1Editorial Note: Report on Weights and Measures (Jefferson Papers)
Jefferson’s report on weights and measures is an almost perfect embodiment of his dual allegiance...
2I. Tench Coxe to John Jay, 25 January 1790 (Jefferson Papers)
An ingenious Artist of this City has informed me within a few days that he has made a discovery...
3II. William Waring’s Plan for Weights and Measures, 30 January 1790 (Jefferson Papers)
A Plan for the Regulation of Weights and Measures; respectfully proposed to the Legislature of...
4III. Thomas Jefferson to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, 4 July 1790 (Jefferson Papers)
In obedience to the order of the house of representatives of Jan. 15. I have now the honor to...
5IV. First State of the Report on Weights and Measures, [April 1790] (Jefferson Papers)
Sir Isaac Newton has determined the length of a pendulum vibrating Seconds in latitude to be 39.2...
6V. Second State of the Report on Weights and Measures, [April–20 May 1790] (Jefferson Papers)
The Secretary of state, to whom was referred by the house of representatives to prepare and...
7VI. James Madison’s Queries Concerning the Report, [ca. 20 May 1790] (Jefferson Papers)
Quer. if a fixed temperature might not be got by referring to a thermometer, the freezing point...
8VII. Final State of the Report on Weights and Measures, [4 July 1790] (Jefferson Papers)
The Secretary of state to whom was referred, by the house of representatives, to prepare and...
9VIII. Thomas Jefferson to the President of the Senate, 17 January 1791 (Jefferson Papers)
I have the honor to enclose you a Postscript to the Report on Measures, Weights and coins now...
10IX. Postscript to the Report on Weights and Measures, 10 January 1791 (Jefferson Papers)
It is scarcely necessary to observe that the measures, Weights, and Coins, proposed in the...