The papers of Thomas Jefferson : retirement series

Author(s)

• Jefferson, Thomas
• Looney, J. Jefferson
• Perdue, Susan Holbrook
• Haggard, Robert F.
• Anderson, Jill E.
• Barnes, L. Diane
• Lautenschlager, Julie L.
• Ray, Kristofer M.
• Hackford, Heidi M.
• Francavilla, Lisa
• Andrei, Mary Anne
• Boucher, Juliana M.
• Crittenden, Catherine Coiner
• Sellers, Leigh
• Hickman, Ellen C.
• Beckel, Deborah
• Viterbo, Paula
• Sellick, Gary
• Dahm, Kerry
• Spengler, Susan
• Patrick, Christine Sternberg
• Gray, Andrea R.
• Madar, Allison N.
• Coiner, Catherine Clarke

Bibliographic Information

The papers of Thomas Jefferson : retirement series

J. Jefferson Looney, editor ; Susan Holbrook Perdue and Robert F. Haggard, associate editors ; Jill E. Anderson, L. Diane Barnes, and Julie L. Lautenschlager, assistant editors

Princeton University Press, 2004-

• v. 1 : cloth
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• v. 3 : cloth
• v. 4 : cloth
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• v. 10 : cloth
• v. 11 : cloth
• v. 12 : cloth
• v. 13 : cloth
• v. 14 : cloth
• v. 15 : cloth
• v. 16 : cloth

Note

Contents: v. 1. 4 March to 15 November 1809 -- v. 2. 16 November 1809 to 11 August 1810 -- v. 3. 12 August 1810 to 17 June 1811 -- v. 4. 18 June 1811 to 30 April 1812 -- v. 5. 1 May 1812 to 10 March 1813 -- v. 6. 11 March to 27 November 1813 -- v. 7. 28 November 1813 to 30 September 1814 -- v. 8. 1 October 1814 to 31 August 1815 -- v. 9. 1 September 1815 to 30 April 1816 -- v. 10. 1 May 1816 to 18 January 1817 -- v. 11. 19 January to 31 August 1817 -- v. 12. 1 September 1817 to 21 April 1818 -- v. 13. 22 April 1818 to 31 January 1819 -- v. 14. 1 February to 31 August 1819 -- v. 15. 1 September 1819 to 31 May 1820 -- v. 16. 1 June 1820 to 28 February 1821

Vol. 2. J. Jefferson Looney, editor ; Robert F. Haggard and Susan Holbrook Perdue, associate editors ; Julie L. Lautenschlager and Kristofer M. Ray, assistant editors ; Heidi M. Hackford, managing/electronic editor ; Lisa Francavilla and Mary Anne Andrei, editorial assistants ; Juliana M. Boucher, Catherine Coiner Crittenden, and Leigh Sellers, digital technicians

Vol. 3. J. Jefferson Looney, editor ; Susan Holbrook Perdue and Robert F. Haggard, associate editors ; Kristofer M. Ray and Julie L. Lautenschlager, assistant editors ; Lisa Francavilla, Managing editor ; Ellen C. Hickman and Deborah Beckel, editorial assistants ; Catherine Coiner Crittenden, senior digital technician ; Leigh Sellers, digital technician

Vol. 4. J. Jefferson Looney, editor ; Robert F. Haggard and Susan Holbrook Perdue, associate editors ; Julie L. Lautenschlager, assistant editor ; Lisa A. Francavilla, managing editor ; Ellen C. Hickman and Deborah Beckel, editorial assistants ; Catherine Coiner Crittenden, senior digital technician ; Susan Spengler, digital technician

Vol. 5. J. Jefferson Looney, editor ; Susan Holbrook Perdue and Robert F. Haggard, associate editors ; Deborah Beckel, Kristofer M. Ray, and Julie L. Lautenschlager, assistant editors ; Lisa A. Francavilla, managing editor ; Ellen C. Hickman and Paula Viterbo, editorial assistants ; Catherine Coiner Crittenden, senior digital technician ; Susan Spengler, digital technician

Vol. 6. J. Jefferson Looney, editor ; Robert F. Haggard, associate editor ; Julie L. Lautenschlager and Deborah Beckel, assistant editors ; Lisa A. Francavilla, managing editor ; Ellen C. Hickman and Paula Viterbo, editorial assistants ; Catherine Coiner Crittenden, senior digital technician ; Susan Spengler, digital technician

Vol. 7. J. Jefferson Looney, editor ; Susan Holbrook Perdue and Robert F. Haggard, senior associate editors ; Julie L. Lautenschlager, Ellen C. Hickman, and Christine Sternberg Patrick, assistant editors ; Lisa A. Francavilla, managing editor ; Andrea R. Gray and Paula Viterbo, editorial assistants ; Catherine Coiner Crittenden and Susan Spengler, senior digital technicians

Vol. 8-. J. Jefferson Looney, editor ; Robert F. Haggard, senior associate editor ; Julie L. Lautenschlager, associate editor ; Ellen C. Hickman and Christine Sternberg Patrick, assistant editors ; Lisa A. Francavilla, managing editor ; Andrea R. Gray and Paula Viterbo, editorial assistants ; Catherine Coiner Crittenden and Susan Spengler, senior digital technicians

Vol. 11. J. Jefferson Looney, editor ; Robert F. Haggard, senior associate editor ; Julie L. Lautenschlager, associate editor ; Ellen C. Hickman and Andrea R. Gray, assistant editors ; Lisa A. Francavilla, managing editor ; Allison N. Madar and Paula Viterbo, editorial assistants ; Catherine Clarke Coiner and Susan Spengler, senior digital technicians

Vol. 12. J. Jefferson Looney, editor ; Robert F. Haggard, senior associate editor ; Julie L. Lautenschlager, associate editor ; Andrea R. Gray, Christine Sternberg Patrick, and Ellen C. Hickman, assistant editors ; Lisa A. Francavilla, managing editor ; Paula Viterbo and Kerry Dahm, editorial assistants ; Susan Spengler, technical specialist ; Catherine Clarke Coiner, senior digital technician

Vol. 13. J. Jefferson Looney, editor ; Robert F. Haggard, senior associate editor ; Julie L. Lautenschlager, associate editor ; Ellen C. Hickman and Andrea R. Gray, assistant editors ; Lisa A. Francavilla, managing editor ; Paula Viterbo and Kerry Dahm, editorial assistants ; Susan Spengler, technical specialist ; Catherine Clarke Coiner, senior digital technician

Vol. 14. J. Jefferson Looney, editor ; Robert F. Haggard, senior associate editor ; Julie L. Lautenschlager and Ellen C. Hickman, associate editors ; Andrea R. Gray, assistant editor ; Lisa A. Francavilla, managing editor ; Paula Viterbo and Kerry Dahm, editorial assistants ; Susan Spengler, technical specialist ; Catherine Clarke Coiner, senior digital technician

Vol. 15. J. Jefferson Looney, editor ; Julie L. Lautenschlager and Robert F. Haggard, senior associate editors ; Ellen C. Hickman, associate editor ; Andrea R. Gray, assistant editor ; Lisa A. Francavilla, managing editor ; Paula Viterbo and Kerry Dahm, editorial assistants ; Susan Spengler, technical specialist ; Catherine Clarke Coiner, senior digital technician

Vol. 16. J. Jefferson Looney, editor ; Robert F. Haggard and Julie L. Lautenschlager, senior associate editors ; Ellen C. Hickman, associate editor ; Andrea R. Gray, assistant editor ; Lisa A. Francavilla, managing editor ; Kerry Dahm, Gary Sellick, and Paula Viterbo, editorial assistants ; Susan Spengler, technical specialist

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

v. 1 : cloth ISBN 9780691121215

Description

This volume inaugurates the definitive edition of papers from Thomas Jefferson's retirement. As the volume opens, a new president is installed and Jefferson is anticipating his return to Virginia, where he will pursue a fascinating range of personal and intellectual activities. He prepares for his final departure from Washington by settling accounts and borrowing to pay his creditors. At Monticello he tells of his efforts to restore order at his mismanaged mill complex, breed merino sheep, and otherwise resume full control of his financial and agricultural affairs. Though he is entering retirement, he still has one foot firmly planted in the world of public affairs. He acknowledges a flood of accolades on his retirement and has frequent exchanges with President James Madison. While fielding written requests for money, favors, and advice from a kaleidoscopic array of relatives, acquaintances, strangers, cranks, anonymous writers, and a blackmailer, he maintains a wide and varied correspondence with scientists and scholars on both sides of the Atlantic. The volume's highlights include first-hand accounts of Jefferson's demeanor at his successor's inauguration and one of the most detailed descriptions of life at Monticello by a visitor; Jefferson's recommendations on book purchases to a literary club and a teacher; chemical analyses of tobacco by a French scientist that first isolated nicotine; the earliest descriptions of the death of Meriwether Lewis; one of Jefferson's most eloquent calls for religious tolerance; and his modest assessment of the value of his writings in reply to a printer interested in publishing them.

Volume

v. 2 : cloth ISBN 9780691124902

Description

The definitive edition of Thomas Jefferson's papers from the end of his presidency until his death continues with Volume Two, which covers the period from 16 November 1809 to 11 August 1810. Both incoming and outgoing letters are included, totaling 518 documents printed in full. General themes include Jefferson's financial troubles, which eventually led him to loan himself a large sum of money he was managing for Tadeusz Kosciuszko; his preparations to face a lawsuit stemming from his decision as president to remove Edward Livingston from a valuable property in New Orleans; other legal complications involving his landholdings and the settlement of estates he had inherited long before; his plans to breed merino sheep and share them gratis with his fellow Virginians; and his ongoing interest in the Republican party's success. Highlights include a long list of books on agriculture that Jefferson probably compiled to guide the Library of Congress in its purchases; descriptions of inventions by Robert Fulton and more obscure figures such as the New Orleans engineer Godefroi Du Jareau; Jefferson's draft letter criticizing the Quakers as unpatriotic, much of which he later deleted; the letter in which he ordered a set of silver tumblers that have become known as the Jefferson Cups; and an important treatise on taxation by the distinguished French political economist Pierre Samuel Du Pont de Nemours, published here for the first time.

Volume

v. 3 : cloth ISBN 9780691128672

Description

Volume Three of the definitive edition of Thomas Jefferson's papers from the end of his presidency until his death presents 567 documents covering the period from 12 August 1810 to 17 June 1811. Jefferson is now firmly ensconced in retirement at Monticello and Poplar Forest. He is not free from legal and political concerns, however, with the controversy over the 1807 federal seizure of the Batture Sainte Marie at New Orleans looming particularly large. Jefferson prepares for his defense against Edward Livingston's lawsuit by corresponding at length with his counsel and involved public officials, and seeking out documents and legal authorities to vindicate himself. He also seeks to end Philadelphia journalist William Duane's growing estrangement from mainstream Republican politics, lobbies for the appointment of a committed Republican to fill a vacancy on the Supreme Court, and argues with the Rivanna Company over its proposed encroachments on his property. Other highlights are Jefferson's draft constitution for an agricultural society, his astronomical calculations, his notes on plantings at Poplar Forest, and his estimate of the cost of shipping flour. Documents on slaves and slavery include discussions of schemes for colonizing freed slaves in Africa, information on the medical condition of some of Jefferson's slaves, and an account of a visit to Monticello with a distinctly unflattering portrayal of the ex-president's standing in the community and his relations with his slaves.

