Hi, all--
This is the first such search I've done in which the direction to the answer
was found through a Google book search and an Amazon book search--I'm really
not sure what I think about that.
The results of this Google search suggests that it comes from a letter to
the Comte de Volney, April 9, 1797. Or at the very
least, that the answer can be found in _Thomas Jefferson: An Intimate
History_ by Fawn McKay Brodie.
http://books.google.com/books?lr=&ie=UTF-8&q=%22Eden+of+the+United+States%22+%22Comte+de+Volney%2C+April+9%2C+1797%22&btnG=Search
This seems to be confirmed here, from Vol. 6 of Dumas Malone's _Sage of
Monticello_ :
http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0316544639/ref=A9/103-4521036-8243021?%5Fencoding=UTF8&keywords=Volney%20%22eden%20of%20the%20united%20states%22&p=S02A&checkSum=Jo8qw3%2bk8JU229oBgj1bHhpcACTVsP%2bjDu1ExVKOaww=
Is it good or bad that I could find the information in this way? I'm rather
torn, I confess. The researcher in me likes to have such ready access to
information, but the librarian and historian appreciate the
often-serendipitous usefulness of going into the library, while the
intellectual-rights guy says that finding this info online is exactly what
takes money out of scholars' pockets.
Hmmm.
--Eric
Eric D. M. Johnson
Proprietor
The Village Factsmith Historical Research & Consulting
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Grover" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2005 8:48 AM
Subject: Jefferson Quote
>I am trying to locate source of the of the following quote made by Thomas
> Jefferson: "Indeed my experience in different parts of America convince
> me
> that these mountains are the Eden of the United States." Any suggestions?
>
> Bill Grover
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