Jefferson, Thomas (1743–1826)

U.S. president

For his tomb at his home at Monticello, Virginia, Thomas Jefferson composed the following epitaph by which he wished most to be remembered:

Here was buried

Thomas Jefferson

Author of the Declaration of Independence of the Statute of Virginia ...

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