Table of Contents

Foreword vii Acknowledgments ix Editorial Method and Apparatus xiii Maps xl Illustrations xlv Jefferson Chronology 2 1810 Jefferson and the Publication of Destutt de Tracy's Commentary on Montesquieu 3 I. To William Duane, 12 August 4 II. Destutt de Tracy's Commentary on Book 2 of Montesquieu's Esprit des Lois 7 III. Extracts from Destutt de Tracy's Reflections on Montesquieu's First Twelve Books 20 From William C. C. Claiborne, 13 August 25 From Henry Dearborn, 15 August 27 From James Madison, 15 August 29 To John Barnes, 16 August 29 To Albert Gallatin, 16 August 30 From Louis Philippe Gallot de Lormerie, 16 August 32 To James Madison, 16 August 35 To William Chamberlayne, 17 August 36 From William Duane, 17 August 37 From John R. Fenwick, 18 August 41 From Robert Patterson, 18 August 41 To Littleton W. Tazewell, 18 August 42 From Jean Potocki, 19 August 43 From Archibald Thweatt, 19 August 44 To Thomas Ladd, 20 August 45 To James Madison, 20 August 45 From Henry Wheaton, 20 August 46 To William Wirt, enclosing Notes on William Wirt's Comments on the Batture Statement, 20 August 47 To William D. Meriwether, 21 August 49 From Jean Marie de Bordes, 22 August 49 From Delaplaine & Hellings, 24 August 50 From James McKinney, 24 August 51 From William C. C. Claiborne, 25 August 52 From Lafayette, 25 August 54 From Nathaniel H. Hooe, 28 August 55 From Littleton W. Tazewell, 28 August 55 Memorandum from Charles Johnston on Lynchburg Mail, [ca. 1-7 September] 56 From Claude Alexandre Ruelle, 1 September 56 To Benjamin Morgan, 2 September 59 From Carl L. Siegfried, 3 September 60 From John S. Cogdell, 4 September 61 From Julian Ursin Niemcewicz, 4 September 62 From William Thornton, 4 September 63 To William A. Burwell, 5 September 64 From Charles Clay, 5 September 65 From Claude Antoine Prieur Duvernois, 5 September 65 From George Jefferson, 7 September 67 To Hugh Chisholm, 10 September 67 From Albert Gallatin, enclosing Albert Gallatin's Notes on Thomas Jefferson's Statement on the Batture Case, 10 September 68 From Isaac Hillard, 10 September 74 To James Madison, 10 September 75 From Samuel H. Smith, 11 September 76 From Sylvanus Bourne, 12 September 76 From Plumard, 12 September 77 From John B. Colvin, 14 September 78 From Thomas Cooper, 14 September 79 From Pierre Samuel Du Pont de Nemours, 14 September 80 From George Jefferson, 14 September 83 To Henry Voigt, 14 September 83 To Archibald Thweatt, 15 September 84 To William Duane, 16 September 86 To John Barnes, 17 September 89 From Martha C. Lewis, Lucy B. Lewis, and Ann M. Lewis, 17 September 90 From Charles L. Lewis, [ca. 17 September] 91 From Jonathan Williams, 17 September 93 Memorandum on James Bowdoin's Letter, 18 September 96 From Nicolas G. Dufief, 18 September 97 To John R. Fenwick, 18 September 98 To John B. Colvin, 20 September 99 To Gideon Granger, 20 September 102 From Lafayette, 20 September 105 To William Short, 21 September 106 From Alexander von Humboldt, 23 September 107 To Robert Smith, 23 September 109 To John Christoph Suverman, 23 September 110 From James Gibbon, 24 September 111 To Nathaniel H. Hooe, 24 September 111 From Horatio G. Spafford, 24 September 112 From Charles P. De Lasteyrie, 25 September 114 From Levett Harris, 25 September 115 From William Pinkney, 25 September 116 To Caesar A. Rodney, 25 September 117 To James Dinsmore, 26 September 119 From Samuel Haines, 26 September 120 To Joseph Milligan, 26 September 122 To Albert Gallatin, 27 September 123 From Gideon Granger, 27 September 126 From Littleton W. Tazewell, 27 September 130 From George Jefferson, 28 September 135 From John H. Cocke, 29 September 136 To John S. Cogdell, 29 September 136 To Nicolas G. Dufief, 29 September 137 To Henry Wheaton, 29 September 137 To Peter Minor, 30 September 138 To John H. Cocke, 1 October 147 From Robert Smith, 1 October 147 From Gideon Granger, 4 October 147 From George Jefferson, 5 October 148 From Benjamin Morgan, 5 October 149 To Benjamin Smith Barton, 6 October 150 From Caesar A. Rodney, 6 October 151 To George Hay, 7 October 152 To James Gibbon, 8 October 153 To George Jefferson, 8 October 154 To William Bentley, 9 October 155 To William Caruthers, 9 October 155 To Isaac Hillard, 9 October 156 To James McKinney, 9 October 156 To Henry Wheaton, 9 October 157 From William C. C. Claiborne, 10 October, enclosing James Mather to William C. C. Claiborne, 5 August 157 From Peter Minor, 10 October 161 From William A. Burwell, 12 October 162 To Samuel Haines, 12 October 163 To Charles Johnston, 12 October 164 To James Madison, 15 October 165 From Benjamin Smith Barton, 16 October 166 To William C. C. Claiborne, 16 October 167 To George Jefferson, 16 October 168 From John Harvie, 18 October, enclosing Appraisal of Chattels at Belmont Estate, [after 5 October], and Payment Plan for Money Due from John Harvie to Thomas Jefferson, [18 October] 169 From Caesar A. Rodney, 18 October 173 From George Jefferson, 19 October 176 From James Madison, 19 October 177 From William J. Stone, 19 October 179 From Charles Yancey, 19 October 180 To Nathaniel H. Hooe, 20 October 180 To Benjamin Smith Barton, 22 October 181 To Gideon Granger, 22 October 182 From Henry Skipwith, 22 October 183 To William Wardlaw, 22 October 183 To Charles Yancey, 22 October 184 From James McKinney, 23 October 184 To William Duane, 25 October 184 From Charles Holt, 25 October 185 To Benjamin Morgan, 27 October 186 Agreement to Convey Bedford County Lands to Charles L. Bankhead, 29 October 186 From William Duane, 29 October 189 From Gideon Gooch, 29 October 190 To George Jefferson, 29 October 190 To Peter Minor, enclosing Proposed Agreement with the Directors of the Rivanna Company, 31 October 191 From Charles Yancey, 31 October 194 From John Wayles Eppes, 1 November 195 From Charles Everette, 1 November, enclosing Thomas Jefferson's Account with Charles Everette, [ca. 23 February] 196 From William Short, 1 November 197 From William Wardlaw, 1 November 200 From William Caruthers, 4 November 201 From George Hay, 5 November 201 Census of Inhabitants and Supplies at Monticello, 8 November 202 To George Hay, 11 November 203 To John Wayles Eppes and William B. Giles, 12 November 203 From John Tyler, 12 November 205 To William Duane, 13 November 207 From Thomas Law, [received 14 November] 209 From Samuel Overton, 14 November 209 To John Harvie, 15 November 210 To Henry Skipwith, 15 November 210 To William J. Stone, 15 November 211 From Lafayette, 16 November 211 To Daniel Scott, 16 November 214 Account with Hugh Chisholm, 17 November 215 To Peter Minor, 18 November 216 From Pierre Paganel, [received 19 November] 219 From William Partridge, 19 November 221 From James Ronaldson, 19 November 223 To Peter Minor, 20 November 224 From Daniel Scott, 20 November 224 From Peter Minor, 21 November 225 From Anonymous, [received 22 November] 225 To Littleton W. Tazewell, 22 November 226 To Charles Holt, 23 November 227 To John Tyler, 25 November 228 From John Armstrong, 26 November 228 From David Howell, 27 November 229 From James Mather, 30 November, enclosing List of Batture-Related Papers Sent to Thomas Jefferson, 29 November 233 To James Ronaldson, 3 December 238 To William Partridge, 4 December 238 To William Jarvis, 5 December 239 To Lydia R. Bailey, 6 December 241 From Joseph Dougherty, 6 December 241 From Samuel & James Leitch, 6 December 242 To Craven Peyton, 6 December 242 To William Prichard, 6 December 243 To John Wayles Eppes, 7 December 244 To David Gelston, 7 December 245 From James Madison, 7 December 245 From Thomas B. Robertson, 7 December 246 To James Madison, 8 December 248 From Horatio Turpin, 8 December 249 To William Chamberlayne, 11 December 250 From David Bailie Warden, 11 December 250 To John Armstrong, 13 December 251 To Joseph Dougherty, 13 December 252 Petition of Thomas Jefferson and Others to the Virginia General Assembly, [before 13 Dec. 1810] 253 From John Wayles Eppes, 14 December 254 From John Wayles Eppes, 14 December 256 To David Howell, 15 December 257 From James Mather, 15 December 258 From Gibson & Jefferson, 17 December 258 From Jones & Howell, 17 December 259 From Robert Smith, 19 December 260 From David Bailie Warden, 19 December 260 From Thomas Law, 22 December, enclosing Thomas Law to Jacob Wagner, [ca. 5-22 December], and Jacob Wagner to Mr. Barry, [ca. 5-22 December] 261 From Robert Bakewell, 23 December 263 From William C. C. Claiborne, 24 December 264 From James Monroe, 24 December 266 From John Lynch, 25 December 267 From William Chamberlayne, 27 December 270 From Littleton W. Tazewell, 29 December 270 From Peter Minor, 30 December 271 From Samuel H. Smith, 30 December 272 From William Short, 31 December 272 1811 From Mary Page, 2 January 276 From Benjamin Rush, 2 January 276 From David Bailie Warden, 2 January 279 From James Lyle, 3 January 280 To John Wayles Eppes, 5 January 281 To John Graham, 5 January 282 To William Chamberlayne, 6 January 283 From John Barnes, 7 January 284 From Thomas T. Hewson, 8 January 284 From William Lambert, 8 January 285 To James Monroe, 8 January 286 From William Coolidge, 9 January 288 To John Barnes, 10 January 289 To John Wayles Eppes, 10 January 290 To Jones & Howell, 10 January 290 To Amos Stoddard, 10 January 291 To David Bailie Warden, 10 January 292 From John Graham, 11 January 292 To James Walker, 11 January 293 From Benjamin Brown, 12 January 294 To David Bailie Warden, 12 January 294 To Archibald Stuart, 13 January 295 From William Prichard, 14 January 296 From John Graham, 15 January 297 From Skelton Jones, 15 January 297 To Thomas Law, 15 January 298 Account with Jonathan & Isaac Shoemaker, 15 January 300 To Nathaniel H. Hooe, 16 January 302 To James Monroe, 16 January 303 To Benjamin Rush, 16 January 304 From David Bailie Warden, 16 January 308 Lease Agreement with William Johnson, 17 January 310 To William Duane, enclosing Thomas Jefferson's Preface for Destutt de Tracy's Commentary on Montesquieu, 18 January 310 To Thomas T. Hewson, 18 January 312 From David Bailie Warden, 19 January 312 To John Hollins, 20 January 313 To Lafayette, 20 January 313 To Caesar A. Rodney, 20 January 316 To Horatio Turpin, 20 January 316 From John Wayles Eppes, 21 January 317 From George Jefferson, 21 January 317 To John Lynch, 21 January 318 From Francois Andre Michaux, 21 January 320 From James Monroe, 21 January 322 From James Wilkinson, 21 January 323 From William C. C. Claiborne, 24 January 325 To William Coolidge, 24 January 326 To John Wayles Eppes, 24 January 327 To Eli Alexander, 25 January 328 To Benjamin Brown, 25 January 328 From William Duane, 25 January 329 From George Hay, 25 January 331 To James Monroe, 25 January 332 From Peter B. Porter, 25 January 333 To William Prichard, 25 January 334 To Thomas Eston Randolph, 25 January 334 To Destutt de Tracy, 26 January 334 To William Duane, 26 January 339 From David Bailie Warden, 26 January 339 From John Hollins, 27 January 341 To James Lyle, 27 January 341 From Richard Barry, 29 January 342 From George W. Erving, 29 January 342 From William C. C. Claiborne, 30 January 344 From Matthias Nack, 30 January 345 To Wilson Cary Nicholas, 1 February 347 Constitution for Proposed Agricultural Society of Albemarle, [ca. 1 February] 347 Notes on Poplar Forest Plantings and Geography, 1 February 1811-6 October 1821 352 From Benjamin Rush, 1 February 356 From Ezekiel Bacon, 2 February 358 From James Walker, 3 February 359 From John B. Colvin, 4 February 359 Astronomical Calculations, 5-11 February 361 From William Chamberlayne, 6 February 367 From James W. Wallace, 8 February 368 Conveyance of Ivy Creek Lands to Samuel J. Harrison, 9 February 368 From Gabriel Richard, 9 February 369 To Charles A. Scott, 9 February 371 From John Fletcher, 11 February 372 From George Jefferson, 11 February 373 From Lyman Spalding, 11 February 373 To Samuel J. Harrison, 13 February 374 From Philip Mazzei, 15 February, enclosing Power of Attorney, 4 February 375 From John Melish, 16 February, enclosing John Melish to James Madison, 7 February 383 To Martha Jefferson Randolph, 17 February 392 From Nicolas G. Dufief, 24 February 393 To Martha Jefferson Randolph, 24 February 394 From Peter Derieux, 25 February 394 Charles Clay's Bedford County Temperature Readings, [ca. 26 February] 396 General Plea in Livingston v. Jefferson, [ca. 28 February] 397 Plea in Livingston v. Jefferson on Ground of Acting Officially, [ca. 28 February] 397 Plea in Livingston v. Jefferson on Ground of Jurisdiction, [ca. 28 February] 400 Plea in Livingston v. Jefferson on Ground of Intrusion, [ca. 28 February] 401 Plea in Livingston v. Jefferson on Ground of Justification to Abate a Nuisance, [ca. 28 February] 404 Plea in Livingston v. Jefferson on Ground of Justification under an Act of Congress, [ca. 28 February] 407 Motion to Dismiss Livingston v. Jefferson, [ca. 28 February] 410 Conveyance of James Hubbard to Reuben Perry, February 411 Notes on Shipping Costs for Flour, [February] 413 From Eleuthere I. du Pont de Nemours, 1 March 414 From George Jefferson, 1 March 415 From Tadeusz Kosciuszko, 1 March 415 From Robert Wash, 1 March 418 From Andre Thouin, 2 March 419 To George Hay, 3 March 420 To George Jefferson, 3 March 420 To Peter Minor, 3 March 421 To Skelton Jones, 4 March 422 To Mary Page, 4 March 423 From Dudley Richardson, 4 March 424 From Caesar A. Rodney, 4 March 424 From John Harvie, 5 March 425 From Skeffington Selby, 5 March 426 From David Bailie Warden, 5 March 427 To Ezekiel Bacon, enclosing Memorandum on Correspondence with James Wilkinson, 6 March 428 From Robert Elliott, 6 March 431 To Robert Patterson, 7 March 431 To Mary Stith, 7 March 432 From John Threlkeld, 7 March 433 From Dominick Barthe, 8 March 434 From George Jefferson, 8 March 434 From George Jefferson, 8 March 435 To James Madison, 8 March 436 To Peter B. Porter, 8 March 437 To William Short, 8 March 438 From John Rhea, 9 March 439 From Bernard McMahon, 10 March 439 To John Melish, 10 March 440 To James Wilkinson, 10 March 440 From Richard Barry, 11 March 441 To George Jefferson, 11 March 441 To George Jefferson, 11 March 443 To David Bailie Warden, 11 March 443 From Lafayette, 12 March 444 From Robert Patterson, 12 March 447 From Isaac A. Coles, 13 March 448 From William Duane, 15 March 449 From George Jefferson, 15 March 453 To Samuel Carr, 16 March 453 From Samuel Carr, 16 March 454 To George Divers, 16 March 454 Notes on Monticello Plantings, 16 March 455 To Dominick Barthe, 17 March 456 From George Divers, 17 March 456 To Robert Elliott, 17 March 456 From Samuel J. Harrison, 17 March 457 To Skeffington Selby, 17 March 457 From Mary Stith, 17 March 458 To John Threlkeld, 17 March 458 From Theodorus Bailey, 18 March 459 From Theodorus Bailey, 18 March 459 To Richard Barry, 18 March 460 To George Divers, 18 March 460 To Samuel J. Harrison, 18 March 461 From Charles P. De Lasteyrie, 18 March 461 From James Madison, 18 March 462 From David Bailie Warden, 18 March 464 From Opie Norris, 19 March 464 From Palisot de Beauvois, 19 March 465 From John Wayles Eppes, 20 March 473 To Albert Gallatin, 20 March 474 To Patrick Magruder, 20 March 475 To Robert Smith, enclosing List of Batture-Related State Department Documents, 20 March 475 To James Mather, 21 March 479 To Robert Patterson, 21 March 479 From Benjamin Morgan, 22 March, enclosing Abner L. Duncan's Instructions on Settlement of John Peyton's Estate, [by 15 September 1810] 480 To Archibald Stuart, 22 March 481 To George Hay and William Wirt, enclosing List of Batture-Related Papers and Pamphlets sent to Counsel, 23 March 481 From James Lyle, 23 March 489 Statement of Facts in the Batture Case, [ca. 23 March] 489 To Littleton W. Tazewell, 23 March 499 To Nathaniel Ellicott, 24 March 500 To John Wayles Eppes, 24 March 501 From Theodorus Bailey, 25 March 503 To Madame de Tesse, 27 March 503 To Peter Walsh, 27 March 505 To Theodorus Bailey, 28 March 506 To William Duane, 28 March 506 From Nathaniel Ellicott, 28 March 509 From Bernard Smith, 28 March 510 From Archibald Stuart, 28 March 511 To David Bailie Warden, 28 March 512 From George Jefferson, 29 March 512 From Reuben Perry, 29 March 513 To John Wayles Eppes, 30 March 513 From Caesar A. Rodney, 30 March 513 To William Wirt, 30 March 515 From Pierre Samuel Du Pont de Nemours, 31 March 515 To George Jefferson, 1 April 518 From James Madison, 1 April 518 To James Oldham, 1 April 520 From James Walker, 1 April 520 From Theodorus Bailey, 2 April 521 From Clement Caines, 2 April 521 To Thomas Eston Randolph, with Account, 2 April 522 From John Martin Baker, 3 April 523 From John Barnes, 3 April 524 To Richard Barry, 3 April 525 To John Hollins, 3 April 525 To Jones & Howell, 3 April 526 From Peter Minor, 3 April 527 From James Monroe, 3 April 527 To John Barnes, 4 April 528 To William Chamberlayne, 4 April 529 To Joseph Darmsdatt, 4 April 530 To Henry Foxall, 4 April 530 To Gordon, Trokes & Company, 4 April 530 To George Jefferson, 4 April 531 From Count Theodore Pahlen, 4 April 532 From John G. Jackson, 5 April 532 From Benjamin Henry Latrobe, 5 April 534 To James Lyle, 5 April 538 From David Bailie Warden, 6 April 538 From Peter Carr, 7 April 540 To Kemp Catlett, 7 April 541 From Gibson & Jefferson, 7 April 541 To James Madison, 7 April 542 From George W. Varnum, 7 April 543 To Bernard McMahon, 8 April 544 To Littleton W. Tazewell, George Hay, and William Wirt, enclosing List of Authorities cited in Statement on the Batture Case, 9 April 545 From William Coghlan, 10 April 548 From William Wirt, 10 April 549 From Joseph Darmsdatt, 11 April 550 From Gibson & Jefferson, 11 April, enclosing Thomas Jefferson's Account with Morris & Dunnington, [ca. 10 April] 550 To George Jefferson, 11 April 551 From Thomas Law, 13 April 552 From Henry Dearborn, 14 April 552 To Alexander von Humboldt, 14 April 553 To Benjamin Henry Latrobe, 14 April 555 From David Bailie Warden, 14 April 557 From John Barnes, 15 April 558 To Pierre Samuel Du Pont de Nemours, 15 April 559 To George Jefferson, 15 April 561 To Francois Andre Michaux, 15 April 561 To Pierre Paganel, 15 April 562 To Count Theodore Pahlen, 15 April 563 To William Wirt, 15 April 563 To Joel Barlow, 16 April 564 To Tadeusz Kosciuszko, 16 April 565 From James Monroe, 16 April 567 From John Hollins, 17 April 567 From Skelton Jones, 17 April 569 Survey of Boundary between Lego and Pantops, 17 April 570 From William Wirt, 17 April 573 From James Oldham, 18 April 575 To Peter Derieux, 19 April 575 From Henry Foxall, 19 April 576 From Gibson & Jefferson, 19 April 577 From James Madison, 19 April 577 To Thomas Law, 23 April 578 From Oliver Pollock, 23 April, enclosing Oliver Pollock to William Robertson, and Reply, 30 January 579 From Thomas Richards, 23 April 581 To Edward Coles, 24 April 581 To C. & A. Conrad & Company, 24 April 582 From John Dortic, 24 April 583 To Eleuthere I. du Pont de Nemours, 24 April 583 To Albert Gallatin, 24 April 584 To James Madison, 24 April 585 From John Barnes, 25 April, enclosing Maria Beckley to John Barnes, 21 April 587 From James Oldham, 25 April 588 From Edward Parker and Joseph Delaplaine, 27 April 589 From "A Friend to the Christian Religion" ("Goodwill"), 28 April 590 From Edward Coles, 29 April 590 To William Duane, 30 April 591 Bennett H. Henderson to Craven Peyton, 30 April 594 To Robert Smith, 30 April 595 From Benjamin Smith Barton, 1 May 596 To Jones & Howell, 1 May 597 From Theodorus Bailey, 2 May 597 From Joel Barlow, 2 May 598 From Fitzwhylsonn & Potter, 3 May 599 From James Madison, 3 May 600 To William Wirt, 3 May 601 To William Wirt, 3 May 601 To John Dortic, 4 May 604 To Bernard McMahon, 4 May 604 To Oliver Pollock, 4 May 605 To John Hollins, 5 May 606 To James Monroe, 5 May 607 From Robert Smith, 5 May 608 To Henry Foxall, 7 May 609 To Edward Parker and Joseph Delaplaine, 7 [May] 609 Elijah Fletcher's Account of a Visit to Monticello, [8 May] 610 From Thomas Newton, 8 May 611 From George Jefferson, 9 May 612 To Reuben Perry, 10 May 612 To Joel Barlow, 11 May 613 From John Dortic, 11 May 614 To Thomas Richards, 11 May 614 To Dudley Richardson, 11 May 615 To Bernard Smith, 11 May 615 To Johann Severin Vater, 11 May 615 To Robert Wash, 11 May 616 To John Graham, 12 May 616 To Tadeusz Kosciuszko, 12 May 617 To Craven Peyton, [12 May] 617 To Jean Potocki, 12 May 618 To David Bailie Warden, 12 May 619 From Joel Barlow, 15 May 619 From John Dortic, 16 May 619 From George Jefferson, 16 May 620 From Eleuthere I. du Pont de Nemours, 17 May 621 To William Short, 17 May 621 From William F. Gray, 18 May 623 From Benjamin Henry Latrobe, 19 May 624 Memorandum on Craven Peyton and Reuben Grady, 19 May 625 From William Wirt, 19 May 626 From John Graham, 20 May 627 From James Lyle, 22 May 627 From Thomas Ringgold, 22 May 628 To John Dortic, 23 May 628 From George Jefferson, 23 May 629 To James Monroe, 23 May 629 From James Ogilvie, 24 May 630 To Ann C. Bankhead, 26 May 633 To James Madison, 26 May 634 From Samuel J. Harrison, 29 May 634 To Cornelia J. Randolph, 3 June 635 From William C. Rives, 4 June 635 To John Milledge, 5 June 636 From George Jefferson, 6 June 637 From James Monroe, 6 June 637 From James Madison, 7 June 638 From Samuel J. Harrison, 8 June 639 Notes on Account with Jonathan & Isaac Shoemaker, [ca. 8 June] 640 Account with Jonathan & Isaac Shoemaker, 8 June 642 To Charles L. Bankhead, 10 June 644 To Isaac A. Coles, 10 June 644 From Isaac A. Coles, 10 June 645 From Anthony Gerna, enclosing Teophane Arata to Thomas Jefferson, 10 June 645 From Thomas T. Loury, 11 June 647 To Benjamin Morgan, 11 June 648 From Benjamin F. Salvage, 11 June 649 From C. & A. Conrad & Company, 12 June 649 From George Jefferson, 13 June 650 From William D. Meriwether, 13 June 650 From Osborn Sprigg, 15 June 651 To Burwell Bassett, 17 June, enclosing Extracts from Palisot de Beauvois's Letter to Thomas Jefferson, 19 March, with Jefferson's Notes 651 Appendix: Supplemental List of Documents Not Found 655 Index 657

