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In late 1790, Congress finds itself hopelessly divided over two issues. Northerners wanted to have the new Federal government assume state debt from the Revolutionary War. Southerners wanted the capital moved to Virginia. Thomas Jefferson works with Alexander Hamilton and James Madison to broker a compromise on the two issues at his house on June 20, 1790.
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Book Recommendation of the Week: Dinner at Mr. Jefferson's: Three Men, Five Great Wines, and the Evening That Changed America, by Charles A. Cerami
Online Recommendation of the Week: "Jefferson’s Account of the Bargain on the Assumption and Residence Bills, [1792?],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-17-02-0018-0012
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