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Thomas Jefferson's Idea of America

Peter Onuf

Peter Onuf

Washington, DC
Saturday, March 31, 2012

Although Thomas Jefferson was in France as the Constitution was being debated and signed, he had his own ideas of how he hoped the new nation would look. University of Virginia History Professor Peter Onuf examines Thomas Jefferson's idea of America and how his relationship with James Madison - whose ideas differed from his own - affected his opinion.

Updated: Tuesday, April 10, 2012 at 4:38pm (ET)

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