Posted on Saturday, 14 July 2012

usnatarchives: Happy Bastille Day! Thomas Jefferson, ambassador and future President, was in Paris during the French Revolution and provided a detailed account of the events through his letters to John Jay: The deputies retired, the people rushed against the place, and almost in an instant were in possession of a fortification, defended by 100 men, of infinite strength, which in other times had stood several regular sieges and had never been taken. Read Jefferson’s thoughts on this historic French event: http://go.usa.gov/fiY (Image: Excerpt from letter written by Thomas Jefferson to John Jay, Secretary of Foreign Affairs, reporting on the events in Paris (French Revolution) 07/19/1789, National Archives.)

usnatarchives:

Happy Bastille Day! Thomas Jefferson, ambassador and future President, was in Paris during the French Revolution and provided a detailed account of the events through his letters to John Jay:

The deputies retired, the people rushed against the place, and almost in an instant were in possession of a fortification, defended by 100 men, of infinite strength, which in other times had stood several regular sieges and had never been taken.

Read Jefferson’s thoughts on this historic French event: http://go.usa.gov/fiY

(Image: Excerpt from letter written by Thomas Jefferson to John Jay, Secretary of Foreign Affairs, reporting on the events in Paris (French Revolution) 07/19/1789, National Archives.)

125 notes

  1. ladykrampus reblogged this from usnatarchives
  2. inthewinterspale reblogged this from usnatarchives
  3. amitchell93 reblogged this from usnatarchives
  4. aboutpdnoor reblogged this from usnatarchives
  5. natty951 reblogged this from usnatarchives
  6. artmis-gold-augun reblogged this from usnatarchives
  7. aetheria reblogged this from lipsredasroses
  8. thiswastheirfinesthour reblogged this from usnatarchives
  9. hairtrending reblogged this from todaysdocument
  10. ashelam reblogged this from todaysdocument and added:
    History yesterday…
  11. modettebreeches reblogged this from dendroica
  12. mcdowalls reblogged this from usnatarchives
  13. dendroica reblogged this from usnatarchives
  14. asheliztrai reblogged this from todaysdocument
  15. tracesetfragments reblogged this from usnatarchives
  16. 0nlyg00dfor-1thing reblogged this from usnatarchives
  17. the-names-loca reblogged this from jimmytancredi
  18. jimmytancredi reblogged this from usnatarchives
  19. This was featured in #History
  20. andybreezel reblogged this from todaysdocument and added:
    Happy day
  21. lifeisshort--youarehot reblogged this from likeyouregoingtocomeback
  22. likeyouregoingtocomeback reblogged this from historysquib and added:
    (And for the record, happy first anniversary of the last Harry Potter movie.)
  23. carlosmtz3 reblogged this from todaysdocument and added:
    Happy Bastille Day!
  24. mymissiveattack reblogged this from todaysdocument
  25. ljm53 reblogged this from todaysdocument and added:
    The French Revolution as recounted by Tommy J. Very cool.
  26. johnnyalpha reblogged this from lipsredasroses
  27. weswingandwesway reblogged this from lipsredasroses
  28. historysquib reblogged this from todaysdocument