Volume

v. 5 : cloth ISBN 9780691137711

Description

Volume Five of the definitive edition of Thomas Jefferson's papers from the end of his presidency until his death includes 592 documents from 1 May 1812 to 10 March 1813. America declares war on Great Britain on 18 June 1812. Jefferson counsels domestic reconciliation while suggesting that America recruit British incendiaries to burn London if British ships attack American cities. He passes on to President James Madison a long and discouraging letter from Isaac A. Coles describing American military bungling in the Niagara Campaign. An unofficial proposal that Jefferson return to public life as secretary of state does not gain the retired statesman's support. Jefferson receives many requests for governmental patronage, responds insightfully to a colorful assortment of authors and inventors, is mildly diverted by a fraudulent perpetual-motion machine, and spends considerable time on legal troubles. A dispute with David Michie over land in Albemarle County nearly leads to a duel between Michie and Jefferson's agent. A conflict with Samuel Scott over property in Campbell County further vexes Jefferson, who prepares an extensively researched answer to Scott's complaint. Despite the conflict, Jefferson graciously writes a letter of introduction for Scott's son. Jefferson remains accessible to the public, receives anonymous letters urging him to convert to Christianity, and settles a wager for one correspondent who asks if Jefferson ever met the British king. Jefferson gloomily observes that "the hand of age is upon me" and complains that his faculties are failing. He still has thirteen years to live.

