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- GLC#
- GLC01027
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- December 15, 1810
- Author/Creator
- Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
- Title
- to David Howell
- Place Written
- Charlottesville, Virginia
- Pagination
- 1 p. : free frank Height: 25 cm, Width: 20 cm
- Language
- English
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- The Age of Jefferson & Madison
Jefferson attacks the Federalists as favoring hereditary rule. Free franked. He mentions that public news draws him from reading Tacitus and Horace, which he calls "more agreeable reading." He also mentions Gov. Fenner of Rhode Island. Jefferson praises Fenner, who controlled state politics for many years. Jefferson writes that he wants to avoid writing things that will be quoted. Apparently Howell asked Jefferson's opinion of his successors. Letter also mentions Republican principles, Federalists, and Jefferson's reading. Letter written in Monticello.
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