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Extract from Thomas Jefferson to Levi Lincoln

Washington Mar. 11. 09.

I shall give over reading newspapers. they are so false & so intemperate that they disturb tranquility without giving information.

PoC (DLC). Published in PTJRS, 1:49–50.
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Author
Thomas Jefferson
Recipient
Levi Lincoln
Date Range
1801 - 1809
Date
March 11, 1809
Collection
Quotes by and about Thomas Jefferson
Repository
John Herron, Dobbs Ferry, NY, on deposit MWA.
DLC
Quote Category
Reading

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