The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . ad filled his mind and heart with deepcompassion, especially for the people of France, whoseemed to be suffering the most. In November, 1789,Jefferson received a six months leave o
The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . ad filled his mind and heart with deepcompassion, especially for the people of France, whoseemed to be suffering the most. In November, 1789,Jefferson received a six months leave of absence, andreturned, with his two daughters, to find that he hadbeen appointed by President Washington to the of-fice of secretary of state. After some consideration,Jefferson accepted the appointment, and after wit-nessing at Monticello, Feb. 23, 1790, his eldestdaughters marriage to Thomas Mann Randolph, hewent to New York and entered upon his duties as amember of the cabinet. It was a cabinet which soondisplayed considerable personal animosity and oppo-sition, particularly between Hamilton and Jefferson,who, in fact, represented the two extremes of the dif-ferent parties. This feeling reached serious propor-tions. Jan. 1, 1794, Jefferson withdrew, althoughit was with difficulty that Washington was inducedto accept his resignation. He returned to his homeat Monticello, and now once more believed that he. ««ffe bopb (ija r= was wholly done with public life. At this time therepublican party, as it was called, accepted the viewsof Jefferson, and as he openly accepted Tom PainesRights of Man, it followed that the advancedviews contained in that book grew to be held meas-urably as the party tenets of his followers. At theclose of the year 1794 Jefferson was requested byWashington to resume the ofiice of secretary of state,but he declined positively, and said emphaticallythat nothing could ever tempt him to again engagein any public service. Yet, within six months he wasthe c
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