John G. Jackson to Thomas Jefferson, 12 July 1823
From John G. Jackson
Clarksburg July 12th 1823
Dear Sir,
We have just witnessed another1 anniversary of our Independance. Its recurrence brings in splendid review, the eminent2 services of the immortal Dead, who with the few Survivors remaining to us, atchieved it, by efforts, reflecting lustre, upon the human race.
The Declaration of Independance, alike the immortal3 monument of the Nation’s glory, & the fame of its4 authors, has been ascribed by the concurrent testimony of all contemporaries to your5 pen. As a post-revolutionary man, enjoying all its benefits, and a friend to Liberty, devoted to my Country;6 I tender you the homage of my sincere gratitude: and I repeat the prayer expressed in the enclosed address, “that your end may be as happy, & glorious, as your life has been illustrious, & beneficial to your Country, & to the whole human family.”
J G Jackson
RC (DLC); between dateline and salutation: “The Honble. Th— Jefferson”; endorsed by TJ as received 24 July 1823 from “Clarkesville” and so recorded (as sent from “Clarksville”) in SJL. Dft (InU: Jackson Collection); endorsed by Jackson.
The enclosed address, not found, was probably that delivered by Jackson at a Fourth of July celebration at the Clarksburg courthouse (Richmond Enquirer, 18 July 1823).
1. In Dft Jackson here canceled “solemn.”
2. Word interlined in Dft.
3. Word interlined in Dft.
4. In Dft Jackson here canceled “great.”
5. In Dft Jackson here interlined and canceled “heart & to your.”
6. Text from “enjoying” to this point interlined in Dft.
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