THOMAS JEFFERSON, Monticello, to JOHN ADAMS., 1819

Scope and content:

Questions authenticity of Mecklenburg Declaration. Not reported by Thomas Ritchie or National Intelligencer. William Alexander, Richard Caswell, William Hooper, and Joseph Hewes all dead. Peter Horry's history of Francis Marion, Williamson, Ramsay, Marshall, Jones, Girardin, and Wirt do not mention it. Patrick Henry's similar resolutions greatly publicized. Dickinson a doubter, Hooper a Tory, and Hewes indecisive; Caswell strong Whig, but left early. Penn fixed Hewes. Doubts McKnitt a genuine name. [2961]

Physical description:
L. 2 pp. Extract. 19th century copy. Printed: L and B XV, 204-7.

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