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Tuesday Afternoon

(56,912 posts) Mon Dec 2, 2013, 02:27 AM Dec 2013

Thomas Jefferson - 1816

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Thomas Jefferson - 1816 (Original Post) Tuesday Afternoon Dec 2013 OP

I would say prophetic.... defacto7 Dec 2013 #1

1816 moondust Dec 2013 #2

Events in the USA - 1816 Tuesday Afternoon Dec 2013 #4

The very last item was the beginning of the end. WowSeriously Dec 2013 #5

yeah ... haha. I think The Big Apple survived the bite Tuesday Afternoon Dec 2013 #7

Jefferson championed an agrarian society. I think his statement reflected his concerns WowSeriously Dec 2013 #6

K&R #5. n/t Egalitarian Thug Dec 2013 #3

Boy, they have NOT maintained Monticello. Warren DeMontague Dec 2013 #8

sad ain't it ... haha Tuesday Afternoon Dec 2013 #9

Jefferson was a fascinating guy. Warren DeMontague Dec 2013 #10

yeah, me too. Tuesday Afternoon Dec 2013 #11

andrew jackson + teddy roosevelt have some good things to say as well. pansypoo53219 Dec 2013 #12

defacto7

(13,485 posts)

1. I would say prophetic....

Reply to Tuesday Afternoon (Original post)

Mon Dec 2, 2013, 02:50 AM

Dec 2013

but it's the logical conclusion.

moondust

(19,986 posts)

2. 1816

Reply to Tuesday Afternoon (Original post)

Mon Dec 2, 2013, 03:08 AM

Dec 2013

Did something happen that year to arouse anxiety?

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Tuesday Afternoon

(56,912 posts)

4. Events in the USA - 1816

Reply to moondust (Reply #2)

Mon Dec 2, 2013, 03:28 AM

Dec 2013

April 11 – In Philadelphia, the African Methodist Episcopal Church is established by Richard Allen and other African-American Methodists, the first such denomination completely independent of White churches.
April 27 – The Dallas tariff is passed in Congress seeking to protect American manufacturing against an influx of cheaper British goods following the War of 1812.[1][2]
August 24 – The Treaty of St. Louis is signed in St. Louis, Missouri.
November – James Monroe defeats Rufus King in the U.S. presidential election.
December 11 – Indiana is admitted as the 19th U.S. state.

Undated
The Second Bank of the United States obtains its charter.
E. Remington and Sons (the firearm and later typewriter manufacturing company) is founded.
The American Bible Society is founded in New York City.[3]

WowSeriously

(343 posts)

5. The very last item was the beginning of the end.

Reply to Tuesday Afternoon (Reply #4)

Mon Dec 2, 2013, 03:55 AM

Dec 2013

Tuesday Afternoon

(56,912 posts)

7. yeah ... haha. I think The Big Apple survived the bite

Reply to WowSeriously (Reply #5)

Mon Dec 2, 2013, 03:58 AM

Dec 2013

Welcome to DU, WowSeriously

WowSeriously

(343 posts)

6. Jefferson championed an agrarian society. I think his statement reflected his concerns

Reply to moondust (Reply #2)

Mon Dec 2, 2013, 03:57 AM

Dec 2013

About a commerce centered society.

Egalitarian Thug

(12,448 posts)

3. K&R #5. n/t

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Mon Dec 2, 2013, 03:21 AM

Dec 2013

Warren DeMontague

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8. Boy, they have NOT maintained Monticello.

Reply to Tuesday Afternoon (Original post)

Mon Dec 2, 2013, 03:59 AM

Dec 2013

i kid, i kid

Tuesday Afternoon

(56,912 posts)

9. sad ain't it ... haha

Reply to Warren DeMontague (Reply #8)

Mon Dec 2, 2013, 04:04 AM

Dec 2013

Some lawyer here in the town where I live (actually, I live outside of town, in the sticks) anyway,

Dude built a replica of Monticello on a somewhat smaller scale. Still, pretty impressive to behold.