Thomas Jefferson by Paul Raymond Audibert, Paris.

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Thomas Jefferson, Third President of the United States,(1801-1805; 1805-1809). Born Shadwell, Albemarie County, Va., April 13, 1743; died Monticello, Albemarie County, Va., July 4, 1826. The following is excerpted from the coverleaf of the engraving:

"From March 4, 1801, to March 4, 1809, Jefferson was President. He was the first President to be inaugurated in Washington City. On March 4, 1809, Jefferson retired from the White House, and spent the remaining 17 years of his life at Monticello. In these latter days he was knows as the "Sage of Monticello," and to his home came people of prominence from all parts of the world to consult with him on great questions of politics and economics. During this period of his life he did all that he could to encourage better methods in agriculture, to reform the government of Virginia, and to develop in it a better system of education. The crowning event of his life was the establishment of the University of Virginia in 1819. He died on July 4, 1826, just fifty years from the day that has made him famous in all history, and by a singular coincidence his old rival and political antagonist, John Adams, passed away on the same day. Jefferson asked that three things be inscribed on his tomb; "Author of the Declaration of Independence; of the Statute for Religious Liberty in Virginia, and Founder of The University of Virginia."--three acts which have made him famous.

"Jefferson stands in history for: (1) Republican government and the sovereignty of the people: (2)Opposition to privileged orders of nobility and the entail system; (3) Universal education and local circulating libraries; (4) Separation of Church and State; (5) Freedom of thought and speech; (6) Local self-government; (7) Economy in government and small public debt; (8) A policy of peace; (9) Political equality and universal suffrage; (10) Strict construction of the Constitution and the sovereignty of the States; (11) Well-trained militia and small standing army; (12) Opposition to bounties and monopolies; (14) Emancipation and deportation of slaves; (15) Expansion of the United States to include Louisiana, Florida, Cuba, and Canada; (16) Maintenance of Indian reservation; (17) Judiciary beyond the control of the legislative or executive branches of government; (18) Small navy; (19) Opposition to nepotism; (20) Rotation in office; (21) Opposition to all secession movements, North or South.

"Jefferson probaly gave to the world more broad principles of government than any other man. Wherever republican forms of government exist there the name of Jefferson will always be uttered with reverence and respect."--J.A.C. CHANDLER, in Encyclopedia Americana.