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Is Fiction Useful? Note on Jefferson’s Letter to Robert Skipwith, Aug. 3rd 1771

Posted on October 30, 2012 by ashok / 0 Comment

Letter of Thomas Jefferson to Robert Skipwith, Aug. 3rd 1771 Jefferson honors a request to create a catalog of books for Skipwith’s library. We find him, ...

politics

Jefferson’s Epitaph, Education and the Enlightenment Republic

Posted on October 24, 2009 by ashok / 2 Comments

Thomas Jefferson’s tombstone | Jefferson’s epitaph and tombstone design – original A friend asked about the linkage between American governmen...

politics

Thomas Jefferson to William Ludlow: Monticello, Sept. 6, 1824

Posted on October 11, 2009 by ashok / 3 Comments

I googled Mr. Ludlow several times, but didn’t find anything particularly relevant. If anyone has any information pertinent to these reflections, paste li...

politics

Does the Earth belong to the Living? On Jefferson’s Letter to Madison, Sept. 6, 1789

Posted on December 26, 2008 by ashok / 4 Comments

Letter of Thomas Jefferson to James Madison, Paris September 6, 1789 I think we can see a more radical Jefferson in this letter, one who may have changed in som...

media/politics

Thomas Jefferson On the Nature of News

Posted on February 15, 2008 by ashok / 2 Comments

Thomas Jefferson to John Norvell, Letter of June 14, 1807 I thought the above letter had some sections worth sharing, so here goes (words in italics are Jeffers...

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