | |
 | F. S., Frederick Saunders - 1853 - 306 pages
...Here lies buried THOMAS JEFFERSON, Author of the Declaration of American Independence, Of the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom, And Father of the University of Virginia. Madison sleeps in a country churchyard ; so does Monroe ; so does John Quincy Adams. Jackson slumbers... | |
 | United States. President - 1854 - 616 pages
...inscription :— Here was buried THOMAS JEFFERSON, Author of the Declaration of Independence, Of the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom, And Father of the University of Virginia. The age of Mr. Jefferson at the time of his death, was a little over eighty-three years. His wife died... | |
 | Alexander Jones - 1855 - 160 pages
...inscription : — " HERE LIES THOMAS JEFFERSON, Author of the Declaration of Independence ; of the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom ; and Father of the University of Virginia" BENJAMIN HARRISON, of Virginia, was chairman of the committee which reported the Declaration of Independence.... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1855 - 714 pages
...: — Here was buried THOJJAS JEFFERSON, Author of the Declaration of Independence, Of the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom, And Father of the University of Virginia. The age of Mr. Jefferson at the time of his death, was a little over eighty-three years. His wife died... | |
 | Samuel Mosheim Smucker - 1857 - 408 pages
...tomb: HERE LIES BURIED THOMAS JEFFERSON. AUTHOR OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, OF THE STATUTE OF VIRGINIA FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, AND FATHER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA. The character and merits of Mr. Jefferson have Jong been the subject of violent controversy. By his... | |
 | 1857 - 426 pages
...lies hnrled. THOMAS JEFFERSON, Author of ihe Declaration of American Independence ; of the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom ; and Father of the, University of Virginia." 124 THOMAS JEFFERSON. were blessed with a handsome estate, and that portion of it called Monticello... | |
 | David Hunter Strother - 1857 - 312 pages
...HEKE LIES BURIED THOMAS JEFFEBSON, AUTHOR OF THE DECLARATION OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE ; OF THE STATUTE OF VIRGINIA FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, . AND FATHER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA. The marble slab has disappeared entirely, and of the obelisk there remains but a shapeless heap of... | |
 | Silvester Tissington - 1857 - 560 pages
...his death, recording him as ' The Author of the Declaration of American Independence, of the statue of Virginia for Religious Freedom, and Father of the University of Virginia,' is placed on his tomb. The fact of his having been President of the United States is not mentioned."... | |
 | Udolpho Wolfe - 1858 - 344 pages
...Here lies buried THOMAS JEFFERSON, Author of the Declaration of American Independence, Of the statute of Virginia for religious freedom, And father of the University of Virginia. The depredations of visitors necessitated the removal of this tablet from the monument to the mansion,... | |
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HERE WAS BURIED THOMAS JEFFERSON AUTHOR OF THE DECLARATION OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE, OF THE STATUTE OF VIRGINIA FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, AND FATHER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA: because by these, as testimonials that I have lived, I wish most to be remembered. 
