Founding Brothers

What did Jefferson include in his congratulatory letter to Adams?

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Jefferson noted that he regretted the incidents that separated them, and that he'd had no desire to have been "thrust" into the election at all. He wrote, "I have no ambition to govern men..... It is a painful and thankless task."

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Founding Brothers/ Page 178