Dear President Thomas Jefferson,   Have you ever seen the movie Back to the Future?  Oh, of course you haven’t, movies weren’t invented until the twentieth century.   I have been wanting to talk to you.  I want to ask you about that letter you wrote to Charles Yancey on January 6, 1816.  You started…

Dear Thomas Jefferson,   When we were talking about enslaved people and the impact slavery had on this country, we did not discuss how long it would take people in this country to accept freedom and human rights for everyone.   In 1957, the New York Giants baseball team moved to San Francisco.  It was…

Dear Thomas Jefferson,   Did you believe that women belonged in the home?  Could you imagine anything else?    Do you remember Anna Willing Bingham?  She corresponded with you on many occasions.  She argued that women should play an active role in politics.  You disagreed.   In February 1788, when you responded to a letter…

Dear Thomas Jefferson,   What can you tell me about your evenings at the Raleigh Tavern in Williamsburg, the capital of the Virginia colony before it was moved to Richmond?  Would you be surprised to learn that some people say that the independence of the United States began in that tavern?   When you were…