The American Divorce Case. 1 fatal mistake that Thomas Jefferson wrote in 1798, called the Kentucky Resolutions. Washington was livid, and wrote to Patrick Henry to deal with this disaster of Jeffersons pen. Henrys last speech, explained it; "Give me Liberty or Give Me Death" Henry passed June 6, 1799. George Washington Dec. 14 1799.
Thomas Jefferson in his letter to John Holmes April 22, 1820; "like a fire bell in the Night, I was awoken in Terror..." acknowledging his Fatal Error. By then it was too late, and then came Lincoln.

DIVORCE;
Washington v. Jefferson (1861)

President Lincoln and William H. Seward as WASHINGTON'S Lawyers. The Grand Old Party, round 2.

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