Table of Contents

Foreword vii Acknowledgments ix Editorial Method and Apparatus xiii Maps xliii Illustrations xlvii Jefferson Chronology 2 1812 From John Adams, 1 May 3 Account with Isham Chisholm, [ca. 1 May] 5 Notes on Expenses, [ca. 1 May] 5 From Elbridge Gerry, 1 May 6 From John Vaughan, 1 May 7 From John Armstrong, 2 May 8 To William C. C. Claiborne, 2 May 9 To John Dawson, 2 May 9 To William Eustis, 2 May 10 To James Madison, 2 May 11 From John Adams, 3 May 11 To Nicolas G. Dufief, 3 May 14 To James Hamilton, 4 May 14 From William J. Stone, 4 May 15 From George Hay, 5 May 16 To William McClure, 5 May 17 To Lancelot Minor, 5 May 17 From John Redman Coxe, 6 May 18 From Valentin de Foronda, 6 May 19 From William Thornton, 8 May, enclosing William Cranch to William Thornton, 9 May, and William Thornton to Thomas Jefferson, [ca. 9 May] 21 From Caspar Wistar, 9 May 25 To Elizabeth Trist, 10 May 26 From John Barnes, 11 May 27 From Lewis Bryant, [received 11 May] 28 From Peter Derieux, enclosing Notes on Tarragon by an UnidentiAed Author, 11 May 29 Memorandum to Jeremiah A. Goodman, 12 May 31 To Samuel J. Harrison, 12 May 31 To William Mitchell, 12 May 32 Notes on a Conversation with James Steptoe, [ca. 12 May] 32 Notes on Poplar Forest and on Scott v. Jefferson and Harrison, [ca. 12 May] 33 From Nicolas G. Dufief, 13 May 36 From Chandler Price, 13 May 36 From Earl Sturtevant, 13 May 38 To Bowling Clark, 14 May 39 To William P. Martin, 14 May 40 From John Williams, 14 May 41 From Samuel B. Malcom, 15 May 42 From Littleton W. Tazewell, 15 May 43 From Cyrus B. Clay, [received 16 May] 48 From William P. Martin, [received 16 May] 48 From William & Reuben Mitchell, 16 May 50 From Archibald Robertson, 16 May 51 From Pierre Samuel Du Pont de Nemours, 17 May 51 To Joseph Slaughter, 17 May 56 From John Tyler, 17 May 57 From John Barnes, 18 May 59 Mortgage of Campbell County Land to Samuel J. Harrison, 18 May 61 James C. Steptoe to James Steptoe, 18 May 62 To Samuel J. Harrison, 19 May 63 From Nathaniel G. M. Senter, 19 May 64 From Lafayette, 20 May 68 From John Adams, 21 May 70 From Madame Bureaux de Pusy, 23 May 71 From John Graham, 23 May 72 To Lancelot Minor, 23 May 73 To John Jacob Astor, 24 May 74 To David Higginbotham, [24 May] 75 From Alexander Quarrier, 24 May 76 Richard Rush's Proposal that Thomas Jefferson become Secretary of State, 24 May 78 To William Thornton, 24 May 80 From Colin Buckner, 25 May 81 To James Madison, 25 May 81 From James Madison, 25 May 82 To John Vaughan, 25 May 83 From Charles Clay, 26 May 84 To James Monroe, 26 May 84 To Charles Blagrove, 27 May 87 From Bowling Clark, 27 May 88 Notes on Samuel Scott's Bill of Complaint, [ca. 27 May] 89 To Archibald Thweatt, 27 May 90 To Patrick Gibson, 29 May 91 To Robert Patterson, 29 May 92 To John Staples, 29 May 93 To Caspar Wistar, 29 May 94 To James Madison, 30 May 95 To Lancelot Minor, 30 May 95 To William J. Stone, 30 May 97 From Anonymous ("Goodwill"), 1 June 97 To Peter Derieux, 1 June 98 To Lewis A. Pauly, 1 June 99 To John Redman Coxe, 2 June 100 From Andrew Ellicott, 3 June 100 To John Wayles Eppes, 3 June 102 From Charles Blagrove, 4 June 103 From John Daingerfield, 5 June 103 To William Eustis, 6 June 104 To Charles J. Ingersoll, 6 June 106 To James Madison, 6 June 107 To Thomas BruC, 7 June 108 To William Burns, enclosing Certificate of Acquaintance with Alexander Quarrier, 7 June 108 To Abraham Howard Quincy, 7 June 109 To Earl Sturtevant, 7 June 111 From Elizabeth Trist, 7 June 111 From Robert Mills, 8 June 114 From John Vaughan, 8 June 114 From Gibson & Jefferson, enclosing Flour Account with Gibson & Jefferson, 9 June 115 From Lewis A. Pauly, 9 June 116 To James Leitch, 10 June 119 Account with Randolph & McKinney, [ca. 10 June] 120 To John Adams, 11 June 122 To Elbridge Gerry, 11 June 125 From Elbridge Gerry, 12 June 127 To Charles Blagrove, 15 June 128 To Zachariah Morris, 15 June 128 To Eleuthere I. du Pont de Nemours, 16 June 129 From Eleuthere I. du Pont de Nemours, 16 June 130 To Ebenezer Herrick, 16 June 131 To Patrick Gibson, 17 June 132 To Benjamin Jones, 17 June 133 To James Leitch, 17 June 133 To William Thornton, 17 June 134 To John Tyler, 17 June 134 From Gibson & Jefferson, 18 June 138 From David Michie, 18 June 138 From William Thornton, 18 June 141 From Ebenezer Herrick, 19 June 142 To Littleton W. Tazewell, 19 June 143 To John Barnes, 20 June 145 From Joseph St. Leger d'Happart, 20 June 145 To David Michie, 20 June 147 To William Thornton, 20 June 148 From David Michie, 21 June 149 To Ezra Sargeant, 21 June 151 From Charles Artzt, 22 June, enclosing George Sullivan's Recommendation of Charles Artzt, 25 May 1811 151 To Joseph Darmsdatt, 22 June 155 From James Madison, 22 June 156 To David Michie, 22 June 156 Statement of Joseph Jones Monroe, 22 June 158 From Charles Blagrove, 23 June 159 From Donald Fraser, 23 June 159 From Gibson & Jefferson, 23 June 161 From Archibald Thweatt, 23 June, enclosing Richard Stith's Receipt for John Wayles's Land Purchase, 11 Jan. 1771 161 From Henry Wheaton, 23 June 163 To Madame Bureaux de Pusy, 24 June 163 From Joseph Darmsdatt, 24 June 164 To Sarah Bowdoin (Dearborn), 24 June 165 To Andrew Ellicott, 24 June 165 To Robert Mills, 24 June 166 From Abraham Howard Quincy, 24 June 167 From Abraham Howard Quincy, 24 June 167 To John Wayles Eppes, 25 June 171 From Charles Hall, 25 June 172 To James Hamilton, 25 June 174 From David Gelston, 26 June 175 From John E. Hall, 26 June 175 From John Barnes, 27 June 177 From Peter Lenox, 27 June 177 To David Michie, 27 June 179 From David Michie, 27 June 180 From William Pinkney, 27 June 180 From William Thornton, 27 June 181 From John Adams, 28 June 182 To Tadeusz Kosciuszko, 28 June 186 From Madame de Tesse, 28 June 188 To James Madison, 29 June 191 Deposition by James Lewis, with Queries Posed by Thomas Jefferson and David Michie, 1 July 192 From Victor du Pont, 2 July 198 To David Gelston, 2 July 201 To Ebenezer Herrick, 2 July 202 From Alexander L. Joncherez, 2 July 202 From Honore Julien, 2 July 204 From Benjamin Henry Latrobe, 2 July 205 To John S. Ravenscroft, 3 July 207 To William Thornton, 3 July 209 To Archibald Thweatt, 3 July 210 To John Vaughan, 3 July 211 From Lafayette, 4 July 212 To Charles Artzt, 5 July 215 To Martin Oster, 5 July 216 To Lewis A. Pauly, 5 July 216 To Nathaniel G. M. Senter, 5 July 218 To Henry Wheaton, 5 July 219 To John E. Hall, 6 July 219 From Robert Wright, 6 [July] 220 From David Gelston, 7 July 220 From William Birch, 8 July 221 To Charles Blagrove, 8 July 222 To William Prichard, 8 July 222 To Thomas Cooper, 10 July 223 From Harrison Dance, 10 July 224 To Patrick Gibson, 10 July 225 From Charles J. Ingersoll, 10 July 225 From James Jones Wilmer, 10 [July] 226 Peter Minor to Thomas Mann Randolph, 11 July 227 From Lewis A. Pauly, 11 July 228 Notes on Evidence Needed in Scott v. Jefferson and Harrison, [before 11 July] 229 Answer to Bill of Complaint in Scott v. Jefferson and Harrison, 11 July 230 To Benjamin Henry Latrobe, 12 July 238 To George Hay, 13 July 239 To William Marshall, 13 July 240 From William Thornton, 13 July 241 To William Wirt, 13 July 242 From Thomas Lehre, 14 July 243 To George Hay, 16 July 245 From William Lambert, 16 July 245 From James Maury, 16 July 251 To Samuel Pleasants, 16 July 253 From William Prichard, 16 July 254 From William Duane, 17 July 254 From Fontaine Maury, 18 July 258 From Richard Rush, 18 July 259 From William P. Newby, 19 [July] 260 From David Michie, 20 July 260 From William Wirt, 20 July 263 From Theodorus Bailey, 21 July 263 From Gibson & Jefferson, 21 July 264 From George Hay, 21 July 264 From Louis Philippe Gallot de Lormerie, 21 July 265 From John S. Ravenscroft, 21 July 268 From William F. Gordon, 22 July 269 From Baron Karl von Moll, 22 July, enclosing Membership Diploma in the Agricultural Society of Bavaria, 13 February 270 John Watson's Writ to Summon a Jury regarding Land Seized by David Michie, 23 July 274 To John L. Thomas, 24 July 274 From Thomas Cooper, 25 July 275 From Norborne K. Thomas, 25 July 277 From Samuel Pleasants, 27 July 278 Jury Findings regarding Land Seized by David Michie, 30 July 278 Warrant for Restitution of Land Seized by David Michie, 30 July 280 From John B. Colvin, 1 August 282 Samuel J. Harrison's Answer to Bill of Complaint in Scott v. Jefferson and Harrison, [by 1 August] 282 From Thomas Lehre, 1 August 284 From William Foushee, 2 August 286 To Richard Rush, 2 August 286 From Archibald Thweatt, 2 August, enclosing Extracts from John Wayles's Records, 21 March-27 December 1770 287 To James Jones Wilmer, 2 August 288 To William Birch, 3 August 288 From Patrick Gibson, 3 August 289 To Joseph St. Leger d'Happart, 3 August 290 From Benjamin James Harris, 3 August 291 To Alexander L. Joncherez, 3 August 292 To William Duane, 4 August 293 From Sergeant Hall, 5 August 294 To Tadeusz Kosciuszko, 5 August 295 To James Madison, 5 August 296 From Josiah Meigs, 5 August 297 Notes on Outstanding Debts, [before 5 August] 298 Recommendation of John Neilson, 7 August 299 From Nicholas B. Pryor, 7 August 300 From Alexis Marie Rochon, 7 August 301 To John B. Colvin, 8 August 303 To Thomas Lehre, 8 August 303 To Louis Philippe Gallot de Lormerie, 8 August 304 To Robert Wright, 8 August 305 To Theodorus Bailey, 9 August 305 To Patrick Gibson, 9 August 306 To Jeremiah A. Goodman, 9 August 306 To Benjamin James Harris, 9 August 307 To Fontaine Maury, 9 August 309 From James Monroe, 9 August 309 To James Monroe, 9 August 310 To Robert Patterson, 9 August 311 To Reuben Perry, 9 August 311 To Jacob Alrichs, 10 August 312 To James Madison, 10 August 313 To James Madison, 10 August 313 From Benjamin Morgan, 10 August 314 From Benjamin Brown, with Jefferson's Note, 12 August 315 From Gibson & Jefferson, 12 August 316 From Elbridge Gerry, 15 August 316 From James Madison, 17 August 319 From Alrichs & Dixon, 19 August 321 From Charles Willson Peale, 19 August 323 To Thomas Eston Randolph, 20 August 325 Memorandum by Thomas Eston Randolph, 23 [August?] 