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Subject:	Re: Jefferson quote
From:	"Martha J. King" <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	Discussion of research and writing about Virginia history <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Thu, 22 Dec 2005 09:48:00 -0500
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Bill Grover:

"Indeed my experience of the different parts of America convinces me that
these mountains are the Eden of the US. for soil, climate, navigation and
health."

To read the entire letter and the source of your quote in context, see TJ
to Volney, 9 April 1797, published in Vol. 29:352-3 of *The Papers of
Thomas Jefferson* (Princeton University Press, 2002).

Martha King
Associate Editor
Papers of Thomas Jefferson
Princeton University

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Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2005 08:48:26 -0500

From: Bill Grover <[log in to unmask]>

Subject: Jefferson Quote

I am trying to locate source of the of the following quote made by Thomas

Jefferson: "Indeed my experience in different parts of America convince me
that these mountains are the Eden of the United States." Any suggestions?

Bill Grover

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