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Extract from Thomas Jefferson to Edward Rutledge

Monticello Dec. 27. 1796.

there is a debt of service due from every man to his country, proportioned to the bounties which nature & fortune have measured to him.

PrC (DLC). Published in PTJ, 29:233.
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Author
Thomas Jefferson
Recipient
Edward Rutledge
Date Range
1791 - 1800
Date
December 27, 1796
Collection
Quotes by and about Thomas Jefferson
Repository
DLC
Quote Category
Citizen Leadership

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