Letter : to Christopher Gadsden, Charleston, S.C., 1801 April 16.

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Letter : to Christopher Gadsden, Charleston, S.C., 1801 April 16.

Letter from Adams at Stony Field begins by expressing friendly sentiments. Adams has read Gadsden's publication and values his friendship. He inveighs against Jacobinism and "foreigners," recommends J. Rutledge's plan concerning admission into citizenship of the latter and suggests caution. Refers to Gen. Pinckney's conduct in the last election. Adams will now occupy himself with his interests in agriculture and letters, and he wishes to return to the bar to forget public life as so much as happened to "mortify the vanity of man." He wishes prosperity to Jefferson's administration but feels it is too strongly infected with party spirit.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7338096

South Carolina Historical Society

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Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

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Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) was an American statesman and third president of the United States. From the description of Thomas Jefferson letter, 1809. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 367818629 Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) was the third president of the United States, born in Goochland (now Albemarle County), Virginia. He was a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses from 1769 to 1775, and with R. H. Lee and Patrick Henry initiated the inter-colonial committee of correspond...