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From: steven h miller <>
Subject: [MAWORCES] Fwd: [CAMARIPO] T JEFFERSON- on Public Records- 1791
Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2001 15:39:49 -0800

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>AHEAD OF HIS TIME
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>Thomas Jefferson appears to have been ahead of his time with regard to
>vital records protection, just as he was in political thought,
>architecture, and other areas. The author of the Declaration of
>Independence, in a February 18, 1791 letter to Ebenezer Hazard said:
>
> "Time and accident are committing daily havoc on the originals
>deposited in our public offices... the lost cannot be
> recovered, but let us save what remains; not by vaults and locks
>which fence them from the public eye and use...but
> by such as multiplication of copies, as shall place them beyond the
>reach of accident."
>
>The concept of placing security copies of important and vital records in
>multiple locations to protect against disaster endures today.
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>exerpt from the Nevada Archives-
>http://dmla.clan.lib.nv.us/

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