Founding & Rights1787

Jefferson missed the Constitutional Convention

Where Jefferson was during the Convention

Thomas Jefferson did not attend the Constitutional Convention.

He was in Paris serving as America’s minister to France, and followed the debate by letter.

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Constitution q and aU.S. National Archives

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