FREETHOUGHT BLOGS (CHRIS RODDA) – Weird History: Thomas Jefferson Got Mail Just Like Mikey Gets!

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Late last night I was checking my MRFF email, as I do every night, even on the weekends, to see if anything important had come in. There was one email whose subject line said simply “Dear Mr. Weinstein,” so I opened it to see if it was a real email or just something from one of the crazies. It turned out to be just another of the many emails that come into MRFF on an almost daily basis from people who are trying to save Mikey’s soul, so I ignored it as usual.

It was late at night, but I wasn’t tired, so I decided to stay up and do a little more work before going to bed. I had a couple of Jefferson letters that I needed to look up for the writing I’m going to be doing today, so I figured I’d do that to get it out of the way. As I was looking for the letters I needed, I stumbled upon an anonymous letter that Jefferson, who kept track of all of his correspondence, from the important to the ridiculous, had put in the category of “anonymous religious letter.” Curious about what this letter was, I of course had to read it, even though it had nothing to do with what I was researching.

What immediately struck me about this anonymous letter to Jefferson was that it sounded uncannily similar to the ”Dear Mr. Weinstein” email I had just read a few minutes earlier… (continued, click below to read more)

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