325 From Anonymous ("Goodwill"), 24 August 326 To William Eustis, 24 August 327 To Nicholas B. Pryor, 24 August 328 To James Hamilton, 26 August 328 From Thomas Lehre, 28 August 329 From Thomas C. Flournoy, 29 August 330 From Thomas Lehre, 29 August 332 From Martin Oster, 29 August, enclosing Littleton W. Tazewell to Martin Oster, 4 August 332 To Alrichs & Dixon, 30 August 335 To James Madison, 30 August 336 From James Monroe, 31 August 336 To Samuel J. Harrison, 2 September 337 From Samuel J. Harrison, 2 September 337 To Reuben Perry, 2 September 338 To Joseph Slaughter, 2 September 338 From Joseph Slaughter, 2 September 339 To Burgess GriDn, 4 September 339 To William P. Martin, 4 September 339 Agreement with William & Reuben Mitchell, 4 September 340 To Thomas Whittington, 4 September 341 From Burgess GriDn, 5 September 342 To James Steptoe, 10 September 342 To Reuben Perry, 12 September 343 Subscription to Equip an Albemarle County Volunteer Company, [ca. 14 September] 344 To John Hollins, 16 September 345 From Bernard McMahon, 16 September 346 To Craven Peyton, 16 September 346 To John Wayles Eppes, 18 September 347 To Patrick Gibson, 18 September 350 To Lewis A. Pauly, 18 September 351 To Craven Peyton, 18 September 351 To Martin Wanscher, 18 September 352 From William Duane, 20 September 352 From Thomas Lehre, 21 September 355 To Alrichs & Dixon, 22 September 356 From John Hollins, 22 September 356 From Mary Lewis, 23 September 357 From Bernard McMahon, 23 September 358 From Bernard McMahon, 24 September 358 To Paul Hamilton, 27 September 359 From Cunningham Harris, 30 September 360 To George Hay, 30 September 361 Notes on Layout of Fields at Lego, [on or after 30 September] 362 To William Short, 30 September 362 From John L. Thomas, 30 September 364 From Samuel Brown, 1 October 364 To William Duane, 1 October 366 To Thomas C. Flournoy, 1 October 368 From James Ronaldson, 1 October 369 To John L. Thomas, 1 October 371 To William Barton, 2 October 371 To James Madison, 2 October 372 To Josiah Meigs, 2 October 373 To James Semple, 2 October 373 From John Barnes, 3 October 374 From Louis Philippe Gallot de Lormerie, 5 October 375 From Lewis A. Pauly, 5 October 378 Petition of Rivanna Company to Virginia General Assembly, [ca. 5 October] 378 To John Barnes, 8 October 380 From Gibson & Jefferson, 9 October 381 To Jeremiah A. Goodman, 10 October 381 To Bernard McMahon, 11 October 382 To Benjamin Morgan, 11 October 383 To James Ronaldson, 11 October 384 To Charles Yancey, 11 October 385 From John Adams, 12 October 386 To Philip P. Barbour, 12 October 391 From Thomas H. Williams, 12 October 392 From John Barnes, 13 October 393 From Thomas Lehre, 13 October 393 From James Leitch, 13 October 394 To James Leitch, 13 October 394 From Christopher Clark, 14 October 395 From James Madison, 14 October 395 From Charles Yancey, 14 October 397 From Nathaniel G. M. Senter, 15 October 398 To William Short, 17 October 399 From Madame Bureaux de Pusy, 18 October 402 To Jeremiah A. Goodman, 18 October 403 From John Hollins, 18 October 404 To John Hollins, 18 October 404 To Peter Minor, 18 October 404 From Jean Guillaume Hyde de Neuville, 19 October 405 From Peter Minor, 19 October 406 From Nathaniel G. M. Senter, 19 October 407 From Charles Clay, [received 22 October] 408 To Paul Hamilton, 22 October 408 To Gibson & Jefferson, 23 October 409 From Isaac A. Coles, 24 October 410 From Bernard McMahon, 24 October 412 From Gibson & Jefferson, 26 October 413 From James Carver, 27 October 413 To Nicolas G. Dufief, 27 October 416 To Louis Philippe Gallot de Lormerie, 27 October 417 To Josiah Meigs, 27 October 417 Agreement with Richard Durrett, 28 October 418 To Craven Peyton, enclosing Account with Craven Peyton for his Lease of Shadwell, Account with Craven Peyton for Purchase of Henderson Lands, Account with Craven Peyton for Corn, and Account with Craven Peyton for Rents and Profits from Henderson Lands, 28 October 419 To Lancelot Minor, 29 October 428 To Nathaniel G. M. Senter, 30 October 429 To Jean Guillaume Hyde de Neuville, 31 October 430 From Louis Philippe Gallot de Lormerie, 31 October 431 To James Madison, 31 October 435 From David Bailie Warden, 1 November 436 From Gibson & Jefferson, 2 November 438 From James Ronaldson, 2 November 438 To James Monroe, 3 November 440 To Madame Bureaux de Pusy, 4 November 441 To William B. Arbuckle, 5 November 441 From Nicolas G. Dufief, 5 November 442 To William Eustis, 5 November 443 To David Higginbotham, 5 November 443 To Cunningham Harris, 6 November 444 To James Madison, 6 November 445 To William Short, 6 November 446 From John Dortic, 7 November 447 To Samuel Pleasants, 7 November 447 To Eleuthere I. du Pont de Nemours, 8 November 448 To Albert Gallatin, 9 November 449 From Madame de Sta--l Holstein, 10 November 449 From James Monroe, 11 November 453 From John Speyer, 12 November 454 From Joseph Dougherty, 13 November 454 From Samuel Pleasants, 13 November 455 From Eli Alexander, 14 November 455 From John Woodside, 14 November 456 To Charles Johnston, 15 November 457 From George Tucker, 15 November 458 From Francis Adrian Van der Kemp, 16 November 459 List of Blankets and Cloth Distributed to Poplar Forest Slaves, [ca. 17 November-14 December] 460 From Isaac Cox Barnet, 21 November 463 From Charles Clay, 21 November 464 To Matthew Pate, 23 November 465 From Bernard McMahon, 24 November 465 From Regnault de Becourt, 25 November 466 From Abner E. Callaway, 25 November 468 From Charles G. Paleske, 27 November 468 From James Semple, [28 November] 469 To Benjamin Johnson, 29 November 470 To Archibald Robertson, 29 November 470 From Robert Patterson, enclosing Drawing of Charles RedheCer's Perpetual Motion Machine, 30 November 471 From Archibald Robertson, 30 November 475 Notes on Benjamin Johnson's Lands Adjacent to Poplar Forest, [ca. 1 December] 475 From Bernard McMahon, 1 December 476 From Alrichs & Dixon, 2 December 477 From Samuel R. Demaree, 2 December 478 To Benjamin Johnson, 2 December 479 Notes on Wheat Shipments from Poplar Forest, [ca. 4 December] 481 Joseph Slaughter's Survey of the Poplar Forest Curtilage, 5 December 482 From Gibson & Jefferson, 7 December 483 From Burgess GriDn, 8 December 483 From John Barnes, 9 December 483 To Reuben Perry, 10 December 485 To Robert Richardson, 10 December 485 From Jeremiah A. Goodman, [ca. 13 December?] 486 Agreement with Benjamin Johnson for Exchange of Poplar Forest Lands, 13 December 486 Instructions for Poplar Forest Management, 13 December 488 To Charles Clay, 14 December 490 From Frederic Tudor, 14 December 491 From Donald Fraser, 15 December 492 From John Melish, 15 December 492 From Samuel Pleasants, 16 December 493 From Albert Gallatin, 18 December 493 From Thomas Williamson, 19 December 494 To Paul Hamilton, 21 December 495 From Arnold BuCum, 22 December 495 To Davis Durrett, 22 December 497 From Davis Durrett, 22 [December] 497 To Davis Durrett, 24 December 498 From Davis Durrett, 24 [December] 499 To John Barnes, 25 December 499 To John T. Barraud, 25 December 499 To Joseph Dougherty, 25 December 500 To Nicolas G. Dufief, 25 December 501 To Eleuthere I. du Pont de Nemours, 25 December 501 To Paul Hamilton, 25 December 502 From Samuel J. Harrison, 25 December 503 To John Taggart, 25 December 503 To Thomas Williamson, 25 December 503 To John Woodside, 25 December 504 From Thomas L. Dillehay, 26 December 504 To Reuben Perry, 26 December 505 To William Short, 26 December 505 To Robert Patterson, 27 December 506 To John Adams, 28 December 508 From William Vaughan, 29 December 513 1813 From Alrichs & Dixon, 1 January 515 From Paul Hamilton, 2 January 515 To Philip P. Barbour, 4 January 516 From Nicolas G. Dufief, 4 January 523 From Edward F. Bond, 5 January 524 To Nimrod Bramham, 5 January 526 To Joseph C. Cabell, 5 January 528 To Chapman Johnson, 5 January 529 From John Barnes, 6 January 530 To Samuel J. Harrison, 7 January 531 From Isaac A. Coles, 8 January, enclosing Isaac A. Coles to a Young Friend in Virginia, 30 December 1812 531 To Donald Fraser, 8 January 545 To Jeremiah A. Goodman, 8 January 545 To Henry Middleton, 8 January 546 To John Taggart, 8 January 547 To Archibald Thweatt, 8 January 548 To Frederic Tudor, 8 January 548 To Nicolas G. Dufief, 9 January 549 From Chapman Johnson, 9 January 549 From Louis Philippe Gallot de Lormerie, enclosing Proposal for the Military Use of Sugar, 9 January 550 To Bernard McMahon, 11 January 553 To Abel Morgan, 11 January 553 From Regnault de Becourt, 12 January 554 From Joseph C. Cabell, 12 January 556 To Samuel R. Demaree, 12 January 557 From Robert Patterson, 12 January 558 To James Ronaldson, 12 January 560 From Gibson & Jefferson, 13 January 561 To John Melish, 13 January 562 To Alrichs & Dixon, 14 January 566 From Alexander Garrett, 14 January 567 To William Champe Carter, 16 January 568 To John Barnes, 17 January 570 From Samuel J. Harrison, 17 January 571 From Benjamin Shackelford, 17 January 571 To Francis Adrian Van der Kemp, 17 January 572 To William Champe Carter, 19 January 573 From Peter Minor, 19 January 574 From John Chambers, 20 January 574 To Peter Minor, 20 January 574 To Patrick Gibson, 21 January 575 From David Bailie Warden, 21 January 576 To William Duane, 22 January 577 From Robert Morrell, 22 January 579 From Thomas C. Flournoy, 23 January 580 From Theodorus Bailey, 25 January 581 From John Taggart, 25 January 583 From John Adams, 26 January 583 To Richard M. Johnson, 26 January 586 From Gibson & Jefferson, 27 January 587 From James Madison, 27 January 587 From Abraham Howard Quincy, 27 January 588 To Richard M. Johnson, 29 January 591 From Richard M. Johnson, 30 January 592 To Jeremiah A. Goodman and Nimrod Darnil, 31 January 593 To Samuel J. Harrison, 31 January 593 From Nicolas G. Dufief, 1 February 594 From John Adams, 2 February 595 From William Champe Carter, 2 February 596 From William Caruthers, 3 February 596 To Sarah Bowdoin (Dearborn), 4 February 597 To Patrick Gibson, 4 February 597 To Patrick Gibson, 4 February 599 To Jeremiah A. Goodman, 5 February 600 To Robert Morrell, 5 February 600 From No--l de la Moriniere, enclosing Questionnaire on River Fishes, 5 February 601 To Theodorus Bailey, 6 February 606 To Regnault de Becourt, 6 February 607 Lease of Firewood Rights to James Marr, 6 February 607 To John Armstrong, 8 February 608 To James Madison, 8 February 609 From Richard M. Johnson, 9 February 611 From Pierre Samuel Du Pont de Nemours, enclosing Obituary Notice for Joel Barlow by Konrad E. Oelsner and Pierre Samuel Du Pont de Nemours, 10 February 612 From Patrick Gibson, 10 February 621 To William Short, 10 February, enclosing Bond from David Higginbotham to William Short, 31 January 622 To Nicolas G. Dufief, 11 February 625 From John Melish, 11 February 625 From James Carver, 12 February 630 From William P. Gardner, 13 February 631 From James Cutbush, 14 February 633 From William Duane, 14 February 634 From Samuel J. Harrison, 14 February 638 From Joseph C. Cabell, 17 February 638 To James Hamilton, 17 February 639 From Benjamin Waterhouse, 17 February 640 From William A. Burwell, 19 February 642 To William P. Gardner, 19 February 643 From Anonymous, 21 February 644 To John Armstrong, 21 February 645 To James Madison, 21 February 646 From Thomas H. Palmer, 22 February 649 To John L. Thomas, 23 February 651 From William Cocke, 24 February 651 From Randolph Jefferson, 24 February 653 From Lewis Brown, 25 February 653 From Joseph Delaplaine and from Murray, Draper, Fairman & Company, 25 February 654 To Alrichs & Dixon, 26 February 655 To Patrick Gibson, 26 February 656 To Dabney Carr, 27 February 657 From Bernard McMahon, 27 February 657 From John L. Thomas, 1 March 658 To Randolph Jefferson, 2 March 658 From George P. Stevenson, 2 March 659 From Patrick Gibson, 3 March 660 To John Chambers, 4 March 660 To James Cutbush, 4 March 661 To Joseph Delaplaine and to Murray, Draper, Fairman & Company, 4 March 662 From John Rhea, 4 March 662 To Jeremiah A. Goodman, 5 March 663 From Joseph St. Leger d'Happart, 5 March 664 From Louis Philippe Gallot de Lormerie, 5 March 665 To Thomas H. Palmer, 6 March 667 To Benjamin Rush, 6 March 668 To Patrick Gibson, 7 March 670 To Samuel J. Harrison, 7 March 673 To Robert Fulton, 8 March 673 To Abraham Howard Quincy, 8 March 674 From John Clarke, 9 March 675 From Thomas Lehre, 9 March 680 To Benjamin Waterhouse, 9 March 682 From Alrichs & Dixon, 10 March 683 From James Madison, 10 March 684 Appendix: Supplemental List of Documents Not Found 687 Index 689

