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<Author>Jefferson, Thomas</Author>
<Title>Miscellancy</Title>
<Edition>[Selections. 1984] Writings. Library of America. New York: Literary Classics of the United States, 1984</Edition>
<Date>1784-1826</Date>
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<loc><locdoc>JefMisc571</locdoc>
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<p><i>Reply to the Representations of Affairs in America
<p>by British Newspapers</i> (1)
<p>[before November 20, 1784]
<p>I am an officer lately returned from service &
residence in the U.S. of America. I have fought & bled
for that country because thought it's cause just. From the
moment of peace to that in which left it, I have seen it
enjoying all the happiness which easy government, order
& industry are capable of giving to a people. On my
return to my native country what has been my astonishment to
find all the public papers of Europe filled with accounts of
the anarchy & destractions supposed to exist in that
country. I have received ser . . .
