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Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 to James Oldham

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08131 Author/Creator: Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 30 November 1804 Pagination: Order a Copy

Re: avoidance of involvement in other's quarrels: "I generally presume them to flow from the indulgences of too much passion of both sides" (this dispute about contractor for Monticello Greenhouse).

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
Oldham, James, fl. 1803

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