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Jan 11, 2023 · James Callender published exposés on founding fathers like Alexander Hamilton and publicized reports of Thomas Jefferson's rape of the enslaved Sally Hemings — then he drowned under mysterious circumstances.
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In a series of articles attacking corruption on all sides, Callender targeted Jefferson, revealing that Jefferson had funded his pamphleteering. After denials were issued, he published Jefferson's letters to him to prove the relationship.
James Thomson Callender (1758-1803), well known in his lifetime as a political writer and newspaper editor, is remembered today chiefly for his series of newspaper articles alleging that Thomas Jefferson had children with Sally Hemings.
Aug 9, 2016 · The man who called Adams “a hermaphrodidical character,” James Thomson Callender, was working for Jefferson as a political attack dog.
Jan 31, 2002 · I found both letters: TJ reported the results of his consultation with the Comte de Vergennes regarding the expediency of a diplomatic mission to Constantinople in missives to John Jay and John Adams on 23 and 30 May 1786, respectively.
Jan 19, 2023 · When James Callender was released from jail in 1801, he expected Thomas Jefferson (above) to reward him for his loyalty to the Richmond postmaster job. Jefferson pardoned him (via Encyclopedia Virginia ), but that was the extent of his kindness.
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Callender threatened to go public with secrets Jefferson would prefer not revealed. Through an intermediary, Jefferson's secretary Meriwether Lewis, Jefferson gave Callender $50.
