...he lived. In this epitaph he says nothing of having been President. This is all : " Here lies buried Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of American...freedom, and Father of the University of Virginia." When our great taxmaster dies, who is perhaps not yet born, we will bury him with regal pomp in Westminster...

...he lived. In this epitaph he says nothing of having been President. This is all : " Here lies buried Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of American...freedom, and Father of the University of Virginia." When our great taxmaster dies, who is perhaps not yet born, we will bury him with regal pomp in Westminster...

...inscription for his monument, which was found among his papers at his death, reads: " Here lies buried, Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of American...Freedom, and Father of the University of Virginia." The time was approaching for its employment, as the old statesman lingered with some of the physical...

...his Heath, was found an inscription for his tombstone, written by himself, in which are the wnrds " Author of the Declaration of American Independence,...Freedom, and Father of the University of Virginia." The truth probably is, that Jefferson gave to the Declaration of Independence its literary shape, the...

...IJ.ipev. I CL* biÂrre*. ffAßsm THOMAS JEFFEKSOX. ГГШЕ " Author of the Declaration of AmerJL ican Independence, of the Statute of Virginia for Religious...Freedom, and Father of the University of Virginia," as Thomas Jefferson wrote for his own epitaph, was a little more than thirty-three years of age when...

...belief, A new edition may expect, Far more enlarged and more correct, AT MONTICELLO, VA. Here lies buried THOMAS JEFFERSON, Author of the Declaration of American...Freedom, And Father of the University of Virginia. WILLIAM DOOARTH. Gamck's epitaph on Hogarth at Chiswick is well known That written by Dr. Johnson is...

...marble bears a nobler name." Mr. Seward said: " The inscription is, 'Here was buried Thomas Jeffersan, Author of the Declaration of American Independence, of the Statute of Virginia for Religion* Freedom, and Father of the University of Virginia.'" " It is an appropriate inscription,"...

...belief, A new edition may expect, Far more enlarged and more correct. AT MONTICELLO, VA. Here lies buried THOMAS JEFFERSON, Author of the Declaration of American...Freedom, And Father of the University of Virginia. WILLIAM HOGARTH. G-arrick's epitaph on Hogarth at Chiswick is well known That written by Dr. Johnson...

...obelisk erected in that state in honor of Thomas Jefferson, which bore the inscription : " Here is buried THOMAS JEFFERSON, Author of the Declaration of American...Freedom and Father of the University of Virginia." "It is," said Senator Chase, "an appropriate inscription, and worthily commemorates distinguished services....

...desired to have inscribed on his tomb : " 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.'' The University at Charlottesville is Jefferson's noblest monument. So long as it endures, the admirers...