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Extract from Thomas Jefferson to Jeremiah Moore

Monticello Aug. 14. 1800.

the clergy, by getting themselves established by law, & ingrafted into the machine of government, have been a very formidable engine against the civil & religious rights of man.

PrC (DLC). Published in PTJ, 32:102–3.
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Author
Thomas Jefferson
Recipient
Jeremiah Moore
Date Range
1791 - 1800
Date
August 14, 1800
Collection
Quotes by and about Thomas Jefferson
Repository
DLC
Quote Category
Religion

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