 | Tieman H. Dippel, Jr. - Business & Economics - 1987 - 212 pages
...read, "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." Ideas are enduring, and if we wish to affect the world, we have to understand how to change and move... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - United States - 2003 - 276 pages
...Jefferson's miscegenation. extraordinary achievements to be proud of, he selected only three for his epitaph: "author of the Declaration of American Independence,...Freedom, and Father of the University of Virginia," and other than the obligatory dates of his birth and death, he stipulated to his heirs that nothing... | |
 | Kathleen D. McCarthy - Business & Economics - 2005 - 332 pages
...and his diplomatic roles, he singled out three accomplishments for which he wished to be remembered: "Author of the Declaration of American Independence,...freedom, and Father of the University of Virginia." Perhaps realizing that his heirs might think the inscription incomplete, he cautioned that they were... | |
 | Roger G. Kennedy - History - 2003 - 376 pages
...Monacello, he insisted that it carry "not a word more" than these: Here was buried Thomas Jefferson Author of the Declaration of American Independence...Religious Freedom And Father of the University of Virginia The Declaration was issued in 1776. The Statute was enacted in 1786. "Not a word," Jefferson stipulated,... | |
 | Lon Cantor - History - 2003 - 244 pages
...himself, tells what he was most proud of: "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 son of a wealthy Virginia planter, Jefferson graduated from the College of William and Mary, and... | |
 | Prescott Holmes - Presidents - 1899 - 314 pages
...inscribed on his tombstone at Monticello: "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." He was six feet two and one-half inches high, and possessed a well-developed frame. He married in 1772;... | |
 | Carol H. Behrman - Juvenile Nonfiction - 2003 - 122 pages
...gravestone. It listed what he considered his most important achievements. Here was buried Thomas Jefferson author of the Declaration of American Independence...Freedom and Father of the University of Virginia. THE JEFFERSON MEMORIAL In 1934 Congress authorized a national monument to honor the third president... | |
 | Eliot Clarke - History - 2003 - 290 pages
...Monticello: "Here lies buried Thomas Jefferson author of the Declaration of Independence, of the Statue of Virginia for religious freedom and father of the University of Virginia." He served as Governor of Virginia, Ambassador to France, Secretary of State and Vice President under... | |
 | William Barclay Napton - Biography & Autobiography - 2005 - 668 pages
...April 19, 1861, box 1, Napton Papers. Jefferson's epitaph reads: "Here was buried Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of American Independence,...Freedom, and Father of the University of Virginia." Sometime after 1885 the Napton children exhumed their parents' remains and reburied them, along with... | |
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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. 
