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【国外英文文学】AUTOBIOGRAPHY
AUTOBIOGRAPHY
byThomasJefferson
AUTOBIOGRAPHY
1743--1790
WiththeDeclarationofIndependence
January6,1821
Attheageof77,Ibegintomakesomememorandaandstatesomerecollectionsofdates&factsconcerningmyself,formyownmorereadyreference&fortheinformationofmyfamily.
Thetraditioninmyfather'sfamilywasthattheirancestorcametothiscountryfromWales,andfromnearthemountainofSnowdon,,butthefirstparticularinformationIhaveofanyancestorwasmygrandfatherwholivedattheplaceinChesterfieldcalledOzborne',Thomaswhodiedyoung,FieldwhosettledonthewatersofRoanokeandleftnumerousdescendants,andPetermyfather,,1707/8,,&&Scotland,towhichleteveryoneascribethefaith&merithechooses.