And all the liberal sites repeat the canard. Strange became American liberalism itself arose from Harvard Unitarianism. In many respects, the faith has more to do with the old Testament than the new. Paul is hardly mentioned at all. Jesus was the reforming good rabbi who expanded the Jewish faith to everyone. Only His words and moral imperatives were important. The colonists were the new Israelites hewing a new world from the wilderness. New England was the center of Unitarianism and today many small towns, named after Old Testament towns or figures show the influence. Old Testament names were popular for children as well.
Jefferson was a religious nut--a Christian religious nut. What other sort of person would decide the New Testament needed to be annotated to purify it and restore it to its' correct teachings?