Date: 1787
"This will in some measure stop the increase of this great political and moral evil, while the minds of our citizens may be ripening for a complete emancipation of human nature."
preview | full record— Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826)
Date: 1789
"Deceiving gold was once my only toy, / With it my soul within the coffer lay"
preview | full record— Chatterton, Thomas (1752-1770)