 | William Wirt - 1826 - 690 pages
...inscription : HERE LIES BURIED THOMAS JEFFERSON, Author of the Declaration of Independence, Of the Statutes of Virginia, for religious freedom, And Father of the University of Virginia. All the long catalogue of his great, and splendid, and glorious services, reduced to this brief and... | |
 | 1826 - 438 pages
...inscription : HERE WAS BURIED THOMAS JEFFERSON, Author of the Declaration of Independence, Of the Statutes of Virginia, for Religious Freedom, And Father of the University of Virginia. All the long catalogue of his great, and splendid, and gloririous services, reduced to this brief and... | |
 | 1827 - 564 pages
...inscription: HERE LIES BURIED THOMAS JEFFERSON, Author of the Declaration of Independence, Of the Statutes of Virginia, for religious freedom, And Father of the University of Virginia. All the long catalogue of his great, and splendid, and glorious services, reduced to this brief and... | |
 | 1827 - 590 pages
...his own epitaph. He speaks of himself as ' Author of the Declaration of Independence, of the Statutes of Virginia, for Religious freedom, and Father of the University of Virginia.' This epitaph should have been held sacred as the grave — should have been kept secret as the inmost... | |
 | J[ohn] H[anbury]. Dwyer - 1828 - 314 pages
...inscription : HERE WAS BORIED THOMAS JEFFERSON, Author of the Declaration of Independence, Of the Statutes of Virginia, for Religious Freedom, And Father of the University of Virginia. All the long catalogue of his great, and splendid, and glorious services, reduced to this brief and... | |
 | Charles Augustus Goodrich - 1829 - 494 pages
...inscription : " HEBE WAS BURIED THOMAS JEFFERSON, Author of the Declaration of Independence, Of the Statutes of Virginia, for Relig'ious Freedom, And Father of the University of Virginia." BENJAMIN HARRISON. BENJAMIN HARRISON was the descendant of a family long distinguished in the history... | |
 | William Allen - 1832 - 816 pages
...inscription: " Here lies buried Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of Independence ; of the Statutes of Virginia for religious freedom ; and Father of the university of Virginia. " The youngest daughter of Mr. J., who married Mr. Eppes, died about May 1804, leavingtwo children.... | |
 | 1849 - 782 pages
...inscription on Mr. Jefferson's tomb. It is as follows : Here lies buried THOMAS JKFFBRSON Author of the Declaration of American Independence, Of the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom, There is a gallery of the portraits of distinguished Americans in four volumes octavo : and more singular... | |
 | B. L. Rayner - 1834 - 820 pages
...inscription : HERE LIES BURIED, THOMAS JEFFERSON, AUTHOR OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, OF THE STATUTES OF VIRGINIA FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, AND FATHER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA. Volumes of panegyric could never convey so adequate an idea of unpretending greatness, as is contained... | |
 | George Tucker - 1837 - 542 pages
...inscription was found among his papers after his death, in his own hand- writing, and is in these words: HERB LIES BURIED THOMAS JEFFERSON, AUTHOR Or THE DECLARATION...FREEDOM, AND FATHER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA. VOL. II.— 63 CHAPTER XXII. Failure of the Lottery. Liberality of South Carolina and Louisiana. Mr.... | |
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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. 