Volume

v. 6 : cloth ISBN 9780691137728

Description

Volume Six of the definitive edition of Thomas Jefferson's papers from the end of his presidency until his death presents 516 documents from 11 March to 27 November 1813. Although free from the cares of government, Jefferson cannot disassociate himself from politics entirely. He recommends to President James Madison during the War of 1812 that gunboats be used to protect the Chesapeake Bay, and writes to his congressional son-in-law, John Wayles Eppes, urging the repayment of the national debt and the reining in of the American banking system. Jefferson remains active and healthy, making trips to his beloved Poplar Forest estate, entertaining visitors at Monticello, and happily supervising the education of his grandchildren and other relations. His correspondence shows no signs of abating--he writes to John Waldo and John Wilson to discuss the improvement of English orthography, addresses Isaac McPherson as part of a plea for limits on government-sanctioned intellectual-property rights, and provides a study of Meriwether Lewis for Nicholas Biddle's History of the Expedition under the command of Captains Lewis and Clark. Finally, this volume records the most intense period of correspondence between Jefferson and John Adams during their retirement. In an exchange of thirty-one letters, the two men reveal their hopes and fears for the nation.

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Foreword vii Acknowledgments ix Editorial Method and Apparatus xi Maps xxxix Illustrations xliii Jefferson Chronology 2 1813 To Alrichs & Dixon, 11 March 3 To Lewis Brown, 11 March 3 To Patrick Gibson, 11 March 4 To Jeremiah A. Goodman, 11 March 4 To Samuel J. Harrison, 11 March 5 To John L. Thomas, 11 March 5 To William Caruthers, 12 March 6 From John H. Cocke, 12 March 7 To John H. Cocke, 12 March 7 From Margaret B. Bonneville, 13 March 8 From William A. Burwell, enclosing Instructions for the Use of a Carding Machine, 13 March 9 From Dabney Carr, 14 March 12 From Sarah Grotjan, 15 March 12 From Benjamin Rush, 15 March 13 From Andre Thouin, 15 March 17 Will of Thomas Mann Randolph, 16 March 18 From Patrick Gibson, 17 March 20 From Charles Rogers, [ca. 17 March] 21 From Alrichs & Dixon, 18 March 24 From Samuel J. Harrison, 19 March 24 List of 1812 Tobacco Crop Sold to Samuel J. Harrison, with Thomas Jefferson's Notes, [after 19 March] 25 George Poindexter to James Monroe, [before 20 March] 26 From Benjamin Smith Barton, 23 March 27 From Thomas Lehre, 23 March 28 From Thomas Paine McMahon, 24 March 29 From Samuel J. Harrison, 25 March 31 From Robert Patterson, 25 March 31 From William Caruthers, 26 March 31 From John B. Colvin, 26 March 32 From Louis Philippe Gallot de Lormerie, 26 March 33 Will of Anne Scott Marks, 26 March 34 Conveyance of Part of Shadwell to Thomas Jefferson Randolph, 26 March 35 Conveyance of Slaves to Thomas Jefferson Randolph, 26 March 36 From Benjamin Waterhouse, 26 March 37 From Samuel & James Leitch, 27 March 40 From John Waldo, 27 March 40 From Edward Bolling, 29 March 42 From Alexander Garrett, 29 March 43 To Patrick Gibson, 29 March 43 From Rodolphus Dickinson, 30 March 44 To Louis H. Girardin, 31 March 44 From David Bailie Warden, 1 April 45 To Benjamin Smith Barton, 3 April 46 To Margaret B. Bonneville, 3 April 47 To Sarah Grotjan, 3 April 47 To Samuel J. Harrison, 3 April 48 To Louis Philippe Gallot de Lormerie, 3 April 49 To Thomas Paine McMahon, 3 April 49 To Craven Peyton, 3 April 50 From Isaac A. Coles, 4 April 51 To William Duane, 4 April 52 Promissory Note to Edmund Bacon, 7 April 54 To Anthony Finley, 7 April 55 From Robert Fulton, 7 April 55 To John Clarke, 8 April 57 To John B. Colvin, 8 April 58 To Robert Patterson, 8 April 59 To Benjamin Rush, 8 April 60 To Thomas Voigt, 9 April 61 To John Devereux DeLacy, 10 April 62 To William Foushee, 10 April 63 To Thomas Lehre, 10 April 63 To James Madison, 10 April 64 From John Wayles Baker, 11 April 64 From Francis Eppes, 11 April 65 To Patrick Gibson, 16 April 66 To Samuel Brown, 17 April 66 To William Cocke, 17 April 67 To Charles Willson Peale, 17 April 68 To James Walker, 17 April 70 To John Wayles Eppes, 18 April 71 From Elijah Griffiths, 19 April 73 From John Vaughan, 19 April 75 To William DuVal, 20 April 75 To David Michie, 20 April 76 From Thomas H. Palmer, 20 April 77 To Joseph Hornsby, 21 April 78 From Thomas Lehre, 22 April 80 From Valentin de Foronda, 23 April 80 From David Michie, 23 April 81 To Samuel Brown, 24 April 81 To Rodolphus Dickinson, 24 April 82 From Robert Patterson, 24 April 82 To John Vaughan, 24 April 84 To John Barnes, 25 April 84 To John Brown, 25 April 85 To Richard Fitzhugh, 25 April 86 To William Short, 25 April 86 To John Wayles Eppes, 26 April 88 From the Seventy-Six Association, 26 April 88 From Patrick Gibson, 28 April 90 From John Barnes, 29 April 91 From John Barnes, 29 April 91 From John Mason, 30 April 92 To Archibald Robertson, 30 April 92 To Charles Clay, 1 May 93 From Charles Clay, 1 May 94 From Archibald Robertson, 1 May 94 From Benjamin Waterhouse, 1 May 95 From Louis Philippe Gallot de Lormerie, [ca. 2 May] 102 From Patrick Gibson, 4 May 106 To Charles Clay, 6 May 106 To Martha Jefferson Randolph, 6 May 106 From William DuVal, 7 May 107 From Edmund Randolph, 8 May 108 From Richard Fitzhugh, 9 May 109 To Robert Richardson, 10 May 109 To Elizabeth Trist, 10 May 110 From John Winn, 10 May 111 From Charles Clay, 13 May 111 From William Cocke, 15 May 112 From Thomas Lehre, 15 May 113 From Patrick Gibson, 17 May 113 From Hugh Holmes, 17 May 114 To Edmund Randolph, 17 May 115 To John Vaughan, 17 May 115 From James P. Cocke, 18 May 116 To Patrick Gibson, 20 May 116 To Thomas Voigt, 20 May 117 To John Barnes, 21 May 118 To Nicolas G. Dufief, 21 May 119 To James Madison, 21 May 119 To Samuel Pleasants, 21 May 122 To James P. Cocke, 22 May 122 From John Eliason, 22 May 123 To Elijah Griffiths, 22 May 123 To Thomas H. Palmer, 22 May 124 To the Seventy-Six Association, 22 May 124 To James Walker, 22 May 125 From Joseph Delaplaine, 23 May 125 From Lucy F. Smith, 23 May 126 From Samuel Brown, 25 May 127 From John Wayles Eppes, 25 May 129 To Randolph Jefferson, 25 May 132 From Regnault de Becourt, 26 May 133 From Randolph Jefferson, 26 May 134 To Lancelot Minor, 26 May 135 To John Adams, 27 May 137 To Richard Fitzhugh, 27 May 139 To Madame de Stael Holstein, 28 May 140 From John Adams, 29 May 145 From Patrick Gibson, 29 May 147 To John Graham, 29 May 147 From John L. Thomas, 29 May 148 To Joseph Delaplaine, 30 May 148 To John Eliason, 30 May 149 From Tadeusz Kosciuszko, 30 May 150 To Bernard McMahon, 30 May 152 To David Michie, 30 May 152 From David Michie, 30 May 153 To James Monroe, 30 May 154 To William Short, 30 May 155 From Nicolas G. Dufief, enclosing Account for Books, 31 May 156 From Tobias Lear, 31 May 157 To Richard Rush, 31 May 160 To Lucy F. Smith, 31 May 161 Account with Reuben Perry for Work on Main House at Poplar Forest, [ca. May] 162 From John Martin Baker, 1 June 163 From Thomas Clark, 1 June 165 From John Barnes, 3 June, enclosing Account with John Barnes, 31 May 166 From Mathew Carey, 3 June 167 From John Barnes, 4 June 168 From Patrick Gibson, 5 June 168 From James Madison, 6 June 169 From John Taggart, 6 June 170 From James Monroe, 7 June 171 From John L. E. W. Shecut, 8 June 179 From John Adams, 10 June 180 To Eli Alexander, 10 June 181 From Chapman Johnson, 10 June 182 From John Adams, 11 June 183 From Elbridge Gerry, 11 June 184 To Patrick Gibson, 12 June 185 From Richard Rush, 12 June 186 From Samuel Brown, 13 June 187 From Louis Philippe Gallot de Lormerie, 13 June 190 From John Adams, 14 June 191 To John Adams, 15 June 193 To Bernard McMahon, 15 June 195 Bill of Complaint in Jefferson v. Michie, 16 June 196 From James Monroe, 16 June 201 To Jeremiah A. Goodman, 17 June 203 To Richard Rush, 17 June 203 To William Short, 18 June 204 To Mathew Carey, 19 June 206 To Elbridge Gerry, 19 June 207 To Tobias Lear, 19 June 208 To James Monroe, 19 June 209 To John Taggart, 19 June 211 From John Barnes, 20 June 211 To Regnault de Becourt, 20 June 213 To Joseph Hunter, 20 June 213 From Joseph Hunter, 20 June 213 To Randolph Jefferson, 20 June 214 From Randolph Jefferson, 21 June 215 From Chapman Johnson, 21 June 215 To James Madison, 21 June 216 From Benjamin Romaine, 23 June 218 To Nicolas G. Dufief, 24 June 219 To John Wayles Eppes, 24 June 220 To James Monroe, 24 June 226 From John Adams, 25 June 226 From John Strode, 25 June 229 From Frank Carr, 26 June 230 From John Hopkins, 26 June 231 To John Adams, 27 June 231 From Richard Rush, 27 June 235 From John Adams, 28 June 236 To John Barnes, 28 June 239 From John Graham, 28 June 240 From James Monroe, 28 June 241 From Robert Fulton, 29 June 243 From Thomas Lehre, 29 June 250 To John L. E. W. Shecut, 29 June 251 From Caspar Wistar, 29 June 252 From John Adams, 30 June 253 From James Monroe, 30 June 256 Account with Reuben Perry for Work on Barn at Monticello, 1 July 257 From Thomas Voigt, 1 July 258 From John Adams, [ca. 3-5] July 258 From Englehart Cruse, enclosing Drawing and Explanation of an Apparatus for Blowing Up Ships, 3 July 260 From John Barnes, 6 July 262 From Elbridge Gerry, 6 July 263 From Elizabeth Trist, 7 July 264 From Dabney Carr, 8 July 268 From John Devereux DeLacy, 8 July 268 From Peter Derieux, 8 July 269 From Robert Fulton, 8 July, enclosing Stephen Decatur's Opinion of Robert Fulton's Experiments with Underwater Artillery, 6 May 272 From William Short, 8 July 274 From John Adams, 9 July 277 From Nicolas G. Dufief, 10 July 280 To John Graham, 11 July 281 From Randolph Jefferson, 11 July 282 To Benjamin Romaine, 11 July 282 To Richard Rush, 11 July 283 From John Adams, 12 July 283 To Randolph Jefferson, 12 July 285 From John Adams, 13 July 286 To James Barbour, 13 July 288 From Mathew Carey, 13 July 289 To James Madison, 13 July 289 From Rembrandt Peale, 13 July 291 To John Strode, 13 July 292 To Samuel Brown, 14 July 292 To Patrick Gibson, 14 July 294 From Patrick Gibson, 14 July 295 From John Adams, with Postscript from Abigail Adams, 15 July 296 From John Adams, 16 July 298 From John Strode, 17 July 301 From John Adams, 18 July 301 Agreement with William Ballard, 18 July 304 From John G. Gamble, 20 July 304 To Patrick Gibson, 20 July 305 To John Barnes, 21 July 307 From William A. Burwell, 21 July 307 Clothing and Bedding Distribution List for Poplar Forest Slaves, [after 21 July] 308 From John Wayles Eppes, 21 July 311 To Robert Fulton, 21 July 313 To Hugh Holmes, 21 July 314 To Nathaniel H. Hooe, 21 July 314 From Thomas Hornsby, 21 July 315 From Thomas Lehre, 21 July 317 From John Adams, 22 July 317 To Englehart Cruse, 23 July 319 To John Devereux DeLacy, 23 July 319 To Peter Derieux, 23 July 320 From Patrick Gibson, 24 July 321 From George M. Troup, 24 July 321 From Henry M. Brackenridge, 25 July 322 From Robert Fulton, 25 July 330 To Jeremiah A. Goodman, 26 July 331 To George Hay, 26 July 332 From Peter Derieux, 27 July 332 From John Tayloe, 27 July 333 From Patrick Gibson, 29 July 334 From Hugh Holmes, 29 July 335 From James Barbour, 30 July 336 To Joseph Darmsdatt, 30 July 336 To Patrick Gibson, 30 July 337 To Thomas Voigt, 30 July 338 From Tunis Wortman, 30 July 339 From Edward Hansford and John L. Clarke, 31 July 340 To Samuel & James Leitch, 31 July 341 From Ferdinand R. Hassler, 1 August 342 Account with David Higginbotham, 1 August 343 To Robert Richardson, 1 August 349 To David Ross, 1 August 350 To William Wirt, 1 August 351 Account with the Mutual Assurance Society, [ca. 2 August] 351 From Horatio G. Spafford, 2 August 352 From Isaac McPherson, 3 August 353 From John Wilson, 3 August 354 From Elbridge Gerry, 4 August 355 From Patrick Gibson, 4 August 356 To Paul Allen, 5 August 357 From Charles L. Lewis, 5 August 358 From John Rhea, 5 August 358 From Isaac A. Coles, 6 August 359 To Josef Yznardy, 6 August 359 Account with the Mutual Assurance Society, [ca. 7 August] 360 To Clifton Garland, 7 August 361 From John Graham, 7 August 362 From Randolph Jefferson, [7] August 363 From Thomas Newton, 7 August 364 From David Ross, 7 August 364 From Joseph Dougherty, 8 August 365 To David Higginbotham, 8 August 365 To Randolph Jefferson, 8 August 366 To Craven Peyton, 8 August 367 From John Adams, 9 August 367 From Regnault de Becourt, 9 August 368 From Harry Innes, 9 August 369 To John G. Gamble, 10 August 371 To Craven Peyton, 10 August 372 From Alexander H. Stevens, 10 August 372 To John Hopkins, 11 August 373 To Rembrandt Peale, 11 August 373 To Samuel Pleasants, 11 August 374 From Richard Rush, 12 August 375 From John L. E. W. Shecut, 12 August 376 From Francis Smith, 12 August 378 To Isaac McPherson, 13 August 379 From John Adams, [ca. 14] August 386 From William C. C. Claiborne, 14 August, enclosing Decrees of the New Orleans City Council, 7 August and 9 August, and Claiborne's Address to the New Orleans City Council, 9 August 388 From Patrick Gibson, 14 August 396 To Joseph Dougherty, 15 August 396 To James Madison, 15 August 397 To Peter Minor, 15 August 398 To Samuel H. Smith, 15 August 399 To Horatio G. Spafford, 15 August 400 To Tunis Wortman, 15 August 400 From Peter Minor, 16 August 401 To John Waldo, 16 August 402 From Augustus B. Woodward, 16 August 407 To George Divers, 17 August 411 From George Divers, 17 August 412 From Samuel Pleasants, 17 August 412 To Francis Smith, 17 August 413 To John Wilson, 17 August 413 To Caspar Wistar, 17 August 415 Biography of Meriwether Lewis 417 I. Thomas Jefferson to Paul Allen, 18 August 418 II. Unidentified Author's Short Biography of Meriwether Lewis, [before 18 August] 426 III. Paul Allen to Thomas Jefferson, 18 August 427 From Lucy Cooley, 18 August 428 From Samuel H. Smith, 18 August 428 To Paul Allen, 20 August 429 To Nicholas Biddle, 20 August 430 To Youen Carden, 20 August 430 From James Leitch, 20 August 431 From James Martin (of New York), 20 August 431 From William C. C. Claiborne, 21 August, enclosing Francois Xavier Martin's Motion for an Injunction against Edward Livingston, 14 August 433 To Abigail Adams, 22 August 437 To John Adams, 22 August 438 To Nicolas G. Dufief, 22 August 441 To Peter Derieux, 23 August 442 From James McKinney, 23 August 442 To James Madison, 23 August 442 To Richard Rush, 23 August 443 To Samuel H. Smith, 23 August 444 To Alexander H. Stevens, 23 August 445 To Augustus B. Woodward, 24 August 445 From Josiah Meigs, 25 August 445 From William Canby, 27 August 447 To Archibald Robertson, 27 August 448 From Horatio G. Spafford, 27 August 449 From Brown & Robertson, 28 August 450 To Francis Eppes, 28 August 451 To Thomas A. Holcombe, 28 August 451 James McKinney's Description of a Hemp Brake, [ca. 28 August] 452 From Isaac McPherson, 28 August, enclosing Extract of a Letter from Jonathan Ellicott to Thomas Worthington, [ca. January-February?] 453 From Destutt de Tracy, 29 August 458 From William P. DuVal, 29 August 460 From Samuel H. Smith, 29 August 461 Judith Lomax's Poem: "Monticello," [ca. August] 463 Deposition of Martin Dawson in Jefferson v. Michie, 1 September 464 From John Adams, 2 September 465 From Thomas Voigt, 3 September 467 From Jose Correa da Serra, 6 September, enclosing Georges Cuvier to Correa da Serra, [before 6 September] 468 From Nicolas G. Dufief, 6 September 471 From Nathaniel H. Hooe, 6 September 471 David Michie's Plea and Answer in Jefferson v. Michie, [by 6 September] 472 To Charles Johnston, 7 September 482 From John Sen Trescot, 7 September 483 From Pierre Samuel Du Pont de Nemours, 8 September 484 To Henry Flood, 8 September 486 Memorandum to Jeremiah A. Goodman, 8 September 486 To Randolph Jefferson, 8 September 487 To Joseph Slaughter, 8 September 488 From Isaac Doolittle, 11 September 489 To John Wayles Eppes, 11 September 490 From John Adams, 14 September 499 From "A Man of Years & A Citizen," [received 14 September] 503 From John Adams, 15 September 503 From Gales & Seaton, enclosing Account with the National Intelligencer, 15 September 505 To William D. Meriwether, 17 September 507 To John Barnes, 18 September 507 To William Canby, 18 September 508 To Isaac Doolittle, 18 September 509 To William Duane, 18 September 509 To Nicolas G. Dufief, [18] September 510 To Harry Innes, 18 September 511 From George Logan, 18 September 512 To Isaac McPherson, 18 September 514 To Josiah Meigs, 18 September 515 To Thomas Ritchie, 19 September 515 To Caspar Wistar, 19 September 516 From Abigail Adams, 20 September 516 From Charles L. Bankhead, [20 September] 517 To Henry M. Brackenridge, 20 September 518 To James Martin (of New York), 20 September 518 From John Adams, [22] September 520 To William Champe Carter, 23 September 522 To James Monroe, 23 September 524 From James Monroe, 23 September 524 From James Monroe, [23 September] 525 From Donald Fraser, 24 September 525 From William Duane, 26 September 526 From John Wayles Eppes, 26 September 530 From Nicholas Biddle, 28 September 531 To James Monroe, 28 September 532 From Nicolas G. Dufief, 29 September 533 From Thomas Law, 1 October 534 From James Monroe, 1 October 534 From Edmund M. Blunt, 2 October 535 To Andrew Moore, 2 October 536 To George Logan, 3 October 538 From John Adams, [ca. 4 October] 540 From Charles Yancey, 4 October 543 To Patrick Gibson, 6 October 543 From Andrew Moore, 8 October 545 From John Barnes, 10 October 546 From Frederick Jordy, 11 October 546 To John Adams, 12 October 548 From Patrick Gibson, 13 October 552 Contract to Purchase Corn from Craven Peyton, 13 October, with Subsequent Receipts 553 Robert B. Sthreshly to Edmund Bacon, 13 October 554 From William F. Gordon, 15 October 554 Archibald Stuart's Decision in Jefferson v. Michie, [15 October] 555 To William McClure, 16 October 556 From John Jacob Astor, 18 October 556 From John Barnes, 19 October 558 To Edmund M. Blunt, 19 October 559 To Burgess Allison, 20 October 559 To Gales & Seaton, 20 October 560 To John Sen Trescot, 20 October 561 From Thomas Voigt, 20 October 561 To Patrick Gibson, 21 October 561 To John Adams, 28 October 562 From Horatio Turpin, 28 October 568 To Thomas Voigt, 29 October 569 From Samuel K. Jennings, 30 October 569 From James Cutbush, 31 October 571 From Joseph Graham, 1 November 572 To George Hay, 2 November 572

Volume

v. 9 : cloth ISBN 9780691156705

Description

Volume Nine of the project documenting Thomas Jefferson's last years presents 523 documents from 1 September 1815 to 30 April 1816. In this period, Jefferson makes three trips to Poplar Forest. During two visits to the Peaks of Otter, he measures their altitude and his calculations are reprinted in several newspapers. Jefferson welcomes the returning war hero Andrew Jackson in a visit to Poplar Forest and offers a toast at a public dinner in Lynchburg held in the general's honor. With the end of the War of 1812, Jefferson uses European contacts to begin restocking his wine cellar and refilling his bookshelves. In a draft letter to Horatio G. Spafford, Jefferson indulges in a "tirade" against a pamphlet by a New England clergyman. Jefferson decides to drop the section from the letter but sends it to Richmond Enquirer publisher Thomas Ritchie with permission to publish it without Jefferson's name. An anonymous letter in the Washington Daily National Intelligencer on the interpretation of the U.S. Constitution elicits a similarly anonymous response from Jefferson. His family circle grows with the birth of a great-granddaughter. Despite a report of his death, Jefferson continues to enjoy perfect health.

