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No. | Author | Recipient | Title | Date | Context |
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184351 | Editorial Note: The Kentucky Resolutions of 1798 | For all the significance of the Kentucky Resolutions, Jefferson’s papers reveal little about... | |||
184352 | Editorial Note: Jefferson’s Letter to William Short | On 26 Mch. 1800 Jefferson promised William Short “a long letter containing a comprehensive view”... | |||
184353 | Editorial Note: Jefferson’s Reports of Balloting in the … | On 12 Feb. Jefferson sent copies of Thomas Paine’s Compact Maritime , newly printed from... | |||
184354 | Editorial Note: First Inaugural Address | At noon on 4 Mch. 1801 in the Senate chamber of the Capitol, fifty-seven-year-old Thomas... | |||
184355 | Editorial Note: Notes on Resolution of American Debts … | Article 6 of the Jay Treaty provided for a bilateral commission to settle Americans’... | |||
184356 | Editorial Note: Drafting the Annual Message to Congress | Article 2, Section 3, of the Constitution specifies that the president “shall from time to time... | |||
184357 | Editorial Note: Memorandum on the Seneca Annuity | In 1797, the Seneca Indians sold the last substantial tract of land held in the United States by... | |||
184358 | Editorial Note: Bill to Establish a Government for the … | The Residence Act of 1790 gave Congress until 1800, when the government moved to the Federal... | |||
184359 | Editorial Note: Annual Message to Congress | On Monday, 7 Dec. 1801, the opening day of the first regular session of the Seventh Congress, a... | |||
184360 | Editorial Note: Presentation of the “Mammoth Cheese” | On New Year’s Day, 1802, Jefferson stood in the doorway of the President’s House to receive a... | |||
184361 | Editorial Note: Reply to the Danbury Baptist … | On the first day of the new year, Jefferson prepared the final version of his response to an... | |||
184362 | Editorial Note: Conference with Little Turtle | In the spring of 1801, the Miami Indian leader Little Turtle expressed an intention to travel... | |||
184363 | Editorial Note: To the Senate: Interim Appointments, 6 … | Jefferson wrote his son-in-law, John Wayles Eppes, on 1 Jan. 1802 that although Republicans held... | |||
184364 | Editorial Note: Charges Against Arthur St. Clair | A former general in the Continental army and president of the Confederation Congress, Arthur St.... | |||
184365 | Editorial Note: Conference with Black Hoof, 5 February … | Early in January, during the visit to Washington by the delegation of Miami, Potawatomi, and Wea... | |||
184366 | Conference with Handsome Lake, Cornplanter, and Blue … | When Israel Chapin, the U.S. agent to the Iroquois nations, informed the War Department in... | |||
184367 | Sentence in the Court-Martial of John Spence: Editorial … | I. HENRY DEARBORN’S PRELIMINARY DRAFT [10 MCH. 1802] II. HENRY DEARBORN’S SECOND DRAFT, WITH... | |||
184368 | Method of Using Robert Patterson’s Cipher: Editorial … | I. DESCRIPTION OF METHOD , [18 APR. 1802] II. SAMPLE ENCIPHERMENT : THE LORD’S PRAYER, [18 APR.... | |||
184369 | Opinions on the Common Law, The Case of William Hardin … | I. OBSERVATIONS ON THE COMMON LAW AND HARDIN’S CASE, 11 NOV. 1802 II. ALBERT GALLATIN’S OPINION... | |||
184370 | Drafting the Annual Message to Congress: Editorial Note | At the close of the first session of the Seventh Congress in May 1802, the House of... | |||
184371 | List of Appointments, with Notes by Gallatin and … | August 2 Commissions 25— George Wentworth Surveyor for the District of Portsmouth and Inspector... | |||
184372 | Gallatin, Albert | Gallatin’s Notes on Appointments, with Jefferson’s … | The enclosed list contains all the alterations which seem necessary in the President’s list , so... | ||
184373 | From Thomas Jefferson to the House of Representatives … | Among the papers that Jefferson sent to the House of Representatives on 22 Dec. was a copy of... | |||
184374 | Trisler, George | Circular on the Winchester Triumph of Liberty | for the enlargement, encouragement and continuation of the Winchester Triumph of Liberty and more... | ||
