...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...

...at Monticello is the following inscription: HERE LIES THOMAS JEFFERSON: Author of the Declaration of Independence; of the Statute of Virginia for Religious...Freedom; and Father of the University of Virginia. Benjamin Harrison, chairman of the Committee that reported the Declaration, was descended from the...

...himself for his tomb preferred to be remembered as the " author of the Declaration of Independence and of the statute of Virginia for religious freedom, and father of the university of Virginia." The government of the university is vested in a board of visitors composed of a rector and eight members....

...Sophie. "What he wrote for his own tomb?" said Willie : " 'Author of the Declaration of Indc•pcndcncc, of the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom, and Father of the University of Virginia.' " "You see," said mamma, "that he said nothing about being President. He ought to have added, however,...

...stone ; on the faces uf the obelisk the following inscription, and not a word more : HKRK WAS BUKIED THOMAS JEFFERSON, Author of the Declaration of American...Father of the University of Virginia; because by these, os testimonials that I have lived, I wish most to be remembered. [It] to be of the сояпе stone...

...will shine with ever-increasing luster. The inscription on the tomb reads as follows: Here lies buried THOMAS JEFFERSON, Author of the Declaration of American...Freedom, And Father of the University of Virginia. ON BENJAMIN FRANKLIN. In a retired part of the burial ground at the corner of 5th and Arch streets,....

...stone; OD the faces of the obelisk the following inscription, and not a word more : HKRE WAI BURIED c c c c Relirious Freedom, And Father of the University of Virginia ; because by these, as testimonials Mint...

...himself, is inscribed on his tombstone: " 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. " Mr. Jefferson probably exerted a greater influence on the institutions of his country, than any other...

...it does : IIERE WAS BURIED THOMAS JEFFERSON, AUTHOR OF THE DECLARATION OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE, OP THE STATUTE OF VIRGINIA FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, AND FATHER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA. His remains were placed in the family burial-ground, near the summit of Monticello, on the spot selected...

...monument is well known : " Here was buried Thomas Jefferson, Author of the American Declaration of Independence, of the Statute of Virginia for Religious...Freedom, and Father of the University of Virginia." 3 In his will, made January 18, 1809, or less than five months before his death, Paine says : I, Thomas...