ALS, 1803 December 31, Washington, to George Clinton.

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ALS, 1803 December 31, Washington, to George Clinton.

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Jefferson tells Clinton that he has been reading "a libellous pamphlet." "...till I came to what respected myself. The falsehood of that gave me a test for the rest of the work, and considering it always useless to read lies, I threw it by... The uniform tenor of a man's life furnishes better evidence of what he has said or done on any particular occasion than the word of an enemy..." He expresses confidence in the political situation.

1 p. ; 25.5 x 20.5.

Copley Press, J S Copley Library

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Copley Press, J S Copley Library

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