Thomas Jefferson resigns as Secretary of State

Category
Government
Place
United States
Date
1793
Reference
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A lover of liberty, Jefferson hated Hamilton's national bank and tried to get Washington to veto it. Jefferson retired to Monticello in Virginia. [Furtado: 1001 Days] "That Washington now identified with northern finance, commerce, and even abolitionism would have major consequences for American history. Had he sided with Jefferson and Madison, it might have deepened irrevocably the cleavage between North and South and opened an unbridgeable chasm seventy years before the Civil War." [Chernow: Washington, p. 676]

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Early Nation (U.S.)
1789
1849
United States