CSPAN3 Derek Baxter In Pursuit Of Jefferson July 7, 2024
jefferson, we will probably know something about jefferson as an older man when he was president. it gave me a chance to explore, middle aged in the 1780's, jefferson was going into his 40s. he almost did not travel to france at all, he had been asked twice to go over there to be ambassador for the united states and declined it both times. there were two traumatic events that really changed his mind and changed his whole life. in the early 1780's, that led him to take his trip. one was he was governor of virginia for two years during the revolutionary war. it wound up being a very di...