The papers of Thomas Jefferson. Volume 8, 1 October 1814 to 31 August 1815 / J. Jefferson Looney, editor ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.

Contributor:

Looney, J. Jefferson.

Series:

Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Retirement Series

Retirement series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Presidents--United States--Correspondence.

Presidents.

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826--Correspondence.

Jefferson, Thomas.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (833 p.)

Edition:

Course Book

Place of Publication:

Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Volume Eight of the project documenting Thomas Jefferson's last years presents 591 documents dated from 1 October 1814 to 31 August 1815. Jefferson is overjoyed by American victories late in the War of 1812 and highly interested in the treaty negotiations that ultimately end the conflict. Following Congress's decision to purchase his library, he oversees the counting, packing, and transportation of his books to Washington. Jefferson uses most of the funds from the sale to pay old debts but spends some of the proceeds on new titles. He resigns from the presidency of the American Philosophical Society, revises draft chapters of Louis H. Girardin's history of Virginia, and advises William Wirt on revolutionary-era Stamp Act resolutions. Jefferson criticizes those who discuss politics from the pulpit, and he drafts a bill to transform the Albemarle Academy into Central College. Monticello visitors Francis W. Gilmer, Francis C. Gray, and George Ticknor describe the mountaintop and its inhabitants, and Gray's visit leads to an exchange with Jefferson about how many generations of white interbreeding it takes to clear Negro blood. Finally, although death takes his nephew Peter Carr and brother Randolph Jefferson, the marriage of his grandson Thomas Jefferson Randolph is a continuing source of great happiness.Some images inside the book are unavailable due to digital copyright restrictions.

Contents:

Frontmatter

FOREWORD

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

EDITORIAL METHOD AND APPARATUS

CONTENTS

MAPS

ILLUSTRATIONS

1814

1815

To James Monroe, 1 January - To Caesar A. Rodney, 16 March

From Benjamin Shackelford, 16 March - To Charles Willson Peale, 13 June

To Joseph Darmsdatt, 15 June - To Martha Jefferson Randolph, 31 August

Appendix: Supplemental List of Documents Not Found

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-45698-2

9786613456984

1-4008-4004-X

OCLC:

775873129