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《世界大师原典文库:杰斐逊选集(中文导读插图版)(套装上下册)》内容包括:托马斯·杰斐逊自传、杂记、旅行日记、论文、名人生平速写、弗吉尼亚笔记、政府文件,其中政府文件有:英属美利坚权利概观、建立宗教自由法案、关于西部土地组建的报告、国务卿的意见、第一次就职演说、给丹伯里洗礼派协会的回信、对印第安人的讲话等。以及书信,包括致约翰·哈维、致约翰·佩奇、致威廉·斯莫尔博士、致马撒·杰斐逊、致约翰·杰伊、致小伦道夫等。Attheageof77,Ibegintomakesomememoranda,andstatesomerecollectionsofdatesandfactsconcerningmyself,formyownmorereadyreference,andfortheinformationofmyfamily.Thetraditioninmyfather’sfamilywas,thattheirancestorcametothiscountryfromWales,andfromnearthemountainofSnowdon,thehighestinGreatBritain.InotedonceacasefromWales,inthelawreports,whereapersonofournamewaseitherplaintiffordefendant;andoneofthesamenamewassecretarytotheVirginiaCompany.ThesearetheonlyinstancesinwhichIhavemetwiththenameinthatcountry.Ihavefounditinourearlyrecords;butthefirstparticularinformationIhaveofanyancestorwasofmygrandfather,wholivedattheplaceinChesterfieldcalledOzborne’s,andownedthelandsafterwardstheglebeoftheparish.Hehadthreesons;Thomaswhodiedyoung,FieldwhosettledonthewatersofRoanokeandleftnumerousdescendants,andPeter,myfather,whosettledonthelandsIstillown,calledShadwell,adjoiningmypresentresidence.HewasbornFebruary29,1707-8,andintermarried1739,withJaneRandolph,oftheageof19,daughterofIshamRandolph,oneofthesevensonsofthatnameandfamily,settledatDungeonessinGoochland.TheytracetheirpedigreefarbackinEnglandandScotland,towhichleteveryoneascribethef
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