Thomas Jefferson: First Inaugural Address

( 1801 ) Commentary by John P. Kaminski, University of Wisconsin—Madison

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“First Inaugural Address.” The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Princeton University website. http://www.princeton.edu/~tjpapers/inaugural/inednote.html. Accessed on November 11, 2020.

Thomas Jefferson's draft of his first inaugural address (Library of Congress)

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