AQS256870 \'The Providential Detection\', cartoon depicting Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) trying to destroy the Constitution (engraving) by American School, (18th century); American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA; (add.info.: altar of Gallic despotism shown as God and an American eagle attempt to prevent him from destroying the United States Constitution; Jefferson is about to fling a document labeled \'Constitution & Independence U.S.A.\' into the fire fed by the flames of radical writings. Alleged attack on George Washington and John Adams in the form of a letter to Philip Mazzei falls from his pocket. He is supported by Satan, the writings of Thomas Paine, and the French philosophers;); 穢 Courtesy, American Antiquarian Society ; American, out of copyright.