The full letter to William S. Smith can be seen at the Library of Congress

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^ Wood, 2010, p. 277.

^ Appleby, 2003, pp. 57–58, 84.

^ Meacham, 2012, p. 298.

^ Wilentz, 2005, p. 85.

^ Meacham, 2012, p. 308.

^ Wilentz, 2005, pp. 97–98.

^ Wilentz, 2005, p. 97.

^ Wilentz, 2005, p. 138.

^ Keyssar, 2009, p. 10.

^ Ferling, 2004, p. 286.

^ Keyssar, 2009, p. 37.

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^ Randall, 1994, p. 203.

^ Jump up to: a b c Cunningham (December 28, 2020)

^ TJF: "Jefferson's Religious Beliefs"

^ Onuf, 2007, pp. 139–168.

^ Jump up to: a b c "People and Ideas: Early America's Formation". Public Broadcasting Service. Retrieved April 30, 2022. Like other Founding Fathers, Jefferson was considered a Deist, subscribing to the liberal religious strand of Deism that values reason over revelation and rejects traditional Christian doctrines, including the Virgin Birth, original sin and the resurrection of Jesus. While he rejected orthodoxy, Jefferson was nevertheless a religious man. 