184375 | Plan of a Dry Dock | Discription of the Drawing A The wet Dock, B twelve dry Docks, each to contain one Ship, C the... | |||
184376 | Description of the Physiognotrace | Explanation of Mr. Jno. I. Hawkins Physiognotrace A is a board that mooves up and down in the... | |||
184377 | Jefferson, Thomas | List of Groceries Wanted from Marseilles | 50. ℔ de Maccaroni. 50. ℔ de meme composition de differentes façons pour les potages. 6. paniers... | ||
184378 | To Thomas Jefferson from Robert R. Livingston … | On 12 Mch., Robert R. Livingston began a letter to the president that reported on his activities... | |||
184379 | Drafting Instructions for Meriwether Lewis: Editorial … | A brief, undated set of four comments jotted in pencil by James Madison is the earliest evidence... | |||
184380 | Preparations to Negotiate an Alliance with Great … | On 8 Apr., the president posed a question to the four heads of departments and the attorney... | |||
184381 | Cipher for Meriwether Lewis: Editorial Note | In his instructions for the expedition to the Pacific, Jefferson anticipated that Meriwether... | |||
184382 | Notes on William Eaton’s Accounts: Editorial Note | In the spring of 1802, confronting an expenditure by William Eaton of $16,000 primarily for the... | |||
184383 | Constitutional Amendment on Louisiana: Editorial Note | “I think it will be safer not to permit the enlargement of the Union but by amendment of the... | |||
184384 | Queries on Louisiana: Editorial Note | EDITORIAL NOTE The news that had arrived on the evening of 3 July, of the cession of Louisiana to... | |||
184385 | Party Affiliation of Federal Officeholders: Editorial … | Spurred by dissension in Republican ranks in Philadelphia over Federalists who remained in... | |||
184386 | The Boundaries of Louisiana: Editorial Note | The geographic limits of the purchase of Louisiana were ill-defined. Although Jefferson could... | |||
184387 | Drafting the Annual Message to Congress: Editorial Note | Jefferson’s summoning of the new Congress to convene on 17 Oct. and his desire that the... | |||
184388 | Jefferson’s Letters to David Williams: Editorial Note | Joel Barlow introduced David Williams to James Monroe “as an old friend of Dr. Franklin.” On 20... | |||
184389 | Canons of Official Etiquette: Editorial Note | After Jefferson hosted the newly arrived British Minister Anthony Merry and his wife, Elizabeth,... | |||
184390 | Bill in Chancery of Craven Peyton against John … | In late April and early May 1804, in the aftermath of the death of his daughter and with other... | |||
184391 | Twyman, George | Jefferson, Thomas | To Thomas Jefferson from George Twyman | {Published in print edition Vol. 44:31 dated [before 3 July 1804]. Redated in June 2020 to [3... | |
184392 | Bill for Preservation of Peace in Harbors and Waters … | In the late spring and early summer of 1804, two incidents demonstrated the relative weakness of... | |||
184393 | Bill to Regulate the Clearance of Armed Vessels … | In the spring of 1804, Jefferson began receiving reports that owners of U.S. merchant vessels... | |||
184394 | Annual Message to Congress: Editorial Note | By October 1804, composing the annual message to Congress was a part of Jefferson’s autumn... | |||
184395 | McGillda, Mr. | Jefferson, Thomas | Enclosure: Letter of “McGillda” | as I have not the honor of being Personally Acquainted with you—you will have the goodness to... | |
184396 | Second Inaugural Address: Editorial Note | Before noon on Monday, the 4th of March, Jefferson mounted his horse—probably Wildair, his prized... | |||
184397 | Carriage License: Editorial Note | On 25 May 1803, the Washington city council approved an act, to begin “1 July next,” that... | |||
184398 | Editorial Note | In crafting his response to James Fishback’s letter of 5 June 1809, Jefferson completed a draft... | |||
184399 | Editorial Note | James Madison was on poor terms with James Monroe after the latter’s abortive bid for the... | |||
184400 | Editorial Note | In composing his response to William Baldwin’s letter of 7 Jan. 1810 , Jefferson completed a... |