**ERIC S. PETERSEN ** is a managing partner at the New York law firm of Hawkins Delafield & Wood LLP. Educated at Brown University and the University of Chicago Law School, he has studied Jefferson's life and works since 1993. He lives in Connecticut and can be reached at www.lightandliberty.org...

**ERIC S. PETERSEN ** is a managing partner at the New York law firm of Hawkins Delafield & Wood LLP. Educated at Brown University and the University of Chicago Law School, he has studied Jefferson's life and works since 1993. He lives in Connecticut and can be reached at www.lightandliberty.org.