Thomas Jefferson - Huntington Library - San Marino, CA, USA
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Thomas Jefferson is quoted on a bench in the Children's Garden at the Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens.
Waymark Code: WMNBC9
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 02/05/2015
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A small plaque on a bench reads:
"Though an old man, I am but a young gardener.
Thomas Jefferson"
This website (
visit link) indicates the quote is from a 1811 letter from Jefferson to Charles Willson Peale.
Address:
Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens
1151 Oxford Road, San Marino, CA 91108
Website: [Web Link]
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