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Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) to Hugh P. Taylor
Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)
to Hugh P. Taylor

Polygraph copy, October 4, 1823
Manuscript Division
State Department transfer, 1904 (10.6)

In this letter to his friend Hugh Taylor, Thomas Jefferson stressed the importance of preserving documents relating to the history of the United States. Jefferson wrote: "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. By a 1903 act of Congress, Jefferson's papers were among the first group of documents transferred to Library from the Department of State.

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