Table of Contents

Foreword vii Acknowledgments ix Editorial Method and Apparatus xi Maps xxxix Illustrations xliii Jefferson Chronology 2 1 8 1 5 Deposition of James Lewis in Jefferson v. Michie, 1 September 3 From Joseph Miller, 1 September 3 From Benjamin Waterhouse, 1 September 4 From Edward Bancroft, 5 September 6 From Albert Gallatin, 6 September 8 From Alden Partridge, enclosing Table of Altitudes of Northern Mountains, 6 September 9 From A. Baudon, [by 8 September] 12 From Lafayette, 8 September 13 From George W. Campbell, 9 September 14 From James Maury, 9 September 16 Jefferson's Travel receipts 18* I. Guerrant & Staples's Bill for Food, [12 September] 19 * II. Henry Flood's Bill for Food and Lodging, [13 September] 19 * III. Robert Hunter's Bill for Food, [13 September] 20 * IV. Charles Hoyle's Bill for Food, [13 September] 20 * V. Bill for Food at a Tavern in Liberty, Virginia, [17 September] 21 * VI. Robert Douthat's Bill for Food and Lodging, 21 September 21 From Samuel K. Jennings, 13 September 22 To William Steptoe, 13 September 26 To Christopher Clark, 14 September 26 To Mary Blair Andrews, 15 September 27 From Joseph Coppinger, 15 September 29 Deposition Regarding Randolph Jefferson's Estate, 15 September 30 From Christopher Clark, 17 September 33 To Thaddeus Norris, 17 September 34 Notes on Distances between Poplar Forest and Natural Bridge, [ca. 17-21 September] 35 Calculations of Latitudes of the Sharp Peak of Otter and Natural Bridge, 18 September-10 November 36 From Patrick Gibson, 21 September 37 To Jose Correa da Serra, 22 September 37 To John Milledge, 22 September 38 To John Rhea, 22 September 39 Account with William Steptoe, 22 September 40 From Mathew Carey, 23 September 40 To John Holmes, 23 September 41 From John Jefferson, 23 September 42 To Samuel K. Jennings, 23 September 43 From James Monroe, 23 September 44 From Henry Dearborn, 26 September 46 From Charles Yancey, 26 September 47 From John Glendy, 28 September 48 To Randolph Harrison, 28 September 49 From Nicolas G. Dufief, 29 September 50 To Patrick Gibson, 29 September 50 To Archibald Robertson, 29 September 51 From James Penn (for Archibald Robertson), 29 September 52 Deposition of Elizabeth Henderson in Jefferson v. Michie, 30 September 52 From James Mease, 1 October 54 From Thomas Addis Emmet, 2 October 55 From Richard S. Hackley, 3 October 57 Promissory Note from Joel Yancey to Charles Clay on Behalf of Thomas Jefferson, 3 October 58 From Mathew Carey, 4 October 58 To Joseph Milligan, 5 October 59 Book List, [after 6 October] 60 From Peter Stephen Chazotte, 6 October 61 To Patrick Gibson, 6 October 62 Notes on a Conversation with Henry Dearborn, 7 October 62 To Henry Dearborn, 7 October 63 From Christopher Greenup, 9 October 63 From Caspar Wistar, 9 October 64 From Lafayette, 10 October 67 To George Watterston, 10 October 69 Observations at Monticello Related to Calculation of Latitude, 11 October-31 January 1816 70 To Alden Partridge, 12 October 71 To Spencer Roane, 12 October 72 To Mathew Carey, 13 October 74 To Tristram Dalton, 13 October 75 To Robert Patterson, 13 October 76 To Henry Sheaff, 13 October 77 To Benjamin Waterhouse, 13 October 78 From George Watterston, 13 October, enclosing Notes on Etienne Bezout's Cours de Mathematiques, [before April] 79 From George Ticknor, 14 October 82 To George W. Campbell, 15 October 88 To Peter Stephen Chazotte, 15 October 90 To George Logan, 15 October 90 To James Mease, 15 October 91 To Charles Yancey, 15 October 92 From Mary Blair Andrews, 16 October 93 To Albert Gallatin, 16 October 94 From John Manesca and Victor Value, 16 October 97 From J. Sheaff (for Henry sheaff), 16 October 98 To Patrick Gibson, 17 October 99 From David M. Randolph, 17 October 100 From John Martin Baker, 18 October 102 From Arsene Lacarriere Latour, 18 October 103 From noah Worcester, 18 October 104 Account with William Ballard, [ca. 20 October] 105 To Patrick Gibson, 20 October 106 To Thomas Ritchie, 20 October 106 From Richard Rush, 20 October 107 To George Watterston, 20 October 107 To Louis H. Girardin, 21 October 108 From George Logan, 21 October 109 To Martin Dawson, 22 October, with Jesse Abell's receipt, 23 October 111 To John Glendy, 22 October 112 From Philip Mazzei, [22] October 112 From Spencer Roane, 22 October 120 To Caspar Wistar, 22 October 121 To John Bracken, 23 October 122 To Robert Saunders, 23 October 123 From Patrick Gibson, 24 October 124 To Charles Massie, 24 [October] 124 From John Minor, 24 October 125 From Robert Patterson, 24 October 125 From Thomas Appleton, 25 October 126 To Arsene Lacarriere Latour, 26 October 128 To John Manesca and Victor Value, 26 October 129 To Richard Rush, 26 October 129 To Henry Sheaff, 26 October 130 To Joseph Milligan, 27 October 130 To John Bankhead, 28 October 131 To Patrick Gibson, 28 October 133 From John Guillemard, 28 October 134 From Robert Saunders, 29 October 136 From William Bentley, 30 October 137 From George Fleming, enclosing Drawing and Description of a Steam Engine, 30 October 138 From Sir John Sinclair, 1 November 143 To Christopher Clark, 2 November 144 From Christopher Clark, 2 November 145 From the Citizens of Lynchburg, 4 November 145 To Martha Jefferson Randolph, 4 November 147 To Christopher Clark, 5 November 148 From Christopher Clark, 5 November 148 From Claude Alexandre Ruelle, enclosing Claude Alexandre Ruelle to James Madison, 5 November 149 From Edmund Bacon, 8 November 151 From Henry Jackson, 9 November 152 Jefferson's Calculations of Altitude of the Peaks of Otter 153 * I. Labeled Diagrams Related to Calculations of Altitude of the Peaks of Otter, [before 10 November] 154 * II. Field notes and Calculations of Altitude of the Peaks of Otter, [10-ca. 17 November] 156 * III. Summary Comments on the Peaks of Otter, [before 2 December] 173 From John Adams, 13 November 174 From Peter S. Du Ponceau, 14 November, enclosing Resolution by the Historical and Literary Committee of the American Philosophical Society, 30 October 177 From James Madison, [15 November] 180 From John Barnes, 18 November, enclosing Baring Brothers & Company to John Barnes, 14 September 181 To Charles Clay, 18 November 183 From Horatio G. Spafford, 18 November 183 From John Rhea, 20 November 184 From John Vaughan, 21 November 186 From William R. Gray, 22 November 187 From Alden Partridge, 23 November, enclosing Observations on the Use of Barometers to Compute Altitudes, 20 August 1811, and Table of Altitudes of the Blue Ridge and Alleghany Mountains, [by 5 November 1810] 187 From Horatio G. Spafford, 23 November 194 From Robert Patterson, 24 November 194 From George Ticknor, 25 November 195 From Jean David, 26 November 197 From Albert Gallatin, 27 November 201 From Robert Patterson, 28 November 204 From Carlo Botta, 29 November 207 From Stephen Cathalan, 29 November 209 From Alexander Murray, 29 November 212 From Lady Virginia Murray, [before 29 November] 213 Conveyance of Sally Goodman to Jeremiah A. Goodman, 30 November 215 From Thomas Leiper, 30 November 216 From Dabney Carr, 1 December 219 From Robert Patterson, 2 December, enclosing Ferdinand R. Hassler's List of Scientific Instruments Procured for the United States Coast Survey, November 220 From Henry Dearborn, 3 December 226 Trigonometry Exercise, 4 December 227 From Charles Clay, 5 December 229 From Philip I. Barziza, 6 December 230 From Pierre Samuel Du Pont de Nemours, enclosing Victor du Pont's Notes on Samuel F. Du Pont, 7 December 231 From George Watterston, 7 December 237 To William Steptoe, 8 December 238 From Alden Partridge, enclosing Summary of Meteorological Observations, 9 December 238 Calculations of Latitude of Poplar Forest, 6 August-10 December 245 From Benjamin Austin, 11 December 247 From John Wayles Eppes, 11 December 250 From Peter Derieux, 12 December 251 To Patrick Gibson, 12 December 254 To Archibald Robertson, 12 December 254 From Benjamin Waterhouse, 14 December 255 Petition of Joseph Miller to the Virginia General Assembly, [presented 15 December] 258 To Fanny Brand, 16 December 262 From Sarah Bowdoin Dearborn, 16 December 262 To John F. Oliveira Fernandes, 16 December 263 From Amos J. Cook, 18 December 264 To Charles Massie, 18 December 267 From Andre Thouin, 18 December 267 From James Gibbon, 19 December 269 From Charles Massie, 19 December 269 From Joseph Delaplaine, 20 December 270 From Pierre Samuel Du Pont de Nemours, 20 December 270 From James Gibbon, 22 December 272 From Patrick Gibson, 22 December 272 To James Madison, 22 December 273 To Joseph Milligan, 22 December 274 To Robert Patterson, 22 December 275 To Horatio G. Spafford, 22 December 276 To John Vaughan, 22 December 276 To Jerman Baker, 23 December 277 To Joseph C. Cabell, 23 December 279 From Charles Willson Peale, 23 December 280 To Philip I. Barziza, 24 December, enclosing Abstract of Marriage Settlement of John Paradise and Lucy Ludwell Paradise, [after 10 May 1769], and Sir William Jones's Notes on Marriage Settlement of John Paradise and Lucy Ludwell Paradise, [after 10 May 1769] 282 To James Gibbon, 24 December 286 From Charles Yancey, 24 December 286 To Jean David, 25 December 287 To Louis H. Girardin, 25 December 288 To David Higginbotham, 25 December 289 To Robert Saunders, 25 December, enclosing Power of Attorney From Giovanni Battista Fancelli to Thomas Jefferson, 29 August 1814, and Transfer of Power of Attorney for Giovanni Battista Fancelli from Thomas Jefferson to Robert Saunders, 25 December 290 From Horatio G. Spafford, 25 December 297 From Charles Yancey, 27 December 298 To William Bentley, 28 December 299 From Lafayette, 28 December 300 From Martin Dawson, 29 December 301 To George Fleming, 29 December 302 To Pierre Samuel Du Pont de Nemours, 31 December 304 From Hosea Humphrey, 31 December 307 1 8 1 6 To Jose Correa da Serra, 1 January 308 From Jean David, 1 January 311 To Patrick Gibson, 2 January 312 To Alden Partridge, 2 January 313 To Pierre Samuel Du Pont de Nemours, 3 January 317 To George Watterston, 3 January 318 From James Gibbon, 5 January 318 From William Short, 5 January 319 From Philip I. Barziza, 6 January 322 From Stephen Cathalan, 6 January 323 To James Gibbon, 6 January 324 From John f. Oliveira Fernandes, 6 January 324 From Madame de Stael Holstein, 6 January 326 To Charles Yancey, 6 January 328 From Jerman Baker, 7 January 331 From Nathaniel Macon, 7 January 332 From David Gelston, 8 January 333 To Benjamin Austin, 9 January 333 From John Bradbury, 9 January 337 From Horatio G. Spafford, 9 January 339 To Charles Thomson, 9 January 340 From Carlo Botta, 10 January 343 To Horatio G. Spafford, 10 January 343 To John Adams, 11 January 345 To John Adlum, 13 January 348 To Jean David, 13 January 348 To Thomas Appleton, 14 January 349 From Joseph Delaplaine, 14 January 351 To George Ticknor, 14 January 353 From Joseph Fox, [ca. 15] January 355 From Joshua Norvell, 15 January 356 To William Short, 15 January 357 To Elisha Ticknor, 15 January 359 To John Vaughan, 15 January 359 From Joseph C. Cabell, 16 January 360 To Henry Jackson, 16 January 362 To James Monroe, 16 January 362 From Philip Doddridge, [17] January 363 From Thomas W. Maury, 17 January 365 From Charles Yancey, 17 January 366 From John F. Oliveira Fernandes, 18 January 366 From John Barnes, 19 January 367 To Dabney Carr, 19 January 367 To David Gelston, 20 January 369 To Patrick Gibson, 20 January 370 To Bernard Peyton, 20 January 371 To Peter Wilson, 20 January 372 To Amos J. Cook, 21 January 374 From Lafayette, 21 January 376 Jefferson's Essay on New England Religious Intolerance 378* I. To Thomas Ritchie, 21 January 378 * II. Essay on New England Religious Intolerance (Draft),[ca. 10 January] 380 * III. Essay on New England Religious Intolerance (As Published), [27 January] 381 To Peter S. Du Ponceau, 22 January 383 To Nathaniel Macon, 22 January 384 From James Monroe, [22] January, enclosing Winfield Scott to James Monroe, 18 November 1815 388 To Philip I. Barziza, 23 January 394 From Joseph C. Cabell, 23 January 394 To Joseph C. Cabell, 24 January 396 From Joseph C. Cabell, 24 January 398 To Peter Derieux, 24 January 399 From Thomas W. Maury, 24 January 400 To John F. Oliveira Fernandes, 24 January 401 From Philip Thornton, 24 January 402 From Benjamin Austin, 25 January 403 From Elisha Ticknor, 26 January 403 To Sarah Bowdoin Dearborn, 27 January 404 From Joseph Delaplaine, 27 January 405 To Philip Doddridge, 27 January 405 To Patrick Gibson, 27 January 406 To Thomas W. Maury, 27 January 406 From Dabney Carr, 29 January 407 From Thomas Eston Randolph, 29 January 408 From George Watterston, 29 January 409 To Noah Worcester, 29 January 410 To Benjamin W. Crowninshield, 30 January 412 To Albert Gallatin, 30 January 413 From Gilbert J. Hunt, 30 January 414 Observations for Calculating the Latitude of Monticello, 30 January-4 February 415 To Thomas Eston Randolph, 30 January 415 To Thomas Appleton, 31 January 416 To Joseph C. Cabell, 31 January 416 To Henry Jackson, 31 January 417 From Bernard Peyton, 31 January 418 To Marc Auguste Pictet, 31 January 419 To George Ticknor, 31 January 420 To Stephen Cathalan, 1 February 420 From Jean David, enclosing Petition and Memorial to Congress on American Viticulture, 1 February 422 To Henry Jackson, 1 February 429 From Jeremiah Platt, 1 February 429 Statement of Taxable Property in Albemarle County, 1 February 430 To David Bailie Warden, 1 February 431 From John Adams, with Postscript by Abigail Adams, 2 February 431 To Joseph C. Cabell, 2 February 435 From John B. Smyth (for William Duane), enclosing Account with William Duane, 2 February 439 To Thomas W. Maury, 3 February 439 From Destutt de Tracy, 4 February 441 To Christopher Greenup, 4 February 443 To James Monroe, 4 February 444 From John F. Watson, 5 February 447 To Joseph Fox, 6 February 447 To John Barnes, 7 February 448 To Patrick Gibson, 7 February 449 To William Marshall, 7 February 449 To Philip Thornton, 7 February 450 From Peter Derieux, 8 February 451 From Peter S. Du Ponceau, 8 February 453 To Henry Jackson, 8 February 454 To George Ticknor, 8 February 454 From Elizabeth Trist, 8 February 456 To Benjamin Austin, 9 February 457 From Benjamin W. Crowninshield, 9 February 458 To Joseph Delaplaine, 9 February 459 To Elisha Ticknor, 9 February 460 From Joseph Delaplaine, 10 February 460 From George Fleming, 10 February 461 To Joseph Milligan, 11 February 463 From John Barnes, 12 February, enclosing Tadeusz Kosciuszko to John Barnes, 26 November 1815 465 From Jose Correa da Serra, 12 February 466 From George P. Stevenson, 12 February 469 From Joseph C. Cabell, 14 February 469 From Stephen Cathalan, 15 February, enclosing Amant Spreafico to Stephen Cathalan, 9 January 470 Notes on Wine Consumption, 15 February-21 July 474 From Isaac Briggs, 16 February 474 From Alexander J. Dallas, 16 February 477 From Francis W. Gilmer, 16 February 478 From Wilson Cary Nicholas, 16 February 480 From Dabney C. Terrell, 16 February 481 Notes for a Settlement with William D. Fitch, 17 February 482 From Lafayette, 17 February, enclosing Destutt de Tracy to Pierre Samuel Du Pont de Nemours, 30 January 484 To Joseph Miller, 17 February 487 To James Monroe, 17 February 487 To Isaac A. Coles, 18 February 488 To James L. Jefferson, 18 February 488 From James L. Jefferson, 18 February 489 From Robert Saunders, enclosing Charles Bellini Estate Account, 20 February 490 From David Bailie Warden, 20 February 492 To Joel Yancey, 20 February 493 Auditor's Report on the Purchase of Thomas Jefferson's Library, 21 February 494 From Joseph C. Cabell, 21 February 495 From Thomas Eston Randolph, 21 February 498 From John G. Robert (for Patrick Gibson), 22 February 499 From John Barnes, 23 February 500 Isaac A. Coles's Account of a Conversation with Thomas Jefferson, [before 23 February] 500 From Robert Ould, 23 February 502 From Garrit Storm, 23 February 503 From Joel Yancey, 24 February 505 From Joseph C. Cabell, 26 February 506 To Alexander J. Dallas, 26 February 507 To Alexander J. Dallas, 26 February 511 To Alexander J. Dallas, 26 February 512 From John Vaughan, 26 February 514 From John Adlum, 27 February 514 To Isaac Briggs, 27 February 515 From James Monroe, 27 February 516 To Joseph C. Cabell, 28 February 517 To Francis W. Gilmer, 28 February 518 To David Higginbotham, 28 February 519 To James Monroe, 28 February 519 To William Short, 28 February 519 To John Bradbury, 29 February 521 To William H. Crawford, 29 February 521 To Gilbert J. Hunt, 29 February 522 From Joseph Miller, 29 February 523 To Wilson Cary Nicholas, 29 February 523 To Wilson Cary Nicholas, 29 February 524 To James Oram, 29 February 525 To John F. Watson, 29 February 525 From Josiah Meigs, 1 March 526 From John Adams, 2 March 526 To Robert Ould, 2 March 529 To Robert Saunders, 2 March 530 To Garrit Storm, 2 March 531 To George Watterston, 2 March 531 From James Barbour, 4 March 532 To James Barbour, 5 March 532 From Anonymous, [ca. 6 March] 535 From Joseph Milligan, 6 March 537 To Richard Peters, 6 March 538 From Mary B. Briggs, 7 March 540 To Patrick Gibson, 8 March 541 From Christopher Hudson, 8 March 542 To Bernard Peyton, 8 March 542 To Thomas Ritchie, 8 March 543 Receipt from John F. Watson, 8 March 544 From George Watterston, 8 March 544 From Isaac A. Coles, 9 March 544 From John Tayloe Lomax, 11 March 545 From Thomas M. Randolph & Company, enclosing Account of Flour Shipped by Thomas M. Randolph & Company, 12 March 546 "A" (Thomas Jefferson) to the Washington Daily National Intelligencer, 13 March 548 From Patrick Gibson, 13 March 552 From John Vaughan, 13 March 552 To John Barnes, 14 March 553 To Ellen W. Randolph (Coolidge), 14 March 553 From William F. Gray, 14 March 555 From William Annesley, [received 15 March] 555 From George Ticknor, 15 March 559 To Joel Yancey, 15 March 562 From James Barbour, 16 March 563 From Benjamin J. Campbell, 16 March 564 Account with James Leitch, 16 March 565 From John Wood, 16 March 566 From Frank Carr, [received 18 March] 567 To Patrick Gibson, 18 March 567 From Patrick Gibson, 18 March 568 From Stephen Cathalan, 19 March, enclosing Amant Spreafico to Stephen Cathalan, 23 February, and Stephen Cathalan to James Madison, 25 September 1814 569 From Ellen W. Randolph (Coolidge), 19 March 578 From Leroy, Bayard & Mcevers, 19 March, enclosing Account with N. & J. & R. van Staphorst, 31 December 1815 579 From Bernard Peyton, 19 March 581 From Thomas Appleton, 20 March 583 From Christopher Clark, 20 March 583 From Gideon Fitz, 20 March 584 From John Barnes, 21 March 587 Account with George Cabell, [ca. 21 March] 588 From Emmor Kimber, 22 March 589 From Wilson Cary Nicholas, 22 March 590 From William Thornton, 22 March 592 To Patrick Gibson, 24 March 593 From Francis Adrian Van der Kemp, 24 March 595 From Joseph Fox, 25 March 597 Account with James Leitch, 25 March 597 From Richard Peters, 25 March 598 To William Annesley, 26 March 601 To Benjamin J. Campbell, 26 March 601 To John f. Oliveira Fernandes, 26 March 602 From Bernard Peyton, 27 March 602 From Thomas Ritchie, 27 March 603 To Archibald Robertson, 28 March 604 From Jose Correa da Serra, 29 March 605 From Isaac Briggs, 30 March 606 To John Wayles Eppes, 30 [March] 607 From Levin Gale, 30 March 609 From Susan Maria Bruff, 31 March 610 From Pierre Samuel Du Pont de Nemours, enclosing Notes on the Encouragement of American Manufactures, 31 March 611 From Albert Gallatin, 1 April 620 To John Wood, 1 April 621 To Wilson Cary Nicholas, 2 April 623 Notes on Popular Election of Juries, [ca. 2 April] 629 From Archibald Robertson, 3 April 630 Title and Prospectus for Destutt de Tracy's Treatise on Political Economy, [ca. 6 April] 630 Note for Destutt de Tracy's Treatise on Political Economy, [ca. 6 April] 633 From William McIlhenney, 6 April 635 To Joseph Milligan, 6 April 638 To Thomas Ritchie, 6 April 640 From Jesse Torrey, 6 April 641 From John Wood, 6 April 642 From Giovanni Carmignani, 7 April 644 To Nicolas G. Dufief, 7 April 645 To Leroy, Bayard & Mcevers, 7 April 646 To John Tayloe Lomax, 7 April 647 To Josiah Meigs, 7 April 647 To William short, 7 April 648 To John Vaughan, 7 April 649 To John Adams, 8 April 649 From William Wingate, 8 April 653 From Francois Gard, 9 April 654 From James Leitch, 9 April 656 From Louis Philippe Gallot de Lormerie, 9 April 656 To James Monroe, 9 April 658 From John f. Oliveira Fernandes, 9 April, enclosing Joseph de Monteverde to John f. Oliveira Fernandes, 2 December 1815 659 To William Short, 9 April, enclosing William Woods's Survey of Land in Dispute between James Monroe and William Short, 21 February 661 From Leroy, Bayard & Mcevers, 10 April 662 To Albert Gallatin, 11 April 663 Promissory Note to John Neilson, 11 April 665 To Thomas Eston Randolph, 11 April 665 From John f. Dumoulin, 12 April 665 From Charles P. De Lasteyrie, 14 April 667 From Thomas Appleton, 15 April, enclosing Will of Philip Mazzei, 3 December 1814 669 From Lafayette, 16 April 679 From Leroy, Bayard & Mcevers, 16 April 679 To Isaac Briggs, 17 April 680 To Mary B. Briggs, 17 April 682 To Susan Maria Bruff, 17 April 682 To James Monroe, 17 April 683 From James L. Jefferson, 19 April 683 To Wilson Cary Nicholas, 19 April 684 From William Short, 23 April 693 From George Ticknor, 23 April 696 To Pierre Samuel Du Pont de nemours, 24 April 699 To Charles Clay, 25 April 702 To Francis Adrian Van der Kemp, 25 April 703 To Jose Correa da Serra, 26 April 704 From Eusebio Valli, 26 April 707 From James Ligon (for Patrick Gibson), with Thomas Jefferson's Notes, 27 April 708 From George Logan, 27 April 708 From James Monroe, 28 April 710 To Elizabeth Trist, 28 April 710 To John Wayles Eppes, 30 April 712 From Tadeusz Kosciuszko, April 714 List of Slave Vaccinations, April-May 717 Appendix: Supplemental List of Documents Not Found 719 Index 721

