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Grief is the tax we pay on our attachments.

Thomas Lynch

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Thomas Lynch
Age: 49 †
Born: 1727
Born: January 1
Died: 1776
Died: December 1
Poet
Politician
Berkeley County
South Carolina
Thomas Lynch Senior
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Grief
Taxes
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