Extract from Thomas Jefferson to John Jay

Paris Aug. 23. 1785

cultivators of the earth are the most valuable citizens. they are the most vigorous, the most independant, the most virtuous, & they are tied to their country & wedded to it’s liberty & interests by the most lasting bands.

PrC (DLC). Published in PTJ, 8:426–28.
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