Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. The Jeffersonian Cyclopedia
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41. ACTIONS, Approved. —

The very actions [on] which Mr. Pickering arraigns [me] have been such as the great majority of my fellow citizens have approved. The approbation of Mr. Pickering, and of those who thought with him [the Federalists] , I had no right to expect. —

TITLE: To Martin VanBuren.
EDITION: Washington ed. vii, 363.
EDITION: Ford ed., x, 306.
PLACE: Monticello
DATE: 1824