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The Writings of Thomas Jefferson, Vol. 6 (of 9) Being His Autobiography, Correspondence, Reports, Messages, Addresses, and Other Writings, Official and Private

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826; Washington, H. A. (Henry Augustine), 1820-1858 [Editor]· 3 chapters· 223,936 words

DEAR SIR,--I write to you from a place ninety miles from Monticello, near the New London of this State, which I visit three or four times a year, and stay from a fortnight to a month at a time. I have fixed myself comfortably, keep some books here, bring others occasionally, a...

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2. PART III.--CONTINUED.

DEAR SIR,--I write to you from a place ninety miles from Monticello, near the New London of this State, which I visit three or four times a year, and stay from a fortnight to a...

3. xvii. Had he proposed to state with more minuteness how much of the

scriptures had been made a part of the common law, he might have added that in the laws of Alfred, where he found the ten commandments, two or three other chapters of Exodus are...

1. PART III.--CONTINUED.--LETTERS WRITTEN AFTER HIS RETURN TO THE UNITED