Thomas Jefferson

Submitted by sfr on Tue, 2019-09-24 09:50
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1324
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Thomas Jefferson
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Jefferson, Thomas
Ever Present in Yoknapatawpha?: 
No
Biography: 

Thomas Jefferson, the third U.S. President and indirect source of the name of Jefferson, Yoknapatawpha, is only mentioned in two of the fictions: "A Name for City" and again in Requiem for a Nun. Both these texts explain how, by way of a mail carrier named Pettigrew, Jefferson acquired its name; neither says anything about Jefferson as a man or President.

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