Jefferson and the French Connection

Merrill Peterson notes that Jefferson’s ties to France were a big part of the problem.[1] He writes: “Infidelity, Jacobinism, Disunionism—these were the most dreadful evils the people had to fear from the lean and crafty Virginian.” “The source of Jeffferson’s malignity was French philosophy. He was a visionary theorist, ‘a …

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