Author: Thomas Jefferson
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691184879
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 848
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This volume opens on 4 March 1803, the first day of Jefferson's third year as president. Still shaken by the closing of the right of deposit at New Orleans, he confronts the potential political consequences of a cession of Louisiana to France that might result in a denial of American access to the Mississippi. But he resists pressures to seize New Orleans by force, urging patience instead. The cabinet determines in April that "all possible procrastinations" should be used in dealing with France, but that discussions with Great Britain move forward as well. In Paris, a treaty for the cession of the Louisiana Territory to the United States is signed, and in May the right of deposit is restored. On 3 July, word reaches Jefferson in Washington of the agreement that France has sold the entire Territory for $15 million. The glorious news, which may be the most momentous that Jefferson receives while president, appears in the National Intelligencer the following day. Having received congressional approval to send an expedition to locate a continental route to the Pacific, Jefferson drafts instructions and a cipher for Meriwether Lewis and arranges for the needed instruments. Following through on a promise to a friend to give his views of Christianity, Jefferson puts his religious creed on paper, a "Syllabus" of the morals of Jesus and the comparative merits of Christianity. He intends it only for a few trusted friends.
Author: Thomas Jefferson
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691203652
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 862
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"The Papers of Thomas Jefferson is a projected 60-volume series containing not only the 18,000 letters written by Jefferson but also, in full or in summary, the more than 25,000 letters written to him. Including documents of historical significance as well as private notes not closely examined until their publication in the Papers, this series is an unmatched source of scholarship on the nation's third president."--Publisher description.
Author: Thomas Jefferson
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691045348
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 704
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V. 36. 1 December 1801 to 3 March 1802.
Author: Thomas Jefferson
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691177724
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 806
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"The Papers of Thomas Jefferson is a projected 60-volume series containing not only the 18,000 letters written by Jefferson but also, in full or in summary, the more than 25,000 letters written to him. Including documents of historical significance as well as private notes not closely examined until their publication in the Papers, this series is an unmatched source of scholarship on the nation's third president"--Publisher's description.
Author: Thomas Jefferson
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Category : Presidents
Languages : en
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Author: Thomas Jefferson
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Category : Presidents
Languages : en
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Author: Thomas Jefferson
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 069104533X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 760
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V. 36. 1 December 1801 to 3 March 1802.
Author: Thomas Jefferson
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691185344
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 746
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In the twenty-two months covered by this volume, Jefferson spent most of his time at Monticello, where in his short-lived retirement from office he turned in earnest to the renovation of his residence and described himself as a ''monstrous farmer.'' Yet he narrowly missed being elected George Washington's successor as president and took the oath of office as vice president in March 1797. In early summer he presided over the Senate after President John Adams summoned Congress to deal with the country's worsening relations with France. As the key figure in the growing ''Republican quarter,'' Jefferson collaborated with such allies as James Monroe and James Madison and drafted a petition to the Virginia House of Delegates upholding the right of representatives to communicate freely with their constituents. The unauthorized publication of a letter to Philip Mazzei, in which Jefferson decried the former ''Samsons in the field and Solomons in the council'' who had been ''shorn by the harlot England,'' made the vice president the uncomfortable target of intense partisan attention. In addition, Luther Martin publicly challenged Jefferson's treatment, in Notes on Virginia, of the famous oration of Logan. Jefferson became president of the American Philosophical Society and presented a paper describing the fossilized remains of the megalonyx, or ''great claw.'' At Monticello he evaluated the merits of threshing machines, corresponded with British agricultural authorities, sought new crops for his rotation schemes, manufactured nails, and entertained family members and visitors.
Author: Thomas Jefferson
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Category : Presidents
Languages : en
Pages : 972
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Vol. 22: Charles T. Cullen, editor, Eugene R. Sheridan, associate editor, Ruth W. Lester, assistant editor; vol. 25-: John Catanzariti, editor, Eugene R. Sheridan, senior associate editor; vol. 29-: Barbara B. Oberg, general editor.
Author: Thomas Jefferson
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691124892
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 727
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"The Papers of Thomas Jefferson is a projected 60-volume series containing not only the 18,000 letters written by Jefferson but also, in full or in summary, the more than 25,000 letters written to him. Including documents of historical significance as well as private notes not closely examined until their publication in the Papers, this series is an unmatched source of scholarship on the nation's third president"--Publisher's description.
