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Extract from Thomas Jefferson to Johann Ludwig de Unger

Richmond Nov. 30. 1780.

when I shall be again be permitted to withdraw to that scene of quiet of retirement abstracted from which I know no happiness in this world.

Dft (DLC). Published in PTJ, 4:171.
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Author
Thomas Jefferson
Recipient
Johann Ludwig de Unger
Date Range
1771 - 1790
Date
November 30, 1780
Collection
Quotes by and about Thomas Jefferson
Repository
DLC
Quote Category
Family

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