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PublisherPrinceton University Press

ISBN-100691135657

ISBN-139780691135656

eBay Product ID (ePID)63871440

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Number of Pages800 Pages

Publication NamePapers of Thomas Jefferson, Retirement Series, Volume 4 : 18 June 1811 to 30 April 1812

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2008

SubjectUnited States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800), United States / 19th Century, Presidents & Heads of State, American Government / General

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaPolitical Science, Biography & Autobiography, History

AuthorThomas Jefferson

SeriesPapers of Thomas Jefferson: Retirement Ser.

FormatHardcover

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Item Height2 in

Item Weight45.2 Oz

Item Length9.5 in

Item Width6.7 in

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Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN2004-048327

TitleLeadingThe

Dewey Edition22

Series Volume Number4

Volume NumberVol. 4

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal973.4/6/092

Table Of ContentForeword vii Acknowledgments ix Editorial Method and Apparatus xi Maps xxxix Illustrations xliii Jefferson Chronology 2 1811 From John Barnes, 18 June 3 To Hugh Chisholm, 18 June 4 From John Martin Baker, 19 June 4 From Charles L. Bankhead, 20 June 5 From George Jefferson, 20 June 6 To Peter Minor, 20 June 7 From Robert Wash, 20 June 7 To William Chamberlayne, 24 June 9 To Charles Everette, 24 June 9 From Gideon Granger, 24 June 10 To George Jefferson, 24 June 10 To James Lyle, 24 June 11 From William McGehee, 24 June 12 From George Jefferson, 27 June 12 From Edmund M. Blunt, 28 June 13 From James Chamberlain, [received 28 June] 14 From Benjamin Rush, 28 June 17 To John Barnes, 29 June 17 From David Bailie Warden, 1 July 19 From Horatio Turpin, 2 July 20 To James Madison, 3 July 21 From Robert Rives, 3 July 22 From Pierre Samuel Du Pont de Nemours, 4 July 22 From George Jefferson, 4 July 24 From William Duane, 5 July 25 From John Barnes, 6 July 26 To Tadeusz Kosciuszko, 8 July 28 To Lafayette, 8 July 29 From James Madison, 8 July 31 To David Bailie Warden, 8 July 33 To Philip Mazzei, 9 July 34 To David Bailie Warden, 9 July 35 To Lafayette, 10 July 36 To David Bailie Warden, 10 July 36 From Benjamin Galloway, 11 July 36 From James T. Austin, 12 July 37 To Mary Lewis, 12 July 38 From John Milledge, 12 July 39 From Philip Turpin, 13 July 41 From Burwell Bassett, 20 July 42 From Jacob Franklin Heston, [before 20 July] 43 From Benjamin Morgan, 20 July 48 To Robert Rives, 20 July 48 From Joel Barlow, [received 21 July] 49 From James Walker, 21 July, enclosing Timber List for Thomas Jefferson's Sawmill Wheels, 20 July 50 To Joel Barlow, 22 July 51 From John L. Thomas, 23 July 52 From Robert Wash, 23 July 53 From Benjamin Franklin Thompson, 24 July 53 From David Bailie Warden, 24 July 54 To Edmund M. Blunt, 25 July 55 To William Duane, 25 July 56 From George Jefferson, 25 July, enclosing Account from Sale of Thomas Jefferson's Flour, 2 July 57 From Wilson J. Cary, 26 July 58 From John H. Cocke, 26 July 59 To William Short, 26 July 59 To Wilson J. Cary, 28 July 61 To John H. Cocke, 28 July 62 To Joel Barlow, 29 July 62 From George Jefferson, 1 August 63 From Benjamin Henry Latrobe, 1 August 63 To James T. Austin, 2 August 67 To Burwell Bassett, 2 August 68 To John Bracken, 2 August 68 To Benjamin Galloway, 2 August 69 To Martin Oster, 2 August 70 Certificate of Henry Cassidy, 4 August 70 To Nicolas G. Dufief, 4 August 71 To James Ogilvie, 4 August 72 From Robert Rives, 4 August 74 To John Jordan, 5 August 75 From James Lyle, 5 August, enclosing Account with James Lyle, 6 July 75 To Benjamin Franklin Thompson, 5 August 76 From Joshua Simmons, 7 August 77 To Archibald Stuart, 8 August 77 From Nicolas G. Dufief, 9 August 79 From John Bracken, 13 August 80 From Nathaniel H. Hooe, 13 August 81 From Martin Oster, 13 August 81 To Henry Dearborn, 14 August 82 From John Dortic, 14 August 84 To Charles Clay, 16 August 86 Preliminary Agreement with William & Reuben Mitchell, [ca. 16 August] 86 Final Agreement with William & Reuben Mitchell, 16 August 87 To Benjamin Rush, 17 August 87 From Palisot de Beauvois, 18 August 89 To William A. Burwell, 19 August 90 From William J. Harris, 19 August 91 From James L. Edwards, 20 August 92 To Charles Willson Peale, 20 August 93 To Brown & Robertson, 21 August 94 To George Jefferson, 21 August 95 Calculations for a Horizontal Sundial at Poplar Forest, [ca. 23 August] 96 To Charles Clay, 23 August 98 From Levett Harris, 23 August 99 From George Jefferson, 23 August 99 To Levi Lincoln, 25 August 100 From Brown & Robertson, 26 August 101 To Thomas Mann Randolph, 26 Aug

SynopsisVolume Four of this definitive edition of Thomas Jefferson's papers from the end of his presidency until his death includes 581 documents from 18 June 1811 to 30 April 1812. Between these two dates, Jefferson famously declares that, "tho' an old man, I am but a young gardener"; expresses hostility to dogs and joins in a petition for a tax to reduce their numbers; calculates lines for a horizontal sundial; surveys part of his Bedford County estate; and draws up work schedules for his Poplar Forest plantation and detailed slave lists for Poplar Forest and Monticello. Jefferson also takes readings of a solar eclipse; attempts to determine Monticello's longitude; measures Willis Mountain; and calls for a fixed international standard for measures, weights, and coins. Joseph Milligan publishes a revised edition of Jefferson's Manual of Parliamentary Practice in March 1812, and Jefferson sends William Wirt a detailed and colorful but largely negative portrait of Patrick Henry for use in his biography of the Virginia orator. Finally, and perhaps of greatest importance to posterity, in January 1812 correspondence resumes between Jefferson and his old friend John Adams, after a long hiatus resulting from their rivalry for the presidency in 1800.

LC Classification NumberE302.J442 2004b