1Editorial Note: Jefferson’s Notes on Coinage (Jefferson Papers)
Since Jefferson’s proposals concerning coinage in 1784 were in part inspired by a desire to...
2I. Robert Morris to the President of Congress, 15 January 1782 (Jefferson Papers)
Finding by the Act of the United States in Congress of the seventh Instant that I am Instructed...
3II. Gouverneur Morris to William Helmsley, 30 April 1783 (Jefferson Papers)
In compliance with your request I will now throw together a few ideas on the subject of a new...
4III. Some Thoughts on a Coinage, [ca. March 1784] (Jefferson Papers)
Some Thoughts on a Coinage, and the Money Unit for the U.S. Transition from money to weights....
5IV. Notes on Coinage, [March–May 1784] (Jefferson Papers)
Notes on the establishment of a Money Unit, and of a Coinage for the United States. In fixing the...
6V. Robert Morris to Jefferson, 1 May 1784 (Jefferson Papers)
I have received your favor of the twenty sixth Instant for which I pray you to accept my Thanks....
7VI. Notes for Reply to Robert Morris, [7–9 May 1784] (Jefferson Papers)
Whether the parts of the Unit had better be a measure of the [curre]nt money of account or of the...
8VII. Propositions Respecting the Coinage of Gold, Silver, and Copper, [13 May 1785] (Jefferson Papers)
First. The value of silver compared with gold. Second. The weight or size of the several pieces...