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the exact facts of the circumstances under which the replicas were 

 made. 



The original desk was part of a special exhibition set up at the Jef- 

 ferson Memorial in Washington, D. C., in 1943, in honor of the bicen- 

 tennial anniversary of Jefferson's birth. It was exhibited with Jef- 

 ferson's own draft of the Declaration of Independence at the foot of 

 the heroic Statue of Jefferson which stands in the rotunda of the 

 Memorial. 



During World War II the desk was evacuated from Washington to 

 protected storage with other irreplaceable specimens from the collec- 

 tions of the Smithsonian Institution. 



On its return to the Museum, the desk was given a place of honor 

 in the North Hall of the Arts and Industries Building of the United 

 States National Museum. There it is exhibited in a special case in 

 the main aisle of the hall where it serves as an inspiration to the many- 

 thousands of persons who visit the Smithsonian Institution annually. 



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The domestic life of Thomas Jefferson, by S. N. Randolph. 1871. New York. 



Journal of the House of Representatives, 46th Congr., 2d Sess., vol. 1879-80. 



United States Statutes at Large, 46th Congr., vol 21. 1879-81, 



Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society, ser. 2, vol. 12, 1899. Boston. 



The furniture of our forefathers, Pt. 7. Domestic and imported furniture from 

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The furnishings of Monticello, Pt. 1, by Marie Kimball. Antiques Mag., Novem- 

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Jefferson's furniture at Monticello, by Helen A. Storey. Antiquarian Mag., 

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