 | Benson John Lossing - Presidents - 1848 - 146 pages
...be placed upon it. He wished his monument to be a small granite obelisk, with this inscription:— " Here was buried THOMAS JEFFERSON, Author of the Declaration of Independence, Of the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom, And Father of the University of Virginia." JAMES MADISON,... | |
 | George White - Georgia - 1849 - 712 pages
...to contain a request that if any inscription was placed on his tomb, he should be described as the author of the Declaration of Independence, of the statutes of Virginia for religious freedom, and the father of the University. On Monday before he died, he desired to know what was the day of the... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - Elocution - 1850 - 318 pages
...of, that a granite obelisk, of small dimensions, should be erected, with the following inscription : HERE WAS BURIED THOMAS JEFFERSON, Author of the Declaration...of Independence, Of the Statutes of Virginia, for Religions Freedom, And Father of the University of Virginia. All the long catalogue of his great, and... | |
 | Daniel Webster - United States - 1851 - 634 pages
...was found among his papers, containing' the following inscription to be placed on his monument: — " Here was buried Thomas Jefferson, Author of the Declaration...Freedom, and Father of the University of Virginia." Eulogies on Adams and Jefferson, p. 426. ascertain all the causes which gave them eminence and distinction... | |
 | Henry Howe - District of Columbis - 1852 - 614 pages
...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 perhaps... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - United States - 1852 - 948 pages
...death : " 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." 1 This was the forty-third regiment. The convoy also brought another regiment, and two battalions of... | |
 | Daniel Webster - 1853
...was found among his papers, containing the following inscription to be placed on his monument: — " Here was buried Thomas Jefferson, Author of the Declaration...Freedom, and Father of the University of Virginia." Eulogies on Adams and Jefferson, p. 426. ascertain all the causes which gave them eminence and distinction... | |
 | F. S., Frederick Saunders - 1853 - 306 pages
...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 slumbers... | |
 | Daniel Webster - 1854 - 640 pages
...was found among his papers, containing the following inscription to be placed on his monument : — " Here was buried Thomas Jefferson, Author of the Declaration...for Religious Freedom, and Father of the University »f Virginia." Eulogies on Adams and Jefferson, p. 426. ascertain all the causes which gave them eminence... | |
 | United States. President - United States - 1854 - 616 pages
...that a small granite obelisk might be erected over his remains, with the following inscription :— Here was buried THOMAS JEFFERSON, Author of the Declaration of Independence, Of the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom, And Father of the University of Virginia. The age of 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. 
