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==Minister to France==
==Minister to France==
[[File:Thomas Jefferson.jpg|thumb|An American in Paris.]]
He succeeded [[Benjamin Franklin]] as minister to France (1785-89), and so was not present when the Constitution was written and ratified.<ref>Peterson, ''Thomas Jefferson and the New Nation'' (1975) ch. 6</ref>
He succeeded [[Benjamin Franklin]] as minister to France (1785-89), and so was not present when the Constitution was written and ratified.<ref>Peterson, ''Thomas Jefferson and the New Nation'' (1975) ch. 6</ref>