I like to see the people awake and alert. ✨ Thomas Jefferson, Lyman He…

Thomas Jefferson
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I like to see the people awake and alert. ✨ Thomas Jefferson, Lyman Henry Butterfield, Charles T. Cullen, John Catanzariti (1954). 22 June to 31 December, 1786
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I like to see the people awake and alert. ✨ Thomas Jefferson, Lyman Henry Butterfield, Charles T. Cullen, John Catanzariti (1954). 22 June to 31 December, 1786

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