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April 26, 1809
The National Intelligencer And Washington Advertiser
Washington, District Of Columbia
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Thomas Jefferson responds from Monticello to the New York Legislature's address upon his retirement from the U.S. presidency, expressing gratitude, confidence in his successor, and hopes for the nation's republican institutions amid global troubles.
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Of the late President of the U. States, to the Address of the Legislature of New-York:
MONTICELLO, April 12, 1809.
"Gentlemen,
I beg leave, through you, to return an answer to the address of the legislature of New York, which you were so kind as to forward to me, and to tender you the assurances of my high respect and consideration.
TH: JEFFERSON."
Hon. John Broome, President of the Senate.
James W. Wilkins, Speaker of the Assembly.
To the Legislature of the State of N. York.
I receive with respect and gratitude, from the Legislature of New York, on my retirement from the office of chief magistrate of the U. States, the assurance of their esteem and of their satisfaction with the services I have endeavored to render. The welfare of my fellow citizens and the perpetuation of our republican institutions having been the governing principles of my public life, the favorable testimony borne by the Legislature of a state so respectable as that of N. York gives me the highest consolation; and this is much strengthened by an intimate conviction that the same principles will govern the conduct of my successor, whose talents, whose virtues, and eminent services are a certain pledge that the confidence in him, expressed by the Legislature of New York will never be disappointed.
Sole depositaries of the remains of human liberty, our duty to ourselves, to posterity, and to mankind call on us by every motive which is sacred or honorable, to watch over the safety of our beloved country during the troubles which agitate and convulse the residue of the world, and to sacrifice to that all personal and local considerations. While the boasted energies of monarchy have yielded to easy conquest the people they were to protect, should our fabric of freedom suffer no more than the slight agitations we have experienced, it will be an useful lesson to the friends, as well as to the enemies of self-government, that it may stand the shocks of time and accident, and that your own may make a distinguished part of the mass of prosperity it may dispense, will be my latest prayer.
TH: JEFFERSON.
Monticello, April 12, 1809
Of the late President of the U. States, to the Address of the Legislature of New-York:
MONTICELLO, April 12, 1809.
"Gentlemen,
I beg leave, through you, to return an answer to the address of the legislature of New York, which you were so kind as to forward to me, and to tender you the assurances of my high respect and consideration.
TH: JEFFERSON."
Hon. John Broome, President of the Senate.
James W. Wilkins, Speaker of the Assembly.
To the Legislature of the State of N. York.
I receive with respect and gratitude, from the Legislature of New York, on my retirement from the office of chief magistrate of the U. States, the assurance of their esteem and of their satisfaction with the services I have endeavored to render. The welfare of my fellow citizens and the perpetuation of our republican institutions having been the governing principles of my public life, the favorable testimony borne by the Legislature of a state so respectable as that of N. York gives me the highest consolation; and this is much strengthened by an intimate conviction that the same principles will govern the conduct of my successor, whose talents, whose virtues, and eminent services are a certain pledge that the confidence in him, expressed by the Legislature of New York will never be disappointed.
Sole depositaries of the remains of human liberty, our duty to ourselves, to posterity, and to mankind call on us by every motive which is sacred or honorable, to watch over the safety of our beloved country during the troubles which agitate and convulse the residue of the world, and to sacrifice to that all personal and local considerations. While the boasted energies of monarchy have yielded to easy conquest the people they were to protect, should our fabric of freedom suffer no more than the slight agitations we have experienced, it will be an useful lesson to the friends, as well as to the enemies of self-government, that it may stand the shocks of time and accident, and that your own may make a distinguished part of the mass of prosperity it may dispense, will be my latest prayer.
TH: JEFFERSON.
Monticello, April 12, 1809
What sub-type of article is it?
Politics
What keywords are associated?
Thomas Jefferson
Presidential Retirement
New York Legislature
Republican Institutions
Monticello
What entities or persons were involved?
Th: Jefferson
Hon. John Broome
James W. Wilkins
Legislature Of New York
Where did it happen?
New York
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
New York
Event Date
April 12, 1809
Key Persons
Th: Jefferson
Hon. John Broome
James W. Wilkins
Legislature Of New York
Event Details
Thomas Jefferson's letter from Monticello responding to the New York Legislature's address on his retirement, expressing gratitude for their esteem, satisfaction with his services, confidence in his successor, and prayers for the nation's freedom amid global troubles.