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Calla's Corner

The President’s Autopen

by Calla Jones Corner

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Jun 14, 2025
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Don’t Blame Thomas Jefferson, S’il Vous Plaît

“For several weeks now, Sir, I have wanted to order from you a shipment of Meursault. But the season has been so rude that I thought it would be better to await milder weather. The delay has lasted to the point that I now find myself with a pressing need. I ask you therefore to send me immediately two hundred…

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