Autobiography of Thomas Jefferson, 1743-1790

Autobiography of Thomas Jefferson, 1743-1790

Autobiography of Thomas Jefferson, 1743-1790

Thomas Jefferson

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University of Pennsylvania Press
Año de edición:
2004
Materia
Historia de América
ISBN:
9780812219012
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In 1821, at the age of seventy-seven, Thomas Jefferson decided to 'state some recollections of dates and facts concerning myself.' His ancestors, Jefferson writes, came to America from Wales in the early seventeenth century and settled in the Virginia col

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