Finding Phocion: The Federalist Campaign of 1796 and the Nationalization of Proslavery Politics.
Beckley was likely the author of the 29October letter to Fenno rebutting Phocion's depiction ofJefferson's conduct as governor of Virginia (seeaccompanying footnote in "Depositions Taken in 1796respecting Jefferson's Conduct during Arnold's Invasion,"Papers of Thomas Jefferson, 4:271-73). With Smith...
| Publicado en: | Virginia Magazine of History & Biography Vol. 131; no. 2; pp. 125 - 159 |
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