In 1803,this U.S.president wrote a letter to the then governor of Pennsylvania requesting that he prosecute newspaper publishers for speaking out against the government.

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In 1803, Thomas Jefferson wrote a letter to the governor of Pennsylvania requesting that he prosecute newspaper publishers who were critical of the government. This was known as the "Sedition Act" and was a controversial violation of the First Amendment's protection of freedom of speech and press.