Special thanks to Leah and Rachel of Hashtag History, Will of American History Geek, and Alex for providing the intro quotes for this episode! Thanks also to Alex Van Rose for his audio editing work!
The transcript for this episode can be found here.
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Featured Image: “Thomas Jefferson, third president of the United States” by Pendleton’s Lithography [c. 1828], courtesy of Wikipedia
Intro and Outro Music: Selections from “Jefferson and Liberty” as performed by The Itinerant Band
