Providential Detection

1797

Thomas Jefferson Foundation at Monticello
Charlottesville, Virginia, United States

This cartoon from 1797, depicts Jefferson's trying to burn the U.S. Constitution. Jefferson's political enemies portrayed the then-vice-president as dangerously pro-French, un-Christian, and un-American. God and an American eagle oppose him as Satan happily looks on.

Cartoon courtesy, American Antiquarian Society

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Title: Providential Detection
Date Created: 1797
Location: United States

Thomas Jefferson Foundation at Monticello

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