1Editorial Note: The Northern Journey of Jefferson and Madison (Jefferson Papers)
Long before Hamilton’s friend Robert Troup made this observation he had become convinced that the...
2I. Jefferson’s Journal of the Tour, [21 May–10 June 1791] (Jefferson Papers)
1791. May 22. Conklin’s in the highlands. Found here the Thuya Occidentalis, called White cedar...
3II. Jefferson’s Notes on the Hessian Fly, [24 May–18 June 1791] (Jefferson Papers)
Conrad Lasher. 16. miles above Poughkeepsie. The Hessian fly remains on the ground among the...
4III. Thomas Jefferson to Henry Remsen, Jr., 28 May 1791 (Jefferson Papers)
I recieved at New York and Albany the letters and papers you were so kind as to forward thither....
5IV. Thomas Jefferson to Mary Jefferson, 30 May 1791 (Jefferson Papers)
I did not expect to write to you again till my return to Philada., but as I think always of you,...
6V. Thomas Jefferson to Martha Jefferson Randolph, 31 May 1791 (Jefferson Papers)
I wrote to Maria yesterday, while sailing on Lake George, and the same kind of leisure is...
7VI. Thomas Jefferson to Thomas Mann Randolph, Jr., 5 June 1791 (Jefferson Papers)
Mr. Madison and myself are so far on the tour we had projected. We have visited in the course of...
8VII. Thomas Jefferson to George Washington, 5 June 1791 (Jefferson Papers)
In my last letter from Philadelphia, I mentioned that Mr. Madison and myself were about to take a...
9VIII. Jefferson’s Vocabulary of the Unquachog Indians, [14 June 1791] (Jefferson Papers)
Unquachogs. About 20. souls. They constitute the Pusspátock settlement in the town of Brookhaven...
10IX. Jefferson’s Table of Distances and Rating of Inns, [17 May–19 June 1791] (Jefferson Papers)
miles water miles land May 17. Philadelphia to 19. Eliz. town point 80. ferry to N. York 9...