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An Ode to Jefferson’s Administration (47)

Thomas Erskine Birch, comp. (1760–1820)
The Virginian Orator: Being a Variety of Original and Selected Poems Orations and Dramatic Scenes; to Improve the American Youth in the Ornamental and Useful Art of Eloquence & Gesture. Richmond: Samuel Pleasants, 1808. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress
(S. 4680) (47)

An Ode to Jefferson’s Administration 

Thomas Erskine Birch served in the naval efforts during the American Revolution. He commemorated the events with this compendium of poetry and prose. Among the many mentions of Jefferson in this work, Birch specifically dedicated an ode to Jefferson’s presidential administration: “Such as it―ah might it worthier be, Its scanty foliage all is due to thee.”