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 Remarks on the line of demarcation (paper)
Thomas Jefferson's attested relationship to Remarks on the line of demarcation (paper).
Thomas Jefferson is attested as having read this work by William Dunbar.
Evidence ledger
- First-person reading testimony (Explicit first-person perusal: 'That containing remarks on the line of demarcation I perused according to your permission, and with great satisfaction, and then enclosed to a friend in Philadelphia.' Author = the addressee (William Dunbar); proposed as a new Work.). Self-report reliability discount 0.85: Explicit perusal with great satisfaction, by the author's permission, followed by costly action (enclosing it to Philadelphia for the Philosophical Society) - scholarly-channel engagement; mild author-flattery discount.