Positive reconstruction · reader-scoped, not an inferred-absence lacuna
This reconstruction covers the readable fraction of Thomas Jefferson's formation -- attested reading and writing only, not the whole of a life.
Thomas Jefferson and Discourse
Thomas Jefferson's attested relationship to Discourse.
Thomas Jefferson is attested as having read this work by Channing.
Evidence ledger
- First-person reading testimony (Explicit first-person reading: 'I thank you for Mr. Channing's discourse... I had received it through another channel, and read it with high satisfaction.' Author in-passage (Channing); the discourse is otherwise untitled, so the new Work carries the passage's designation.). Self-report reliability discount 0.85: Explicit completed reading with high satisfaction of a copy obtained independently ('I had received it through another channel, and read it with high satisfaction') - the independent procurement strengthens; the correspondent (Pickering) is not the author, so no direct flattery.