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08 December 1812
Adams, John (1735-1826)
to Dr. Benjamin Rush re: dream of American glory, early history
"The history of the hobby horse" -p.4 (Adams's humorous name for the story he tells in this letter.) Free frank on p.4
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4 March 1809
to Benjamin Rush
Discusses Madison taking office, politics, national divisions.
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10 January 1813
To: Gov. William Plumer.
New York State, party and sectionalism.
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17 August 1811
Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826)
to Benjamin Rush re: thanks for lectures on medicine, mathematics; health, etc.
Signed twice on address leaf with Free frank written in another hand. Ford, Jefferson's Works, 11:211-13 and Butterfield, Rush Letters, 2:1073-76, 1098-1100.
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1811/04/15
to Pierre Paganel re: tragedy of the French Revolution, hopes for liberty
Paganel, author of Essai historique et critique sur la Révolution Française (Paris, 1810), sent a copy of his work to Jefferson, perhaps one of the few copies to survive burning at the hands of Napoleon's censors. Jefferson writes in part: "[t]he...
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