The Papers of Thomas Jefferson - Retirement Series. 16, The Papers of Thomas Jefferson: Retirement Series, Volume 14 ; 1 February to 31 August 1819 / Thomas Jefferson; J. Jefferson Looney.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826, author.

Contributor:

Looney, J. Jefferson, editor.

Series:

Papers of Thomas Jefferson - Retirement Series ; 16

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826--Correspondence.

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826--Archives.

Presidents--United States--Correspondence.

Presidents.

Presidents--United States--Archives.

United States--Politics and government--1817-1825--Sources.

United States.

United States--Politics and government--1809-1817--Sources.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 PDF (liv, 724 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) :) color illustrations, maps

Place of Publication:

Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2018]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

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 0,000 in notes he had endorsed for Nicholas.

Contents:

Frontmatter

ADVISORY COMMITTEE

FOREWORD

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

EDITORIAL METHOD AND APPARATUS

CONTENTS

MAPS

ILLUSTRATIONS

Volume 14. 1 February to 31 August 1819

APPENDICES

Appendix I

Appendix II

INDEX

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Mai 2019)

ISBN:

1-4008-9047-0

OCLC:

1028970583