The Papers of Thomas Jefferson: Retirement Series Volume 12

The Papers of Thomas Jefferson: Retirement Series Volume 12In the 580 documents in this volume, Thomas Jefferson's incoming mail covers a wide range of fascinating topics. He receives impressions of a mammoth's tooth, altitude and meteorological observations, a call for a national pharmacopoeia, a discussion of primeval geology, and a letter that elicits Jefferson's opinion that cognition exists "in animal bodies certainly, in Vegetables probably, in Minerals not impossibly". Jefferson leases his Tufton and

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but Martha Jefferson's unqualified affection for and lifelong commitment to the happiness of her father was a display of what may seem old-fashioned values of fidelity and sacrifice

ISBN-13:  978-1882886098

for which he received a Master of Arts

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Origin: Southern Europe

In the 580 documents in this volume

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these pewter Jefferson cups are as suitable for serving a festive punch as they are for holding cufflinks or paper clips

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