 | George Long - 1872 - 404 Seiten
...President. This is all : " 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." When our great taxmaster dies, who is perhaps not yet born, we will bury him with regal... | |
 | 1873 - 626 Seiten
...for his tombstone, written by himself, in which are the wnrds " Author of the Declaration of American Independence, of the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom, and Father of the University of Virginia." The truth probably is, that Jefferson gave to the Declaration of Independence its literary... | |
 | Charles Carroll Bombaugh - 1874 - 876 Seiten
...correct, AT MONTICELLO, VA. 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. WILLIAM DOOARTH. Gamck's epitaph on Hogarth at Chiswick is well known That written by Dr.... | |
 | Edward King - 1875 - 840 Seiten
...on which is the epitaph which he himself desired to have inscribed on his tomb: V " Here Lies Buried THOMAS JEFFERSON, Author of the Declaration of Independence...Religious Freedom ; And Father of the University of Virginia." The University at Charlottesville is Jefferson's noblest monument. So long as it endures,... | |
 | Edward King - 1875 - 820 Seiten
...on which is the epitaph which he himself desired to have inscribed on his tomb : " Here Lies Buried THOMAS JEFFERSON, Author of the Declaration of Independence...Religious Freedom And Father of the University of Virginia." The University at Charlottesville is Jefferson's noblest monument So long as it endures,... | |
 | Edward King - 1875 - 826 Seiten
...on which is the epitaph which he himself desired to have inscribed on his tomb : " Here Lies Buried THOMAS JEFFERSON, Author of the Declaration of Independence...Religious Freedom And Father of the University of Virginia.'' The University at Charlottesville is Jefferson's noblest monument. So long as it endures,... | |
 | John Stevens Cabot Abbott - 1875 - 958 Seiten
...which bore the inscription : " Here is 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." "It is," said Senator Chase, "an appropriate inscription, and worthily commemorates distinguished... | |
 | Charles Carroll Bombaugh - 1875 - 868 Seiten
...correct. AT MONTICELLO, VA. 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. WILLIAM HOGARTH. G-arrick's epitaph on Hogarth at Chiswick is well known That written by... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin Bowen - 1876 - 210 Seiten
...but political opponents. On a plain marble slab at Monticello is the following inscription: HERE LIES THOMAS JEFFERSON: Author of the Declaration of Independence;...Religious Freedom; and Father of the University of Virginia. Benjamin Harrison, chairman of the Committee that reported the Declaration, was descended... | |
 | Caroline Wells Healey Dall - 1876 - 306 Seiten
...Sophie. "What he wrote for his own tomb?" said Willie : " 'Author of the Declaration of Indc•pcndcncc, of the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom, and Father of the University of Virginia.' " "You see," said mamma, "that he said nothing about being President. He ought to have added,... | |
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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. 
