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 Pamphlet on the pronunciation of the Greek
Thomas Jefferson's attested relationship to Pamphlet on the pronunciation of the Greek.
Thomas Jefferson is attested as having read this work by John Pickering.
Evidence ledger
- First-person reading testimony (Explicit first-person reading: 'Mr. Pickering's pamphlet on the pronunciation of the Greek, for which I am indebted to you also, I have read with great pleasure.' Author and subject in-passage; no catalogue match, proposed as a new Work.). Self-report reliability discount 0.9: Explicit completed reading with pleasure of a gift from a third party (Adams), no author-flattery; strengthened by substantive engagement in the same letter (he argues the accent-vs-quantity question at length).