The Domestic Life of Thomas JeffersonThis charmingly written record of the personal life of Thomas Jefferson is the work of Sarah N. Randolph, Jefferson's great-granddaughter. The volume deftly combines the graceful narrative of a ninteenth-century woman of learning, letters by Jefferson and his friends, and excerpts from his memoirs. |
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