... book. When it was published, Sowerby's work was heralded by Douglass Adair of the William and Mary Quarterly as a "major event in the field of Jefferson studies." In this biobibliography, as she termed it, Sowerby arranged the books ac- cording to Jefferson's chapters. She realized the importance of the manuscript that Watterston had retained, however, and attempted to restore the order of the books within each chapter by using another manuscript catalog ... of broader topics, such as the Enlightenment in America. In a wider symbolic sense, this catalog catches America at one of its mos...

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... different America to that found in leafy quiet suburbs of Connecticut. D. H. Lawrence described him as Old Daddy Franklin' in mocking of the legendary status Franklin acquired for setting up the first dummy American' and his primary role of authority during the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Lawrence also highlights Franklin's non-religious preoccupations, and his self importance which often suggested a kind of modern Jesus figure, whose materialistic teachings should be ... children and young adults for cultural enlightenment in Europe. So rather than freedom of expression...

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