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Jefferson’s Revisions to Summary View (opens in new tab)

In 1774, Thomas Jefferson gave his allies in Virginia politics permission to publish his essay, Summary View of the Rights of British America. Even after the pamphlet was printed multiple times across the American colonies and in London, Jefferson continued to revise his personal copy of the text. Here are the changes he intended.

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