Jeffrey Einboden is professor of English at Northern Illinois University and a 2017 Fellow of the American Council of Learned Societies. Einboden's most recent books include The Islamic Lineage of American Literary Culture and Islam and Romanticism.
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On October 3, 1807, Thomas Jefferson was contacted by an unknown traveler urgently pleading for a private 'interview' with the president, promising to disclose 'a matter of momentous importance'. By the next day, Jefferson held in his hands two astonishin... SEE MORE