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8: History of Everything: The Tale of Timothy Dexter

History of Everything

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Dexter and the Painter of the Statues of Thomas Jefferson

Dexter ordered a painter to come by and paint the properties of his friends. He saw that one statue was only partially done, but it stated that Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence. Dexter sought to correct the painter by telling him that Jefferson was in fact the author of the Constitution. And their argument about this got so heated that Dexter shot a gun up into the air like right into the arch of his house.

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