OBSERVATIONS

ON THE

WRITINGS OF THOMAS JEFFERSON,

WITH

PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE ATTACK THEY CONTAIN

ON THE

MEMORY

OF THE

LATE GEN. HENRY LEE.

IN A SERIES OF LETTERS,

Henry

BY H. LEE.

SECOND EDITION,

WITH AN

INTRODUCTION AND NOTES,

BY CHARLES CARTER LEE.

PHILADELPHIA:

J. DOBSON; THOMAS, COWPERTHWAIT & CO.; CAREY & HART.

1839.

73414

454670.71.2

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HARVARD
UNIVERSITY
LIBRARY

Entered according to the Act of Congress, in the year 1839, by JUDAH DOBSON, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

E. G. DORSEY, PRINTER,

LIBRARY STREET.

CONTENTS.

LETTER I.

Mr. Jefferson's letter containing the attack on the character of Gen. Lee,

with observations on it. Gen. Washington's letter to Mr. Jefferson,

October 13, 1789, with remarks. Secret hostility of Mr. Jefferson to Gen.

Washington. Mr. Jefferson's letter to Mr. Madison,

LETTER II.

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Observations on Mr. Jefferson's letter to Mr. Madison, on the state of parties

in 1794. Mr. Genet's conduct. Democratic Societies. Society of the

Cincinnati. Western Insurrection,

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LETTER III.

The same subject continued. Conduct of Mr. Jefferson with respect to the

Western Insurrection. Letter of Gen. Washington to Gen. Lee, October

20, 1794. Mr. Jefferson's remarks on and connection with Col. Burr- '

His calumnies against Alexander Hamilton. Burr's Conspiracy. Luther

Martin,

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LETTER IV.

Continuation and conclusion of Remarks on the letter to Mr. Madison. Mr.

Jefferson's attacks on Gen. Washington and his friends-His conduct in

reference to Jay's Treaty. Jacobins. Public Debt,

LETTER V.

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Mr. Jefferson's calumnies against the friends and measures of Gen. Wash-

ington. Impossibility of Mr. Jefferson's believing his own accusations.

Mr. Adams. Henry, alias le Comte de Crillon. Mr. Jefferson's incon-

sistency with regard to the funding system, &c.
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LETTER VI.'

Mr. Jefferson's famous letter to Mazzei-His disingenuousness with regard

to it. Mr. Giles's speech,

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