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 Reply to the criticisms on 'Europe'
Thomas Jefferson's attested relationship to Reply to the criticisms on 'Europe'.
Thomas Jefferson is attested as having read this work by Everett (brother of Edward Everett).
Evidence ledger
- First-person reading testimony (Explicit first-person reading: 'I have read with much satisfaction the reply of Mr. Everett, your brother, to the criticisms on his work on the state of Europe.' Work and author identified in-passage; proposed as a new Work (distinct from the Europe volume accepted at idx 1541).). Self-report reliability discount 0.8: Explicit reading with satisfaction; same indirect-flattery context as the Europe volume (praising the brother's piece to the correspondent); the reply's polemic subject invites engaged reading.