The Adams-Jefferson letters : the complete correspondence between Thomas Jefferson and Abigail and John Adams / edited by Lester J. Cappon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Adams, John, 1735-1826, author.

Contributor:

Cappon, Lester Jesse, 1900-1981, editor.

Institute of Early American History and Culture (Williamsburg, Va.)

Series:

Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Adams, John, 1735-1826--Correspondence.

Adams, John.

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826--Correspondence.

Jefferson, Thomas.

Adams, Abigail, 1744-1818--Correspondence.

Adams, Abigail.

Presidents--United States--Correspondence.

Presidents.

Presidents' spouses--United States--Correspondence.

Presidents' spouses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (689 p.)

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill, [North Carolina] ; London, [England] : Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia, by the University of North Carolina Press, 1987.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

An intellectual dialogue of the highest plane achieved in America, the correspondence between John Adams and Thomas Jefferson spanned half a century and embraced government, philosophy, religion, quotidiana, and family griefs and joys. First meeting as delegates to the Continental Congress in 1775, they initiated correspondence in 1777, negotiated jointly as ministers in Europe in the 1780s, and served the early Republic--each, ultimately, in its highest office. At Jefferson's defeat of Adams for the presidency in 1800, they became estranged, and the correspondence lapses from 1801 to 1812, then is renewed until the death of both in 1826, fifty years to the day after the Declaration of Independence. Lester J. Cappon's edition, first published in 1959 in two volumes, provides the complete correspondence between these two men and includes the correspondence between Abigail Adams and Jefferson. Many of these letters have been published in no other modern edition, nor does any other edition devote itself exclusively to the exchange between Jefferson and the Adamses. Introduction, headnotes, and footnotes inform the reader without interrupting the speakers. This reissue of The Adams-Jefferson Letters in a one-volume unabridged edition brings to a broader audience one of the monuments of American scholarship and, to quote C. Vann Woodward, 'a major treasure of national literature.'

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1. ""The great Work of Confederation, draggs heavily on""; May 1111-October 1181; 1777; Jefferson to Adams: Williamsburg, May 16; Adams to Jefferson: Philadelphia, May 26; Jefferson to Adams: Albemarle in Virginia, August 21; Jefferson to Adams: Williamsburg, December 17; 1780; Adams to Jefferson: Paris, June 29; 1781; Jefferson to Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and John Jay: Virginia, October 5; 2. ""The Subject of a Treaty of Commerce""; June 1784-September 1185; 1784; Jefferson to Adams: Boston, June 19

Jefferson to Adams: On board the Ceres off Scilly, July 24Jefferson to Adams and Franklin: Paris, October 17; 1785; Jefferson to Adams and Franklin: [Paris], March 1; Adams to Franklin and Jefferson: Auteuil, March 20; Adams to Jefferson: Auteuil, May 19; Adams to Jefferson: Montreuil sur mer, May 22; Adams to Jefferson: Calais, May 23; Jefferson to Adams: Paris, May 25; Adams to Jefferson: London, May 27; Adams to Jefferson: London, May 27; Adams to Franklin and Jefferson: London, May 29; Jefferson to Adams: Paris, June 2; Adams to Jefferson: London, June 3

Abigail Adams to Jefferson: London, June 6Adams to Jefferson: London, June 7; Franklin and Jefferson to Adams: Passy, June 15; Adams to Franklin and Jefferson: London, June 20; Adams to Franklin and Jefferson: London, June 20; Jefferson to Abigail Adams: Paris, June 21; Jefferson to Adams: Paris, June 22; Jefferson to Abigail Adams: Paris, July 7; Jefferson to Adams: Paris, July 7; Franklin and Jefferson to Adams: Passy, July 8; Jefferson to Adams: Paris, July 11; Adams to Jefferson: London, July 16; Adams to Jefferson: London, July 18; Adams to Jefferson: London, July 24

Jefferson to Adams: Paris, July 28Jefferson to Adams: Paris, July 31; Adams to Jefferson: London, August 4; Jefferson to Adams: Paris, August 6; Adams to Jefferson: London, August 7; Jefferson to Adams: Paris, August 10; Jefferson to Adams: Paris, August 17; Adams to Jefferson: London, August 18; Abigail Adams to Jefferson: London, August 21; Adams to Jefferson: London, August 23; Jefferson to Abigail Adams: Paris, September 4; Jefferson to Adams: Paris, September 4; Jefferson to Adams: Paris, September 4; Jefferson to Adams: Paris, September 4; Adams to Jefferson: London, September 4

Abigail Adams to Jefferson: London, September 6Adams to Jefferson: London, September 11; Adams to Jefferson: London, September 11; Adams to Jefferson: London, September 15; Adams to Jefferson: London, September 16; Adams to Jefferson: London, September 18; Jefferson to Adams: Paris, September 19; Jefferson to Adams: Paris, September 24; Jefferson to Adams: Paris, September 24; Jefferson to Abigail Adams: Paris, September 25; 3. ""As We are poor We ought to be ŒEconomists""; September 1185-February 1186; 1785; Adams to Jefferson: London, September 25; Adams to Jefferson: London, October 2-5

Adams to Jefferson: London, October 3-5

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

979-88-908867-4-3

979-88-908867-5-0

0-8078-3892-6

0-8078-1807-0

1-4696-0026-9

OCLC:

966855765