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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