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Extract from Thomas Jefferson to Martha Jefferson Randolph

Philadelphia May 17. 98.

politics & party hatreds destroy the happiness of every being here. they seem, like salamanders, to consider fire as their element.

RC (NNPM). Published in PTJ, 30:354–5.
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Author
Thomas Jefferson
Recipient
Martha Jefferson Randolph
Date Range
1791 - 1800
Date
May 17, 1798
Collection
Quotes by and about Thomas Jefferson
Repository
NNPM
Quote Category
Government

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