Jefferson was buried at Monticello. He asked to have these words,
with some others, cut on his gravestone:--
Here Lies Buried
THOMAS JEFFERSON,
Author of the Declaration of American Independence.
190. Summary.--Thomas Jefferson of Virginia wrote the Declaration
of Independence. After he became President of the United States, he
bought Louisiana for us. The purchase of Louisiana, with New Orleans,
gave us the right to send our ships to sea by way of the Mississippi
River, which now belonged to us. Louisiana added so much land that
it more than doubled the size of the United States.
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