184311Editorial Note: The Kentucky Resolutions of 1798 (Jefferson Papers)
For all the significance of the Kentucky Resolutions, Jefferson’s papers reveal little about...
184312Editorial Note: Jefferson’s Letter to William Short (Jefferson Papers)
On 26 Mch. 1800 Jefferson promised William Short “a long letter containing a comprehensive view”...
184313Editorial Note: Jefferson’s Reports of Balloting in the House of Representatives (Jefferson Papers)
On 12 Feb. Jefferson sent copies of Thomas Paine’s Compact Maritime , newly printed from...
184314Editorial Note: First Inaugural Address (Jefferson Papers)
At noon on 4 Mch. 1801 in the Senate chamber of the Capitol, fifty-seven-year-old Thomas...
184315Editorial Note: Notes on Resolution of American Debts to British Creditors, 13 June 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
Article 6 of the Jay Treaty provided for a bilateral commission to settle Americans’...
184316Editorial Note: Drafting the Annual Message to Congress (Jefferson Papers)
Article 2, Section 3, of the Constitution specifies that the president “shall from time to time...
184317Editorial Note: Memorandum on the Seneca Annuity (Jefferson Papers)
In 1797, the Seneca Indians sold the last substantial tract of land held in the United States by...
184318Editorial Note: Bill to Establish a Government for the Territory of Columbia (Jefferson Papers)
The Residence Act of 1790 gave Congress until 1800, when the government moved to the Federal...
184319Editorial Note: Annual Message to Congress (Jefferson Papers)
On Monday, 7 Dec. 1801, the opening day of the first regular session of the Seventh Congress, a...
184320Editorial Note: Presentation of the “Mammoth Cheese” (Jefferson Papers)
On New Year’s Day, 1802, Jefferson stood in the doorway of the President’s House to receive a...