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Extract from Thomas Jefferson to Martha Jefferson Randolph

P.F. Aug. 24.19.

while too weak to set up the whole day, and afraid to increase the weakness by lying down, I longed for a Siesta chair which would have admitted the medium position.

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Author
Thomas Jefferson
Recipient
Martha Jefferson Randolph
Date Range
1810 - 1820
Date
August 24, 1819
Collection
Quotes by and about Thomas Jefferson
Repository
ViU
Quote Category
Old Age

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