In a message dated 7/9/2007 1:22:29 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
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Eventually he would go broke through such acts of charity, but Jefferson’s
ideals of public education would transform the nation. Could it all have
begun with a modest $200 pledge?
Thanks so much for pointing out the program. I will try to watch it for
sure.
But, um, I was under the perhaps now mistaken impression that Jefferson's
woeful financial situation at his death (ie, "broke") was due more to his great,
well-known and spectacular love of the finer and more expensive things of
life of the upper class, than extensive charitable expenditures. Has someone
done a spreadsheet on this or something?
Am I wrong?
Best Regards, Janet (Baugh) Hunter
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