
This Letter Offers a Rare Glimpse Into the Brilliant Mind of One of the Founding Founders of Deism
Respected Friend,
I received your friendly letter, for which I am obliged to you. It is three weeks ago to day (Sunday, Aug. 15,) that I was struck with a fit of an apoplexy, that deprived me of all sense and motion. I had neither pulse nor breathing, and the people about me supposed me dead. I had felt exceedingly well that day, and had just...