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To: Sean_Anthony
The thing is, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison were in daily correspondence

Hello? Minimum round-trip time for a letter was two weeks, and probably closer to a month.

ML/NJ

27 posted on 03/07/2017 4:02:36 PM PST by ml/nj
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To: ml/nj

That did not mean they didn’t write each other every day, though I do not know whether or not they did.


28 posted on 03/07/2017 4:43:06 PM PST by SoCal Pubbie
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To: ml/nj

They lived only 30 miles from each other—Montecello and Montpelier.


37 posted on 03/07/2017 6:48:53 PM PST by tekriter
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