89
.
See
Thomas Jefferson,
Memoir, Correspondence, and Miscellanies
, ed. Thomas Jefferson Randolph (Charlottesville: F. Carr and Co., 1829), 3:439, 4:23; Thomas Jefferson,
The Works of Thomas Jefferson
, ed. Paul Leicester Ford, vol. 12 (New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1905), 474n; etc.
90
.
See
Thomas Jefferson,
Memoir, Correspondence, and Miscellanies
, ed. Thomas Jefferson Randolph (New York: G. & C. & H. Carvill, 1830), 4:349â350, “Syllabus of an Estimate of the Merits of the Doctrines of Jesus, Compared with Those of Others,” 3:514â517; Jefferson,
The Writings of Thomas Jefferson
, ed. Lipscomb, 10:376â377, 12:315; Thomas Jefferson,
Memoir, Correspondence, and Miscellanies
, ed. Thomas Jefferson Randolph (Charlottesville: F. Carr and Co., 1829); etc.
91
. See, for example, Thomas Jefferson,
Memoir, Correspondence, and Miscellanies
, ed. Thomas Jefferson Randolph, vol. 4 (New York: G. & C. & H. Carvill, 1830), 23â24, 176.
92
. Randall,
The Life of Thomas Jefferson
, 672.
C
ONCLUSION
: T
HOMAS
J
EFFERSON:
A
N
A
MERICAN
H
ERO
1
. Jack M. Balkin, “Tradition, Betrayal, and the Politics of DeconstructionâPart II,” Yale University, 1998, accessed October 25, 2011,
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/jbalkin/articles/trad2.htm
.
2
. Henry S. Randall,
The Life of Thomas Jefferson
, vol. 3 (New York: Derby & Jackson, 1858), 673.
3
. Paul Vitz,
Censorship; Evidence of Bias in our Children's Textbooks
(Ann Arbor: 1986), 77.
4
. Ibid., 80.
5
. John Adams,
The Works of John Adams
, ed. Charles Francis Adams, vol. 2 (Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1850), 17.
6
. See, for example, B. L. Rayner,
Life of Thomas Jefferson
(Boston: Lilly, Wait, Colman, & Holden, 1834); Sarah Randolph,
The Domestic Life of Thomas Jefferson
(New York: Harper & Brothers, 1871); John T. Morse, Jr.,
Thomas Jefferson
(Boston: Houghton, Mifflin Company: 1885); Andrew Allison,
The Real Thomas Jefferson
(Washington, DC: National Center for Constitutional Studies, 1983); Dumas Malone,
Jefferson and His Time,
vols. 1â6 (Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1951â1981); etc.
7
. Randall,
The Life of Thomas Jefferson
, vol. 1 (New York: Derby & Jackson, 1858),
http://books.google.com/books?id=TRxCAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=editions:Q73dCAMDp8QC&hl=en&ei=T1X_TdfhBMuutwfGyIy-Dg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false
); Henry S. Randall,
The Life of Thomas Jefferson,
vol. 2 (New York: Derby & Jackson, 1858),
http://books.google.com/books?id=lxxCAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=editions:Q73dCAMDp8QC&hl=en&ei=T1X_TdfhBMuutwfGyIy-Dg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CDIQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q&f=false
); Henry S. Randall,
The Life of Thomas Jefferson
, vol. 3 (New York: Derby & Jackson, 1858),
http://books.google.com/books?id=a9NQEl4jfP8C&printsec=frontcover&dq=editions:Q73dCAMDp8QC&hl=en&ei=T1X_TdfhBMuutwfGyIy-Dg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CDwQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q&f=false
).
8
. Margaret Thatcher, “Lady Margaret Thatcher at Monticello, on the Occasion of the 253rd Anniversary of the Birth of Thomas Jefferson and the Presentation of the First Thomas Jefferson Medal for Statesmanship,” document from Monticello, April 13, 1996.
9
.
The Debates, Resolutions, and Other Proceedings, in Convention, on the Adoption of the Federal Constitution
, ed. Jonathan Elliot, vol. 2 (Washington, DC: Printed for the Editor, 1828), 281.
10
. Jefferson,
Writings of Thomas Jefferson
, ed. Lipscomb, 14:384.
11
. “Take the Quiz: What We Don't Know,” Newsweek.com, accessed June 21, 2011,
http://www.
newsweek
.com/2011/03/20/take-the-quiz-what-we-don-t-know.html
.
12
.
Scopes v. State
, 289 S.W. 363 (Tenn. 1927).
13
. Clarence Darrow, as quoted in
The World's Most Famous Court Trial: Tennessee Evolution Case
(Cincinnati: National Book Company, 1925), 74.
14
. Robert Byrd, “A Failure to Produce Better Students,” Library of Congress, June 9, 1997, accessed November 11, 2011,
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/search/citation.result.CREC.action?congressionalRecord.volume=143&congressionalRecord.pagePrefix=S&congressionalRecord.pageNumber=5393&publication=CREC
.
15
. D. Salahu-Din, H. Persky, and J. Miller, “The Nation's Report Card: Writing 2007,” National Center for Education Statistics, 2008, accessed October 25, 2011,
http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/pdf/main2007/2008468.pdf
.
16
. Sheldon and Jeremy Stern, “The State of State U. S. History Standards in 2011,” Thomas Fordham Institute, February 2011, accessed October 25, 2011,
www.edexcellencemedia.net/publications/2011/20110216_SOSHS/SOSS_History_FINAL.pdf
. These findings are based on the published scope and sequence of history standards for the various states. States that require students to learn only from 1900 forward are California, Connecticut, Nevada, North Dakota, Oregon, and Washington. States that require students to learn from Reconstruction forward are Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, New Mexico, Ohio, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, and Utah.
