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- GLC#
- GLC00639.14-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- September 5, 1822
- Author/Creator
- Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
- Title
- to Samuel McKay
- Place Written
- Monticello, Virginia
- Pagination
- 1 p. : Height: 25 cm, Width: 20 cm
- Language
- English
- Primary time period
- National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
- Sub-Era
- The First Age of Reform
Suggests that two parties are essential to a functioning democracy. McKay was a farmer and local political leader in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. The Fourth of July oration was entitled "An Address," delivered at the Request of the Republican Committee of Arrangements, at Pittsfield, on the Anniversary of American Independence, July 4, 1822. Someone has altered Jefferson's capitalization, inserted 18 before 22 in the date, added underscoring, and quotation marks, possibly for publication.
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