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To: dware
Is it a copy created by the duplication “thingy” that Jefferson came up with? I saw it when I toured Monticello.
13 posted on 02/27/2009 8:01:05 PM PST by goodwithagun (My gun has killed less people than Ted Kennedy's car.)
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To: goodwithagun
Is it a copy created by the duplication “thingy” that Jefferson came up with? I saw it when I toured Monticello.

I believe the thingy was called a facsimile, but only made one copy at a time while the writing was being done. Outside of that I think most copies were done by hand.

14 posted on 02/27/2009 8:06:04 PM PST by Moonman62 (I didn't compromise my soul to be popular. -- Jimmy Carter)
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