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Thomas Jefferson, Autobiography

An effort to preserve history (in text form).Quick Note to the reader: Language, of which there are many, was different at the time. Mr. Jefferson, like others associated with him, weren't concerned with grammatical accuracy. Perhaps more interesting, aside from his late-in-life (77 yrs. old) captur...

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