17
. “Losing America's Memory: Historical Illiteracy in the 21st Century,” American Council of Trustees and Alumni, August 4, 2003, accessed October 25, 2011,
https://www.goacta.org/publications/downloads/LosingAmerica%27sMemory.pdf
.
18
. Peter Wood, “Vanishing Act,”
The Chronicle of Higher Education
, May 19, 2011, accessed October 25, 2011,
http://chronicle.com/blogs/innovations/vanishing-act/29479
.
19
. Sean Alfano, “Poll: Majority Reject Evolution,” CBS, February 11, 2009, accessed October 25, 2011,
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/10/22/opinion/polls/main965223.shtml
.
20
. Google Books,
http://books.google.com/
; Project Gutenberg,
http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page
; Page By Page Books,
http://www.pagebypagebooks.com/authorlist.html
; Online Books (Monergism),
http://www.monergism.com/free_online_books.php
; Read Print,
http://www.readprint.com/
; Internet Archive,
http://www.archive.org/details/texts
); etc.
21
. Mark Noll, Nathan Hatch, and George Marsden,
The Search for Christian America
(Colorado Springs: Helmers & Howard, 1989).
22
. Thomas Paine,
The Writings of Thomas Paine
, ed. Moncure Daniel Conway, vol. 3 (New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1894), 68, “Letter Addressed to the Addressers on the Late Proclamation [Royal Proclamation Against Seditious Writings],” 1792.
23
. Noah Webster,
An American Dictionary of the English Language
, vol. 1 (New York: S. Converse, 1828), 101, s.v. “History.”
24
. Randolph,
The Domestic Life of Thomas Jefferson
, 38.
25
. Randall,
The Life of Thomas Jefferson
, 3:675; Randolph,
The Domestic Life of Thomas Jefferson
, 337.
26
. Randolph,
The Domestic Life of Thomas Jefferson
, 289â290.
27
. Ibid.
28
. “Social Hours of Daniel Webster,”
Harper's Magazine
(July, 1856), as quoted in Randall,
The Life of Thomas Jefferson
, 1:490â491.
29
. Randall,
The Life of Thomas Jefferson
, 3:671
30
. Randolph,
The Domestic Life of Thomas Jefferson
, 344â345.
31
. Ibid.
32
. Randall,
The Life of Thomas Jefferson
, 3:671.
33
. Ibid., 3:673.
34
. Randolph, “Dr. Dunglison's Memoranda,” in
The Domestic Life of Thomas Jefferson
, 394â395.
35
. Calvin Coolidge, “Address Before the Congress Sitting in Joint Session in the House of Representatives,”
American Presidency Project
, February 22, 1927, accessed October 25, 2011,,
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=418&st=&st1=#ixzz1PNL7rdMJ
.
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nytime that a work of this magnitude is producedâa work that includes hundreds of footnotes from thousands of historical sourcesâthere are many who must be acknowledged. After all, the Scriptures remind us that we should give honor to whom it is due (Romans 13:7) and among those worthy of public recognition are:
⢠Early American historians (such as Jared Sparks, Benson Lossing, George Bancroft, Richard Frothingham, Charles Coffin, John Fiske, and others) who believed that they should objectively report history without spin or personal opinionâthat it was their duty to record everything that occurred, including not only the bad and the ugly (which is too often the limit of historical examination today) but also the good.
⢠Current websites that invested extensive time and money in placing thousands of original unedited historical documents online so that they can now be read in their entirety by any citizen without the extraneous personal opinions with which many scholars seek to bias readers. Such praiseworthy websites include the Avalon Project, the Library of Congress, the American Presidency Project, a Century of Lawmaking, and many others.
⢠Jefferson scholars such as Dr. Mark Beliles, who in 1993 not only researched Jefferson's faith by reading scores of Jefferson's own writings but also studied countless letters, writings, diaries, and memoirs from scores of clergymen who personally interacted with Jefferson. Beliles thus presents remarkable insight into Jefferson's complex relationship with the clergy, reaching conclusions that, although consistent with primary source historical data, are dramatically different from the opinions of many today who call themselves Jefferson scholars but have read few of Jefferson's own writings. Others worthy of mention who demonstrate the same sound historical approach include Dr. Daniel Dreisbach and Dr. Philip Hamburger.
⢠My own research staff who took hundreds of tedious questions I posited them and provided answers from primary source documents. Among the many who were vital in the research and writing of this book were Sarah Freeman, Caroline Henry, Tim Stackpole, Kristy Stedman, Brian Freeman, Damaris Schuler, Timothy Barton, Gabriella Franks, Derringer Dick, and Jennifer Farley.
⢠Also, my sincere appreciation is due my wife, Cheryl, who graciously and flexibly accommodated the countless hundreds of hours I spent researching and writing this work, often at irregular times and in unusual settings.
⢠Of course, my highest gratitude is humbly offered to my Creator and Redeemer without Whose daily sustenance and mercy my life would not even exist. It is only in His loving Providence that we live, move, and have our very being.
I offer my heartfelt thanks to each of these; their contributions, most of which will never be fully known by the public, have been indispensable.
D
AVID
B
ARTON
Spring 2012
D
avid Barton is the founder and president of WallBuilders, a national profamily organization that presents America's forgotten history and heroes with an emphasis on our moral, religious, and constitutional heritage. He is the author of many best-selling books, including
Original Intent, The Bulletproof George Washington, American History in Black and White, The Question of Freemasonry and the Founding Fathers
, and many others. He also addresses more than four hundred groups each year. David and his wife, Cheryl, have three grown children.
Barton was named by
Time
magazine as one of America's twenty-five most influential evangelicals, and he has received numerous national and international awards, including Who's Who in Education and DAR's highest award, the George Washington Honor Medal.
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