{
  "id": 9969731,
  "title": "Thomas Jefferson letter goes on the market – containing a prescient warning for Trump today",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/26/thomas-jefferson-letter-goes-on-the-market-containing-a-prescient",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-26T11:00:34.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian US",
    "slug": "the-guardian-us",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/26/thomas-jefferson-letter-trump-warning"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Third US president wrote in 1787 about importance of peace, paying off debt and supporting agriculture A remarkably prescient letter written by Thomas Jefferson, the third US president, advising how the newly created country could prosper, has been put up for sale by a private collector. The handwritten document from 1787 warns specifically against many of the missteps Donald Trump has taken to…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}