On August 19, 1791, Benjamin Banneker wrote a lengthy letter to Thomas Jefferson, then Secretary of State, in which "having taken up my pen in order to direct to you as a present, a copy of an ...

Thomas Jefferson Secretary of State None kicker James Parton None February 1st, 1873 May 24th, 2022 PRESIDENT WASHINGTON’S chief difficulties, after the public debt had been provided for, arose ...

The secretary of state is one of the most important U.S ... perceives the U.S. Secretaries of state who left their mark Thomas Jefferson, who served as the first U.S. secretary of state from ...

Thomas Jefferson was a contradictory character ... In 1789, President George Washington asked Jefferson to be his Secretary of State. Within weeks, the French revolution erupted, dividing ...

I’ve seen how secretaries of state have had lasting impact on U.S. foreign policy and how the rest of the world perceives the U.S. Thomas Jefferson, who served as the first U.S. secretary of ...

A six-part History Channel documentary offers a clear-eyed view of Jefferson’s flaws, contradictions and triumphs.