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Thomas Jefferson's inaugural address...
Thomas Jefferson's inaugural address...
Item # 703946
March 11, 1801
MIRROR OF THE TIMES & GENERAL ADVERTISER, Wilmington, Delaware, March 11, 1801
* Thomas Jefferson's first inauguration
* President of the United States
Over half of page 2 is taken up with Thomas Jefferson's inaugural address, headed: "PRESIDENT'S SPEECH" and prefaced with: "Wednesday last, at 12 o'clock, Thomas Jefferson, President of the United States, took the oath of office required by the Constitution, in the Senate Chamber, in the preference o the Senate, the Public Officers, and a large concourse of citizens."
What follows is his inaugural address, beginning: "Friends & Fellow Citizens, Called upon to undertake the duties of the first executive office of our country...".
Following this Address is a response from the new President of the Senate to Jefferson acknowledging Jefferson's address upon leaving as President of the Senate. Jefferson responds to this, signed in type: T. Jefferson.
Four pages, very nice condition.
background: Thomas Jefferson was inaugurated as the third President of the United States on March 4, 1801, in Washington, D.C., in what became a landmark moment in American history because it marked the first peaceful transfer of power between rival political parties. Jefferson, a Democratic-Republican, defeated the Federalist incumbent John Adams in the highly contested election of 1800, which resulted in an electoral tie between Jefferson and his running mate, Aaron Burr; the decision ultimately went to the House of Representatives, which chose Jefferson after 36 ballots. In his inaugural address, delivered in the unfinished Capitol building, Jefferson sought to ease intense political divisions by emphasizing unity and republican principles, famously declaring, “We are all Republicans, we are all Federalists,” and advocating for limited government, protection of civil liberties, and respect for states’ rights, thereby setting a tone of reconciliation and reinforcing the stability of the young nation’s constitutional system.
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