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Extract from Thomas Jefferson to Johann Ludwig de Unger

Paris Feb. 16. 1788

nothing in Europe can counterbalance the freedom, the simplicity, the friendship & the domestic felicity we enjoy in America.

PrC (DLC). Published in PTJ, 12:599.
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Author
Thomas Jefferson
Recipient
Johann Ludwig de Unger
Date Range
1771 - 1790
Date
February 16, 1788
Collection
Quotes by and about Thomas Jefferson
Repository
DLC
Quote Category
America

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