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Jefferson as constitutional theorist

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  1. the University of Virginia, USA

    Merrill D. Peterson (Thomas Jefferson Foundation Professor)

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where he has been dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and chair of the Department of History. His books include The Jefferson Image in the American Mind: Olive Branch and Sword—The Compromise of 1833; and Thomas Jefferson, Writings.

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Peterson, M.D. Jefferson as constitutional theorist. Society 24, 49–52 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02695937

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