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Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826) to [Charles Wilson] re: postscript on polygraph modifications [fragment]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06468 Author/Creator: Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826) Place Written: [Monticello?] Type: Autograph note signed Date: 1804/11/28 Pagination: 1 p. 10.2 x 17.8 cm Order a Copy

A postscript signed with initials

P.S. Nov. 28.04. Since writing my letter of this morning it has occurred to me as better not to cut the gallows in order to let the drawers come thro them, but to let them lie entirely within them, & draw out only when the gallows are lifted up. This would lessen the size of the drawers one way three quarters of an inch.

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

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