The PBS theme that Jefferson's charitable works led to his insolvency is a
stretch, just as were earlier PBS programs that claimed it was his lavish
lifestyle. Anyone interested in this aspect of Jefferson's life must read
Herbert Sloan's Principle and Interest.

Richard E. Dixon
Editor, Jefferson Notes 
Thomas Jefferson Heritage Society
703-691-0770
fax 703-691-0978



> [Original Message]
> From: Jurretta Heckscher <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: 7/10/2007 12:26:20 AM
> Subject: Re: [VA-HIST] TJ on TV tonight
>
> I'm certainly no expert, but apparently it is a little more complicated 
> than that.  Coincidentally, while doing some particularly tedious 
> housework over the weekend, I listened to a podcast from the ICJS of a 
> lecture by Herbert Sloan of Barnard College, author of Principle and 
> Interest: Thomas Jefferson and the Problem of Debt, updating some of 
> his work on TJ's financial history:
>