Volume

v. 11 : cloth ISBN 9780691164113

Description

The 584 documents in this volume cover the period from 19 January to 31 August 1817, during which Jefferson devotes much time and energy to founding Central College, the predecessor of the University of Virginia. In May 1817, at its first official meeting, the college's Board of Visitors authorizes land purchases and a subscription campaign that eventually raises more than $44,000. Jefferson also prepares a legal brief for his chancery suit against the directors of the Rivanna Company. After years of disagreements and failed negotiations, he composes and revises a legal statement of his claim to the property in dispute. Although the complaint is submitted to the court in May 1817, the case is not settled until December 1819. In March 1817 Jefferson's friend James Monroe begins his first term as president. During the summer Jefferson learns of the death of two friends, Madame de Stael Holstein and Pierre Samuel Du Pont de Nemours. Late in the summer he visits Natural Bridge with two of his granddaughters. Jefferson continues to purchase books from Europe with the assistance of George Ticknor, and Stephen Cathalan helps him restock his wine cellar and pantry. Even though Jefferson answers his voluminous correspondence selectively, he still chafes under the burden.

Volume

v. 12 : cloth ISBN 9780691168296

Description

The 580 documents in this volume cover a wide range of fascinating topics. Jefferson receives impressions of a mammoth's tooth, altitude and meteorological observations, a call for a national pharmacopoeia, a discussion of primeval geology, and a letter that elicits Jefferson's opinion that cognition exists "in animal bodies certainly, in Vegetables probably, in Minerals not impossibly." Jefferson leases his Tufton and Lego plantations to his grandson Thomas Jefferson Randolph. The directors of the Rivanna Company rebut Jefferson's 1817 bill of complaint and he unwittingly ensures his eventual financial ruin by endorsing notes totaling $20,000 for Wilson Cary Nicholas. Jefferson adds to the collections of the American Philosophical Society and writes an extended introduction to the "Anas," a corpus of official papers and political anecdotes documenting his service as George Washington's secretary of state. Jefferson drafts legislation to establish a public education system in Virginia. He attends a Masonic cornerstone laying ceremony for the nascent Central College's first pavilion early in October 1817 and is greatly pleased by the passage on 21 February 1818 of a law establishing a commission to plan a new state university, raising his hopes that Central College might soon become the University of Virginia.

Volume

v. 13 : cloth ISBN 9780691172835

Description

This volume's 598 documents span 22 April 1818 to 31 January 1819. Jefferson spends months preparing for a meeting to choose the site of the state university. He drafts the Rockfish Gap Report recommending the location of the University of Virginia at Charlottesville as well as legislation confirming this decision. Jefferson travels to Warm Springs to cure his rheumatism but instead contracts a painful infection on his buttocks. His enforced absence from Poplar Forest leads to detailed correspondence with plantation manager Joel Yancey. A work that Jefferson helped translate, Destutt de Tracy's Treatise on Political Economy, is finally published. Salma Hale visits Monticello and describes Jefferson's views on food, wine, and religion. In acknowledging an oration by Mordecai M. Noah, Jefferson remarks that the suffering of members of the Jewish faith "has furnished a remarkable proof of the universal spirit of religious intolerance." He receives long discussions of occult science and the nature of light by Robert Miller and Gabriel Crane. Abigail Adams dies, and Jefferson assures John Adams that their own demise will result in "an ecstatic meeting with the friends we have loved & lost and whom we shall still love and never lose again."

Volume

v. 14 : cloth ISBN 9780691177830

Description

The 637 documents in this volume span 1 February to 31 August 1819. As a founding member of the University of Virginia Board of Visitors, Jefferson helps to obtain builders for the infant institution, responds to those seeking professorships, and orchestrates the establishment of a classical preparatory school in Charlottesville. In a letter to Vine Utley, Jefferson details his daily regimen of a largely vegetarian diet, bathing his feet in cold water each morning, and horseback riding. Continuing to indulge his wide-ranging intellectual interests, Jefferson receives publications on the proper pronunciation of Greek and discusses the subject himself in a letter to John Adams. Jefferson also experiences worrying and painful events, including hailstorm damage at his Poplar Forest estate, a fire in the North Pavilion at Monticello, the illness of his slave Burwell Colbert, and a fracas in which Jefferson's grandson-in-law Charles Bankhead stabs Jefferson's grandson Thomas Jefferson Randolph on court day in Charlottesville. Worst of all, Jefferson's financial problems greatly increase when the bankruptcy of his friend Wilson Cary Nicholas leaves Jefferson responsible for $20,000 in notes he had endorsed for Nicholas.

Volume

v. 15 : cloth ISBN 9780691182346

Description

The 618 documents in this volume span 1 September 1819 to 31 May 1820. Jefferson suffers from a "colic," recovery from which requires extensive rest and medication. He spends much time dealing with the immediate effects of the $20,000 addition to his debts resulting from his endorsement of notes for the bankrupt Wilson Cary Nicholas. Jefferson begins to correspond with his carpenter, the enslaved John Hemmings, as Hemmings undertakes maintenance and construction work at Poplar Forest. Jefferson and his allies in the state legislature obtain authorization for a $60,000 loan for the fledgling University of Virginia, the need for which becomes painfully clear when university workmen complain that they have not been paid during seven months of construction work. In the spring of 1820, following congressional discussion leading to the Missouri Compromise, Jefferson writes that the debate, "like a fire bell in the night, awakened and filled me with terror," and that with regard to slavery, Americans have "the wolf by the ear, and we can neither hold him, nor safely let him go."

Volume

v. 16 : cloth ISBN 9780691197272

Description

This volume's 571 documents cover both Jefferson's opposition to restrictions on slavery in Missouri and his concession that "the boisterous sea of liberty is never without a wave." Seeking support for the University of Virginia, he fears that southerners who receive New England educations will return with northern values. Calling it "the Hobby of my old age," Jefferson envisions an institution dedicated to "the illimitable freedom of the human mind." He infers approvingly from revolutionary movements in Europe and South America that "the disease of liberty is catching." Constantine S. Rafinesque addresses three public letters to Jefferson presenting archaeological research on Kentucky's Alligewi Indians, and Jefferson circulates a Nottoway-language vocabulary. Early in 1821 he cites declining health and advanced age as he turns over the management of his Monticello and Poplar Forest plantations to his grandson Thomas Jefferson Randolph. In discussions with trusted correspondents, Jefferson admires Jesus's morality while doubting his miracles, discusses the materiality of the soul, and shares his thoughts on Unitarianism. Reflecting on the dwindling number of their old friends, he tells Maria Cosway that he is like "a solitary trunk in a desolate field, from which all it's former companions have disappeared."

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• NCID: BA70638450
• ISBN:
  • 0691121214
  • 9780691124902
  • 9780691128672
  • 9780691135656
  • 9780691137711
  • 9780691137728
  • 9780691149752
  • 9780691153186
  • 9780691156705
  • 9780691160474
  • 9780691164113
  • 9780691168296
  • 9780691172835
  • 9780691177830
  • 9780691182346
  • 9780691197272
• LCCN: 2004048327
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: engfreita
• Place of Publication: Princeton, N.J.
• Pages/Volumes: v.
• Size: 25 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : E302
  • DC22 : 973.4/6/092
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 -- Archives
  • LCSH : Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 -- Correspondence
  • LCSH : Presidents -- United States -- Archives
  • LCSH : Presidents -- United States -- Correspondence
  • LCSH : United States -- Politics and government -- 1809-1817 -- Sources
  • LCSH : United States -- Politics and government -- 1817-1825 -- Sources