184321Editorial Note: Reply to the Danbury Baptist Association (Jefferson Papers)
On the first day of the new year, Jefferson prepared the final version of his response to an...
184322Editorial Note: Conference with Little Turtle (Jefferson Papers)
In the spring of 1801, the Miami Indian leader Little Turtle expressed an intention to travel...
184323Editorial Note: To the Senate: Interim Appointments, 6 January 1802 (Jefferson Papers)
Jefferson wrote his son-in-law, John Wayles Eppes, on 1 Jan. 1802 that although Republicans held...
184324Editorial Note: Charges Against Arthur St. Clair (Jefferson Papers)
A former general in the Continental army and president of the Confederation Congress, Arthur St....
184325Editorial Note: Conference with Black Hoof, 5 February 1802 (Jefferson Papers)
Early in January, during the visit to Washington by the delegation of Miami, Potawatomi, and Wea...
184326Conference with Handsome Lake, Cornplanter, and Blue Eyes: Editorial Note (Jefferson Papers)
When Israel Chapin, the U.S. agent to the Iroquois nations, informed the War Department in...
184327Sentence in the Court-Martial of John Spence: Editorial Note (Jefferson Papers)
I. HENRY DEARBORN’S PRELIMINARY DRAFT [10 MCH. 1802] II. HENRY DEARBORN’S SECOND DRAFT, WITH...
184328Method of Using Robert Patterson’s Cipher: Editorial Note (Jefferson Papers)
I. DESCRIPTION OF METHOD , [18 APR. 1802] II. SAMPLE ENCIPHERMENT : THE LORD’S PRAYER, [18 APR....
184329Opinions on the Common Law, The Case of William Hardin: Editorial Note (Jefferson Papers)
I. OBSERVATIONS ON THE COMMON LAW AND HARDIN’S CASE, 11 NOV. 1802 II. ALBERT GALLATIN’S OPINION...
184330Drafting the Annual Message to Congress: Editorial Note (Jefferson Papers)
At the close of the first session of the Seventh Congress in May 1802, the House of...
184331List of Appointments, with Notes by Gallatin and Jefferson (Jefferson Papers)
August 2 Commissions 25— George Wentworth Surveyor for the District of Portsmouth and Inspector...
184332Gallatin’s Notes on Appointments, with Jefferson’s Orders (Jefferson Papers)
The enclosed list contains all the alterations which seem necessary in the President’s list , so...
184333From Thomas Jefferson to the House of Representatives: Editorial Note (Jefferson Papers)
Among the papers that Jefferson sent to the House of Representatives on 22 Dec. was a copy of...
184334Circular on the Winchester Triumph of Liberty (Jefferson Papers)
for the enlargement, encouragement and continuation of the Winchester Triumph of Liberty and more...
184335Plan of a Dry Dock (Jefferson Papers)
Discription of the Drawing A The wet Dock, B twelve dry Docks, each to contain one Ship, C the...
184336Description of the Physiognotrace (Jefferson Papers)
Explanation of Mr. Jno. I. Hawkins Physiognotrace A is a board that mooves up and down in the...
184337List of Groceries Wanted from Marseilles (Jefferson Papers)
50. ℔ de Maccaroni. 50. ℔ de meme composition de differentes façons pour les potages. 6. paniers...
184338To Thomas Jefferson from Robert R. Livingston: Editorial Note (Jefferson Papers)
On 12 Mch., Robert R. Livingston began a letter to the president that reported on his activities...
184339Drafting Instructions for Meriwether Lewis: Editorial Note (Jefferson Papers)
A brief, undated set of four comments jotted in pencil by James Madison is the earliest evidence...
184340Preparations to Negotiate an Alliance with Great Britain: Editorial Note (Jefferson Papers)
On 8 Apr., the president posed a question to the four heads of departments and the attorney...
184341Cipher for Meriwether Lewis: Editorial Note (Jefferson Papers)
In his instructions for the expedition to the Pacific, Jefferson anticipated that Meriwether...
184342Notes on William Eaton’s Accounts: Editorial Note (Jefferson Papers)
In the spring of 1802, confronting an expenditure by William Eaton of $16,000 primarily for the...
184343Constitutional Amendment on Louisiana: Editorial Note (Jefferson Papers)
“I think it will be safer not to permit the enlargement of the Union but by amendment of the...
