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Extract from Thomas Jefferson to James Bowdoin

Washington July 10. 06.

I think it the finest invention of the present age, and so much superior to the copying machine that the latter will never be continued a day by any one who tries the Polygraph.

PoC (DLC).
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Author
Thomas Jefferson
Recipient
James Bowdoin
Date Range
1801 - 1809
Date
July 10, 1806
Collection
Quotes by and about Thomas Jefferson
Repository
DLC
Quote Category
Innovation

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