Jefferson's books found in Mo. university library

Associated Press ^ | Feb 22, 2:28 PM (ET) | HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH

[DJ MacWoW]

How cool!

[TexasPatriot1]

Conservative ammunition?

[WVNan]

Awesome find. If he was anything like me there will be many marginal comments.

[blasater1960]

Better keep the libs’ filthy hands off them. They will destroy any evidence affirming conservative principals.

[the invisib1e hand]

Great! Now they can be rewritten and reinterpreted by the Left!

[armordog99]

Awesome. I am a huge Jefferson fan, he is my favorite founding father. Will be interested in seeing some of the things he wrote in the margins.

[ml/nj]

Exciting.

And it's "Mr. Jefferson," BTW.

ML/NJ

[SunkenCiv]

Wow, the overdue fees must be killer. He probably put them in one of those lockers and forgot ‘em.

[DJ MacWoW]

I enjoyed the “letter” from his granddaughter that was quoted in the article.

[Daffynition]

Wonderful!

My late loss may perhaps have reached you by this time, I mean the loss of my mother's house by fire, and in it, of every paper I had in the world, and almost every book. On a reasonable estimate I calculate the cost of the books burned to have been �200. sterling. Would to god it had been the money; then had it never cost me a sigh!

[STD]

I like your attitude, after everyone of us breaths their last breath nothing but the kindness, love and consideration will live immortal.

[Pharmboy]

Nice find, DJ! Thanks for the post...and once again, thanks to SunkenCiv for the heads-up...SC is relentless!

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TJ could write, couldn't he though?

[Lucius Cornelius Sulla]

‘I am a huge Jefferson fan, he is my favorite founding father’

I tend to favor the Federalists, but Jefferson certainly had the widest range of interests and intellect. I admire Washington’s character, Adams’ integrity, Hamilton’s skill at government (not politics), Franklin’s brilliance and determination.

[Daffynition]

More Revolutionary fodder.

[Daffynition]

TJ taught his daughter and grand daugther to play chess under the shade trees of Monticello. A recent thread about a wayward chess piece that might have been used by TJ:James Madison chess pieces unearthed at Va. estate

[colorado tanker]

Congress bought Jefferson's library in 1815 and it became the foundation of the Library of Congress after much of the first collection was fired by the British. In 1851 a fire destroyed about 2/3 of the items. LOC has been working for years to obtain replacement volumes to reassemble the library. The fruits of their efforts are now on public display.

http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/jefferson/jefflib.html

[Pharmboy]

Great stuff...thanks!

[DJ MacWoW]

Thank you! That was interesting.

[aculeus]

Bumpola!

[SunkenCiv]

IT’s true, I am relentless. It’s possible to anyone who doesn’t really need to have a life. ;’)