The quote is apparently anecdotal. Quite a few people have sought out its
source in Jefferson's writings, AFAIK without success. Jefferson did
acknowledge the existence of meteoritic material, and recommended its study
by American academics. Personally, I don't believe he ever made the
statement, simply because the structure of the comment doesn't ring true to
Jefferson's writing style.
Chris
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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
http://www.cloudbait.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Scherff" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 2009 5:36 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Thomas Jefferson in 1807 commented thathe
didn't believe the Weston Meteorite fell out of the sk
Hi,
I have a friend who looked into this famous "quote" of Jefferson's,
he was unable to find a contemporary source for it. Does anyone know of a
source; letter, diary or other account written at the time that Jefferson
supposedly said it? I would love to be able to find it. Until then I would
hesitate to put words into Thomas Jefferson's mouth.
Thanks,
Peter
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