KETOHES

OF THE

LIFE, WRITINGS, AND OPINIONS

OF

THOMAS JEFFERSON;

WITH

SELECTIONS OF THE MOST VALUABLE PORTIONS OF HIS VOLUMINOUS AND UNRIVALED

PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE.

BY B. L. RAYNER.

* For I bave sworn upon the Altar of God, eternal hostility against overy

form of tyranny over the mind of man.”—Priv. Corres.

NEW-YORK:

PUBLISHED BY A. FRANCIS AND W. BOARDMAN.