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Extract from Thomas Jefferson to Ellen W. Randolph (Coolidge)

Washington July 5. 08.

I thank heaven that the 4th of July is over. It is always a day of great fatigue to me, and of some embarrassments from improper intrusions and some from unintended exclusions.

PoC (MHi).
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Author
Thomas Jefferson
Recipient
Ellen W. Randolph Coolidge
Date Range
1801 - 1809
Date
July 5, 1808
Collection
Quotes by and about Thomas Jefferson
Repository
MHi
Quote Category
Declaration of Independence

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