In the Hands of the People

In the Hands of the PeopleThomas Jefferson believed in the covenant between a government and its citizens, in both the governments responsibilities to its people and also the peoples responsibility to the republic. In this illuminating book, a project of the Thomas Jefferson Foundation at Monticello, the #1 New York Times best selling author Jon Meacham presents selections from Jeffersons writing on the subject, with an afterword by Pulitzer Prizewinning historian Annette

Jefferson included “Candleberry myrtle

Print length: 296 pages

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Bears small clusters of fragrant

It subsequently became a popular ornamental for English gardens

and where it came from

Thomas Jefferson requested plants of this species from the nursery of Quaker botanist John Bartram

a garden revolution began when farmer John Bartram sent American plants and seeds to London merchant Peter Collinson