I agree with you that it is the duty of every good citizen to use all …

Thomas Jefferson
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I agree with you that it is the duty of every good citizen to use all the opportunities, which occur to him, for preserving documents relating to the history of our country. ✨ Thomas Jefferson, Henry Augustine Washington (1854). The Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Correspondence, contin. Reports and opinions while Secretary of State, p.313
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