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Archive Home > 2009 > October > 04 > Scholar Merrill Peterson was a prolific writer, authority on Jefferson

Scholar Merrill Peterson was a prolific writer, authority on Jefferson

By Bruce Weber / The Bulletin
October 4, 2009

Merrill Peterson, a historian who enlarged the scope of Jeffersonian scholarship with a pair of books, one tracing the various and often contradictory perceptions of Jefferson during the century and a quarter after his death, and the other a magisterial biography, died Sept. 23 in....

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