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Papers of Thomas Jefferson - Retirement Series. 18, The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Retirement Series, Volume 9 ; 1 September 1815 to 30 April 1816 / Thomas Jefferson; J. Jefferson Looney.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jefferson, Thomas, author.
- Series:
- Papers of Thomas Jefferson - Retirement Series ; 18
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826--Correspondence.
- Jefferson, Thomas.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (843 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2018]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- FOREWORD
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- EDITORIAL METHOD AND APPARATUS
- CONTENTS
- MAPS
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- Jefferson Chronology
- 1815
- September 1815
- October 1815
- November 1815
- December 1815
- 1816
- January 1816
- February 1816
- March 1816
- April 1816
- Appendix: Supplemental List of Documents Not Found
- Index
- Notes:
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Mai 2019)
- ISBN:
- 9781400845279
- 1400845270
- OCLC:
- 1076475213
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