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Extracts from Thomas Jefferson to Mary Jefferson Bolling

Paris July 23. 1787.

The distance to which I am removed has given a new value to all I valued before in my own country, and the day of my return to it will be the happiest I expect to see in this life.

PrC (MHi). Published in PTJ, 11:612.
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Author
Thomas Jefferson
Recipient
Mary Jefferson Bolling
Date Range
1771 - 1790
Date
July 23, 1787
Collection
Quotes by and about Thomas Jefferson
Repository
MHi
Quote Category
Family

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