The Memoir of Thomas Jefferson (AmazonClassics Edition)
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The Memoir of Thomas Jefferson (AmazonClassics Edition)
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Christopher Lane
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Thomas Jefferson
At the age of 77, I begin to make some memoranda, and state some recollections of dates and facts concerning myself, for my own more ready reference, and for the information of my family.
In his memoir, begun in 1821 and published posthumously, Thomas Jefferson recalls the early years of his formidable political rise, including his election to the Continental Congress in Philadelphia. He reflects on the French Revolution and his relationships with such notable contemporaries as Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and other Founding Fathers.
But Jefferson’s primary focus is on that which he considered his greatest patriotic achievement: the drafting of the Declaration of Independence. His personal observations on its creation, its debates, and its impact remain as an invaluable record to the American revolutionary era.
Revised edition: Previously published as The Memoir of Thomas Jefferson, this edition of The Memoir of Thomas Jefferson (AmazonClassics Edition) includes editorial revisions.
Public Domain (P)2020 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved."Here every one may have land to labor for himself if he chooses",
His thinking was clear, Jefferson argued that America should be an asylum for oppressed humanity, that naturalisation should not be made unnecessarily restrictive, and that the availability of land allowed ordinary people to become independent citizens.
He would have hated 2025/26 😥
Fascinating insight into a Founding Father
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