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Patreon supporters and by petty co-trazers. Tonight we'll read a letter Thomas Jefferson sent to Maria Cosway in 1786.

Jefferson met Cosway while traveling in France and was rather charmed by the Italian English artist.

In this letter, a sorrowful Jefferson imagines a debate between his head and heart.

A statesman, scholar, inventor, and third president of the United States.

Jefferson wrote some 18,000 letters in his lifetime.

Let's get cozy.

Let's get cozy.

get cozy.

Close your eyes.

Relax your body into the softness of your bed.

Now, take a few deep breaths. To Maria Cosway, Paris, October 12th, 1786. My dear Madam,

Madam, having performed the last sad office of handing you into your carriage at the Pavilion Day St. Denis, and seen

the wheels get actually into motion, I turned on my heel and walked, more dead than alive, to the opposite door, where my own was awaiting me.

Mr. Dankerville was missing. He was sought for, found, and dragged downstairs.

We were crammed into the carriage, like recruits for the best deal.

And not having soul enough to give orders to the coachman,

he presumed Paris our destination and drove off. After a considerable interval,

silence was broke.

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