THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THOMAS JEFFERSON. BY SAMUEL M. SCHMUCKER, LL.D., Author of "The Emperor Nicholas I.," "Life and Times of George NEW YORK: JOHN A. FLETCHER & CO. PREFACE. THOMAS JEFFERSON was one of the great representative heroes of the age in which he lived. He will always remain a very prominent and remarkable character in American history. Several biographies of him have already appeared; but they have not satisfied the wants of the reading public on the subject. They have all been partisan works, filled either with indiscriminate praise, or with wholesale censure. Thus the largest and most valuable of these productions, that written by Professor Tucker, is a glowing eulogy from beginning to end. Books of this description fail to present a correct and faithful historical picture of the subjects of which they treat. I have endeavored in the following pages to throw as much light as possible upon the career and character of Mr. Jefferson; and to aid in ac |