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The Jeffersonian cyclopedia;

a comprehensive collection of the views of Thomas Jefferson classified and arranged in alphabetical order under nine thousand titles relating to government, politics, law, education, political economy, finance, science, art, literature, religious freedom, morals, etc.;
Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826)
  
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PREFACE
  
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
  
CHRONOLOGY OF THOMAS JEFFERSON
  
LIST OF PATRONS
  
THE JEFFERSON CYCLOPEDIA
  
PLAN OF THE WORK AND EXPLANATION OF ABBREVIATIONS

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TOPICAL INDEX WITH CROSS-REFERENCES
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7088. PROVIDENCE, A just.—

You
[General Washington] have persevered till
these United States, aided by a magnanimous
king and nation, have been enabled, under
a just Providence, to close the war in freedom,
safety, and independence. * * * We
join you in commending the interests of our
dearest country to the protection of Almighty
God, beseeching Him to dispose the hearts
and minds of its citizens to improve the opportunity
afforded them of becoming a happy
and respectable nation. [407] —
Congress to Washington on Surrendering his Commission.
(Dec. 23, 1783)

 
[407]

Thomas Mifflin, the President of Congress, read
the reply of Congress to Washington's address on
surrendering his commission. It was written by
Jefferson, but is not included in the editions of his
works.—Editor.

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