Thomas Jefferson, in his own hand.

Posted By Cliff Tuttle | July 6, 2009

Posted by Cliff Tuttle (c) 2009

The Library of Congress holds the largest Jefferson collection in the world — in spite of the British in 1812. View a letter from Jefferson to John Adams in his own hand from the Library’s great collection. Friends, then political rivals, then finally friends again, the two had a correspondence during their final years that has enriched us. Here, Jefferson tells Adams that he could not live without books. It was a sentiment that Adams would have seconded. They died on the same day, July 4 1826, the fiftieth anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.

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