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[edit] Card 6
[edit] Summary
When Benjamin Franklin went to Paris, he was joined by two other American Founding Fathers, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson. John Adams wasn't a Cahill and worked hard to represent the United States. Thomas Jefferson was the top American agent for the Janus branch, and he was there to spy on Benjamin Franklin. Jefferson never figured out what Franklin was hiding or where Franklin was hiding it. But Jefferson did learn a lot in Paris. When he returned to America, he redesigned Monticello, his Virginia home. To this day, no tourist is allowed to visit the sky dome he added. One can only wonder what is hidden there.
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It is not entirely clear who the "Mr. Lewis" of this card is. Some have speculated Meriwether Lewis of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, who would have been roughly 20 years old when Jefferson returned from Paris with inspiration for further Monticello modifications.
The back contains a panel of artwork to connect with other cards.
See also Card #19.
[edit] Top Secret
Stolen Archive file 6: A report from Thomas Jefferson to Janus leadership
(photo of Gothic wolf gargoyle)
(letter head of a script "T")
Paris Field Report No 12
To the Esteemed and Honourable Members of the Janus Leadership,
I've waited two days to respond to your letter because I needed time to cool my temper. Questioning my ability to monitor Benjamin Franklin shows no faith in my abilities as a spy -- he is, after all, an 80-year-old man! Not only am I perfectly able to track which Parisians he charms, but I do so while maintaining my role as the minister to France.
If I ever lost track of Philadelphia's Humpty Dumpty, it was only temporarily. For instance, the time I ceased my pursuit of old Ben through the shops of the Palais Royale, I did so in order to accept Abigail Adams's invitation to meet the Duchesse de la Rochefoucauld over dinner. I have a reputation -- to refuse Mrs. Adams, a shrewd woman and wife of one of our greatest statesmen -- would raise suspicion! The same can be said of not going to The Marriage of Figaro at the Théâtre Français or a wine tasting festival in the Champagne region. Next time you choose to send your doubts across the Atlantic, consider how touch my secret work is!
Your humble servant,
Th Jefferson 1785
