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Article: The Republic of Letters: The Correspondence between Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, 1776-1826.
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- The Economist (US)
- Article date:
- May 20, 1995
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THE REPUBLIC OF LETTERS: THE CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN THOMAS JEFFERSON AND JAMES MADISON 1776-1826. Edited by James Morton Smith. W.W. Norton; three-volume boxed set; $150 and Pounds 110
IN 1800, when Thomas Jefferson and John Adams opposed each other for the presidency of the United States, the American enlightenment was at its height: Jefferson was president of the American Philosophical Society, Adams of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. When these old antagonists and renewed friends died on July 4th 1826, the 50th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, that branch of the enlightenment had almost run its course. But not quite. James Madison, ...