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From the Abbeville Institute:
In a singular letter late in life to John Wayles Eppes (6 Nov. 1813), Thomas Jefferson describes the American Revolution as a “holy war.” He writes, “If ever there was a holy war, it was that which saved our liberties and gave us independance.” The letter rather mundanely concerns Jefferson’s abhorrence of banks and paper money. The letter I consider singular however on account of Jefferson calling the American Revolution a “holy war.”
What is a holy war?
It is a war that is so just that it has, by implication, the unqualified sanction of God. Yet Jefferson’s use of the term is…