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Pen and brown ink on paper; 10.2 x 13.0 cm (4 x 5 1/8 in). Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT.
Completed 1 October 1780. British Major André was hanged as a spy, for his involvement in the treason of Benedict Arnold, the next morning.
Major John André, Self-Portrait, 1780
In both his public and private lives, Jefferson wrote in order to structure his own life, and to try to bring into existence the world as he wished it to be. By putting things down on paper, it would be so — if all the relevant parties made the right effort.
"Most Blessed of the Patriarchs" (2016)