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Extract from Thomas Jefferson to Richard Fitzhugh

Monticello May 27. 13

we have in our family ... looms fixed with flying shuttles, which altho’ they do not perform the miracles ascribed to them, do, I think, double the effect of the common loom.

PoC (MHi).
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Author
Thomas Jefferson
Recipient
Richard Fitzhugh
Date Range
1810 - 1820
Date
May 27, 1813
Collection
Quotes by and about Thomas Jefferson
Repository
MHi
Quote Category
Slaves

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