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| Cartwright sent a copy of ''The English Constitution'' to ]. Jefferson wrote to Cartwright in July 1824: <blockquote> Your age of eighty-four, and mine of eighty-one years, ensure us a speedy meeting. We may then commune at leisure, and more fully, on the good and evil, which in the course of our long lives, we have both witnessed; and in the mean time, I pray you to accept assurances of my high veneration and esteem for your person and character.<ref>John W. Osborne, ''John Cartwright'' (Cambridge University Press, 1972), p. 152.</ref> </blockquote> | Cartwright sent a copy of ''The English Constitution'' to ]. Jefferson wrote to Cartwright in July 1824: <blockquote> Your age of eighty-four, and mine of eighty-one years, ensure us a speedy meeting. We may then commune at leisure, and more fully, on the good and evil, which in the course of our long lives, we have both witnessed; and in the mean time, I pray you to accept assurances of my high veneration and esteem for your person and character.<ref>John W. Osborne, ''John Cartwright'' (Cambridge University Press, 1972), p. 152.</ref> </blockquote> | ||
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The English Constitution Produced and Illustrated is an 1823 book by English Radical John Cartwright.
The book was written in response to Thomas Paine, who expressed scepticism in Rights of Man of the existence of an English constitution.
Reception
Cartwright sent a copy of The English Constitution to Thomas Jefferson. Jefferson wrote to Cartwright in July 1824:
Your age of eighty-four, and mine of eighty-one years, ensure us a speedy meeting. We may then commune at leisure, and more fully, on the good and evil, which in the course of our long lives, we have both witnessed; and in the mean time, I pray you to accept assurances of my high veneration and esteem for your person and character.
References
- John W. Osborne, John Cartwright (Cambridge University Press, 1972), p. 152.