184344Queries on Louisiana: Editorial Note (Jefferson Papers)
EDITORIAL NOTE The news that had arrived on the evening of 3 July, of the cession of Louisiana to...
184345Party Affiliation of Federal Officeholders: Editorial Note (Jefferson Papers)
Spurred by dissension in Republican ranks in Philadelphia over Federalists who remained in...
184346The Boundaries of Louisiana: Editorial Note (Jefferson Papers)
The geographic limits of the purchase of Louisiana were ill-defined. Although Jefferson could...
184347Drafting the Annual Message to Congress: Editorial Note (Jefferson Papers)
Jefferson’s summoning of the new Congress to convene on 17 Oct. and his desire that the...
184348Jefferson’s Letters to David Williams: Editorial Note (Jefferson Papers)
Joel Barlow introduced David Williams to James Monroe “as an old friend of Dr. Franklin.” On 20...
184349Canons of Official Etiquette: Editorial Note (Jefferson Papers)
After Jefferson hosted the newly arrived British Minister Anthony Merry and his wife, Elizabeth,...
184350Bill in Chancery of Craven Peyton against John Henderson and Others: Editorial Note (Jefferson Papers)
In late April and early May 1804, in the aftermath of the death of his daughter and with other...
184351To Thomas Jefferson from George Twyman (Jefferson Papers)
{Published in print edition Vol. 44:31 dated [before 3 July 1804]. Redated in June 2020 to [3...
184352Bill for Preservation of Peace in Harbors and Waters: Editorial Note (Jefferson Papers)
In the late spring and early summer of 1804, two incidents demonstrated the relative weakness of...
184353Bill to Regulate the Clearance of Armed Vessels: Editorial Note (Jefferson Papers)
In the spring of 1804, Jefferson began receiving reports that owners of U.S. merchant vessels...
184354Annual Message to Congress: Editorial Note (Jefferson Papers)
By October 1804, composing the annual message to Congress was a part of Jefferson’s autumn...
184355Enclosure: Letter of “McGillda” (Jefferson Papers)
as I have not the honor of being Personally Acquainted with you—you will have the goodness to...
184356Second Inaugural Address: Editorial Note (Jefferson Papers)
Before noon on Monday, the 4th of March, Jefferson mounted his horse—probably Wildair, his prized...
184357Editorial Note (Jefferson Papers)
In crafting his response to James Fishback’s letter of 5 June 1809, Jefferson completed a draft...
184358Editorial Note (Jefferson Papers)
James Madison was on poor terms with James Monroe after the latter’s abortive bid for the...
184359Editorial Note (Jefferson Papers)
In composing his response to William Baldwin’s letter of 7 Jan. 1810 , Jefferson completed a...
184360Editorial Note (Jefferson Papers)
Using the French manuscript that he received from the author in 1809, Jefferson undertook to see...
184361Editorial Note (Jefferson Papers)
The material printed below documents the failure of Edward Livingston’s attempt to make Jefferson...
184362Editorial Note (Jefferson Papers)
By the latter part of the 1790s Thomas Jefferson and John Adams had become bitter political...
184363Editorial Note (Jefferson Papers)
In the summer of 1805 William Wirt asked Jefferson to supply him with information for a...
184364Enclosure: Thomas Jefferson’s Account with Craven Peyton for Purchase of Henderson Lands, 14 July 1801 to 7 January 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
Craven Peyton in account for Henderson’s lands, with Th: J. D r
184365Enclosure: Thomas Jefferson’s Account with Craven Peyton for Corn, 28 January 1804 to 25 June 1805 (Jefferson Papers)
Craven Peyton on a contract for corn in acc t with Th: Jefferson D r
184366Editorial Note (Jefferson Papers)
Thomas Jefferson had long advocated sending an American-sponsored expedition to explore the...
184367Editorial Note (Jefferson Papers)
On 12 Jan. 1803 the Virginia General Assembly passed “An Act to establish an academy in the...
184368Editorial Note (Jefferson Papers)
Having learned through the newspapers of the British destruction on 24 Aug. 1814 of the...
184369Editorial Note (Jefferson Papers)
In composing his response to Peter H. Wendover ’s letter of 30 Jan. 1815 , Jefferson completed a...
184370Editorial Note (Jefferson Papers)
In composing a letter to his boyhood friend James Maury , a longtime expatriate serving as United...