 | 1830 - 622 pages
...placed on a small granite obelisk, in case his country should ever vote a monument to his memory, — « 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 Virgi' nia.' Thus... | |
 | William Wirt - Funeral sermons - 1826 - 690 pages
...of, that a granite obelisk, of small dimensions, should be erected, with the following 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1827 - 564 pages
...of, that a granite obelisk, of small dimensions, should be erected, with. the following 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1827 - 544 pages
...that a granite obelisk, of small dimensions, should be erected, with the following inscription : HERK 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. 4t • All the... | |
 | J[ohn] H[anbury]. Dwyer - Elocution - 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... | |
 | B. L. Rayner - History - 1832 - 568 pages
...should ever be thought of, a small granite obelisk should be erected, with the following 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... | |
 | William Allen - North America - 1832 - 816 pages
...that, if a monument should be erected, it should be a small granite obelisk, with this 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... | |
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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. 
