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THE OLD AGE OF TWO STATESMEN

on BBC Radio 3

The correspondence between John Adams and Thomas Jefferson
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson. the second and third Presidents of the United States of America, both died on July 4. 1826. fifty years to the day after they had both signed the celebrated Declaration of Independence. In their old age these two statesmen exchanged letters on an astonislungly wide range of subjects.
The programme is introduced by BERNARD CRICK Professor of Politics at the University of Sheffield
Produced by Daniel Snowman
The letters in this programme (some of which have been slightly adapted for broadcasting) can be found in * The Adams-Jefferson Letters ' published by the University of North Carolina Press.

Contributors

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John Adams
Unknown:
Thomas Jefferson
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John Adams
Unknown:
Thomas Jefferson.
Introduced By:
Bernard Crick
Produced By:
Daniel Snowman
Thomas Jefferson:
Wilfrid Carter
John Adams:
Wolfe Morris

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