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Thomas Jefferson Conceives an International Organization

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 February 2017

Paul C. Szasz*
Affiliation:
Office of the Legal Counsel, United Nations

Abstract

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Notes and Comments
Copyright
Copyright © The American Society of International Law 1981

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References

1 Jefferson, Autobiography,in The Life And Selected Writings Of Thomas Jefferson 67 (Koch & Peden eds., 1944).

2 Id.at 68-69. The quotes appear to be Jefferson's; he inserted the text of his proposal into the autobiography that he started writing in 1821.

3 The countries mentioned as being positively disposed were Portugal, Naples, the two Sicilys, Venice, Malta, Denmark, and Sweden, as well as France; Spain and England were considered doubtful (id.at 69-70).

4 Id.at 70.