Thomas Jefferson - In His Own Words

[...] Image via Wikipedia Thomas Jefferson was born at Shadwell, Albemarle County, Va., on April 2 (old style), 1743. He was the oldest [...]

The President laid before the Senate a letter from the President elect of the United States, which was read, as follows: WASHINGTON, March 2, 1801. [...]

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[...] I have the honor to be, your Excellency's most obedient, and most humble servant. Thomas Jefferson P. S. Will you permit my respects to your grandson, Mr. Franklin, to find their place [...]

[...] in honest and disinterested efforts which have for their object to preserve the General and State Governments in their constitutional form and equilibrium; to maintain peace abroad, and order and [...]

[...] friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none; the support of the State governments in all their rights, as the most competent administrations for our domestic concerns [...]

[...] here, where, besides the safety of their position, they are under the eye of the Executive Administration, as well as of its agents, and where yourselves also will be guided by your own [...]

[...] Image via Wikipedia Thomas Jefferson was born at Shadwell, Albemarle County, Va., on April 2 (old style), 1743. He was the [...]

[...] appointed minister plenipotentiary to Europe to assist John Adams and Benjamin Franklin in negotiating treaties of commerce. In March, 1785, was appointed by Congress minister at the French Court to [...]

[...] 12, 1773, was chosen a member of the first committee of correspondence established by the Colonial legislature. Was elected a delegate to the Continental Congress in 1775; was placed on the Committee [...]

[...] our burthens are formed on the expectation that a sensible and at the same time a salutary reduction may take place in our habitual expenditures. For this purpose those of the civil [...]

[...] . You will perceive that the increase of numbers during the last ten years, proceeding in geometrical ratio, promises a duplication in little more than twenty-two years. We contemplate this rapid [...]

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