 | Henry Howe - 1852 - 614 Seiten
...and it is in these words: 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... | |
 | Frederick Saunders - 1853 - 358 Seiten
...and is in these words : " 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 church-yard : so does Monroe ; so does John Quincy Adams. Jackson... | |
 | F. S., Frederick Saunders - 1853 - 306 Seiten
...is in these words : — " 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... | |
 | United States. President - 1854 - 616 Seiten
...granite obelisk might be erected over his remains, with the following inscription :— Here was buried THOMAS JEFFERSON, Author of the Declaration of Independence,...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.... | |
 | Alexander Jones - 1855 - 160 Seiten
...visit his last home, we shall see, on a plain marble slab, the following inscription : — " HERE LIES THOMAS JEFFERSON, Author of the Declaration of Independence...Religious Freedom ; and Father of the University of Virginia" BENJAMIN HARRISON, of Virginia, was chairman of the committee which reported the Declaration... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1855 - 714 Seiten
...obelisk might be erected over his remains, with the following inscription : — Here was buried THOJJAS JEFFERSON, Author of the Declaration of Independence,...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.... | |
 | Samuel Mosheim Smucker - 1857 - 408 Seiten
...hand-writing, among his papers, and designated by himself as designed for his tomb: HERE LIES BURIED THOMAS JEFFERSON. AUTHOR OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE,...RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, AND FATHER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA. The character and merits of Mr. Jefferson have Jong been the subject of violent controversy.... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1857 - 702 Seiten
...his monument, written by himself, tells of the most importnnt of his publie labors: "Here lies buried THOMAS JEFFERSON, Author of the Declaration of Independence...of the Statute of Virginia for religious freedom; nnd Father of the University of Virginia." He was governor of his own State, and a foreign minister.... | |
 | David Hunter Strother - 1857 - 312 Seiten
...the following inscription : 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... | |
 | 1857 - 426 Seiten
...proprietor has removed It to his " Here 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... | |
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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. 
