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Extract from Thomas Jefferson and Thomas Mann Randolph’s Letter of Recommendation for William McClure

Mar. 12. 14.

our Spinners are taught to use them so completely as to ensure our being able to clothe our own people by the labor of a few of the least useful of them.

MS (MoSHi: TJC-BC).
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Author
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Mann Randolph
Date Range
1810 - 1820
Date
March 12, 1814
Collection
Quotes by and about Thomas Jefferson
Repository
MoSHi
Quote Category
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