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| John Burk - Virginia - 1816 - 574 pages
...abolishing entails. The privilege of primogeniture had likewise been suppressed, and a law made to divide the lands of intestates equally among all their children, or other representatives. Religious freedom was not so speedily established in its perfection, this was delayed until the year... | |
| Thomas Jefferson - United States - 1829 - 550 pages
...At the first session of our legislature after the 228 Declaration of Independence, we passed a law abolishing entails. And this was followed by one abolishing...would have been complete. It was a bill for the more ge- . neral diffusion of learning. This proposed to divide every country into wards of five or six... | |
| Thomas Jefferson - 1829 - 1102 pages
...day. At the first session of our legislature after the Declaration of Independence, we passed a law abolishing entails. And this was followed by one abolishing...myself, laid the axe to the root of pseudo-aristocracy. Ami had another which I prepared been adopted by the legislature, our work would have been complete.... | |
| Free thought - 1842 - 1124 pages
...themselves. At the first session of our legislature after the Declaration of Independence, we passed a law abolishing entails. And this was followed by one abolishing...legislature, our work would have been complete. It wns a bill for the more general diffusion of learning. This proposed to divide every county into wards... | |
| Thomas Jefferson - United States - 1854 - 630 pages
...day. At the first session of our legislature after the Declaration of Independence, we passed a law abolishing entails. And this was followed by one abolishing...representatives. These laws, drawn by myself, laid the axe to the foot of pseudo-aristocracy. And had another which I prepared been adopted by the legislature, our work... | |
| Thomas Jefferson - United States - 1854 - 636 pages
...day. At the first session of our legislature after the Declaration of Independence, we passed a law abolishing entails. And this was followed by one abolishing...representatives. These laws, drawn by myself, laid the axe to the foot of pseudo-aristocracy. And had another which I prepared been adopted by the legislature, our work... | |
| Thomas Jefferson - Presidents - 1898 - 580 pages
...day. At the first session of our legislature after the Declaration of Independence, we passed a law abolishing entails. And this was followed by one abolishing...representatives. These laws, drawn by myself, laid the ax to the foot of pseudo-aristocracy. And had another which I prepared been adopted by the legislature,... | |
| Thomas Jefferson - Political science - 1900 - 1504 pages
...Uprooting.— At the first session of our Legislature after the Declaration of Independence, we passed a law abolishing entails. And this was followed by one abolishing...dividing the lands of intestates equally among all the children, or other representatives. These laws, drawn by myself, laid the axe to the root of pseudo-aristocracy.... | |
| Thomas Jefferson - Conduct of life - 1900 - 1082 pages
...abolishing the privilege of primogeniture, and dividing the lands of intestates equally among all the children, or other representatives. These laws, drawn...root of pseudo-aristocracy. And had another which I had prepared been adopted by the Legislature, our work would have been complete. It was a bill for... | |
| Thomas Love Peacock - 1926 - 484 pages
...— "Atthe first session of our legislature after the declaration of independence, we passed a law, abolishing entails. And this was followed by one abolishing...prepared been adopted by the legislature, our work would nave been complete. It was a bill for the more general diffusion of learning. This proposed to divide... | |
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