 | Charles H. Evans - 1884 - 234 pages
...: — HERE LIES BURIED £boma0 3effer0on, AUTHOR OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, OF THE STATUTE OF VIRGINIA FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, AND FATHER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA. His character is to be gleaned from his actions; his political merits from his political career. 'Say... | |
 | George Frederick Holmes - United States - 1884 - 376 pages
...Jefferson's tomb, by his own direction, was : " Author of the Declaration of Independence, of the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom, and Father of the University of Virginia." t Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790} was born in Boston, was apprenticed to his brother as a printer ; went... | |
 | Daniel Webster, Edwin Percy Whipple - Law - 1886 - 818 pages
...: — "Here was buried Thomas Jefferson. Author ol the Declaration of Independence, of the Statute! of Virginia for Religious Freedom, and Father of the University of Virginia." Eulogies on Adams and Jefferson, p. 426. ADAMS AND JEFFERSON. their literary pursuits; as their tastes... | |
 | West Virginia Bar Association - Bar associations - 1926 - 332 pages
..."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." That was the end of the contest in Virginia. Madison, who was a member of the first Congress after... | |
 | John Robert Irelan - Presidents - 1887 - 560 pages
...manner : — HERE WAS BURIED THOMAS JBKKERSON, AUTHOR OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, OF THE STATUTE OF VIRGINIA FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, AND . FATHER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA. Much of the bitter partisan feeling which had pursued Mr. Jefferson through life was now, for a time,... | |
 | Education - 1891 - 382 pages
...follows: Here lies buried Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of Independence, of the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom, and Father of the University of Virginia." Charles James Fox was in parliament at nineteen. Martin Luther had become largely distinguished at... | |
 | Samuel Grant Oliphant - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1887 - 212 pages
...follows : " Here lies buried THOMAS JEFFERSON, author of the Declaration of Independence, of the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom, and Father of the University of Virginia." 191. When was the first national convention for the nomination of candidates for the Presidency and... | |
 | John Trainer - United States - 1887 - 252 pages
...Jefferson. "Here lies buried THOMAS JEFFERSON, author of the Declaration of Independence, of the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom, and Father of the University of Virginia." 205. Parchment. 206. George Washington. 207. Maryland and Virginia. 208. The Holy Bible. 209. He laid... | |
 | New England - 1888 - 704 pages
...inscribed on his monument runs thus : " The author of the Declaration of Independence ; of the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom ; and Father of the University of Virginia." THE OLD SLATER MILL. No monument marks the humble grave of Moses Brown ; but his life-work is his monument,... | |
 | 1888 - 508 pages
...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 Near by lies the body of Dabney Carr. Their romantic friendship formed in their youth burned on through... | |
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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. 
