Extract from Thomas Jefferson to Samuel Brown

Monticello Apr. 28. 14.

experience of every loss which can rend the human heart has taught me that time and occupation are the only medicines for grief.

RC (ViU: TJP); torn at creases; addressed: “Doctr Samuel Brown Natchez”; franked; postmarked Charlottesville, 29 Apr. PoC (DLC); endorsed by TJ. Published in PTJRS, 7:325–6.
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