Enclosure: Thomas Jefferson’s Supplemental List of Recommended Books, [ca. 4 October 1809]
Enclosure
Supplemental List of Recommended Books
Pike’s arithmetic. 8vo1
Simpson’s Algebra. 8vo
Emerson’s2 fluxions 8vo
Simpson’s Euclid 4to
Gibson’s surveying. 8vo
Hutton’s Mathematical tables 8vo3
Locke on the human understanding 2. v. 8vo4
Stewart’s philosophy of the human mind. 4to5
Ld Kaim’s Natural religion. 8vo
mrs Carter’s Epictetus 2. v. 12mo6
Collins’s Marcus Antoninus. 8vo7
Fielding’s Memorabilia of Xenophon 2. v. 12mo
Cicero’s offices.
his philosophical works generally.
Seneca’s morals by Bennett.
Enfield’s history of philosophy. 2. v. 8vo
Blair’s Rhetoric. 3. v. 8vo
Sheridan on elocution. 8vo
Mason on poetical & prosaic numbers 8vo
Kaim’s elements of criticism. 2. v. 8vo8
2d Dft (DLC: TJ Papers, 188:33507); in TJ’s hand; undated; on verso of PoC of covering letter. 1st Dft (DLC: TJ Papers, 188:33441); in TJ’s hand; undated; on verso of RC of Demaree to TJ, 22 Aug. 1809.
TJ omitted three titles between preparation of his 1st and 2d Dfts (see notes 1 and 8 below), including them instead on the book list he prepared jointly for Demaree and John Wyche.
1. In 1st Dft this title, lacking volume size and preceded by a line reading “Geography. Pinkerton,” appears to the right of three lines reading “Geometry. Arithmetic Astronomy” and linked by a brace.
2. Word interlined in 1st Dft in place of “Saunderson’s.”
3. 2d Dft: “9vo.” 1st Dft: “8vo.” Below this title in 1st Dft TJ canceled “Ferguson’s” followed by a line reading “Metaphysics.”
4. Number and size of volumes omitted in 1st Dft.
5. Volume size omitted in 1st Dft.
6. Number and size of volumes omitted in 1st Dft.
7. Volume size omitted in 1st Dft.
8. 1st Dft concludes with two additional entries: “Dobson’s Encyclopedia. 18. vo. 4to” and “Owen’s dict. of arts & sciences. 4. v. 8vo.”
Index Entries
- A Course of Lectures on Elocution (T. Sheridan) search
- An Essay concerning Human Understanding (J. Locke) search
- A New and Complete System of Arithmetic (N. Pike) search
- astronomy; books on search
- Astronomy explained upon Sir Isaac Newton’s principles (J. Ferguson) search
- A Treatise of Algebra (Simpson) search
- A Treatise of Practical Surveying (Gibson) search
- Bennet, George; New Translation of the Morals of Seneca search
- Blair, Hugh; Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres search
- books; on mathematics search
- books; TJ recommends to S. R. Demaree search
- Carter, Elizabeth, trans.; Stoici Philosophi Encheiridion item (Epictetus) search
- Cicero, Marcus Tullius; De Officiis search
- Collier, Jeremy; The Emperor Marcus Antoninus search
- Demaree, Samuel R.; TJ recommends books search
- De Officiis (Cicero) search
- Dobson, Thomas; Encyclopædia search
- Elements of Criticism (Kames) search
- Elements of the Philosophy of the Human Mind (D. Stewart) search
- Emerson, William; The Doctrine of fluxions search
- Encyclopædia (Dobson) search
- Enfield, William; The History of Philosophy search
- Epictetus (Greek philosopher); Stoici Philosophi Encheiridion item search
- Essays on poetical and prosaic numbers, and elocution (J. Mason) search
- Essays on the Principles of Morality and Natural Religion (Kames) search
- Ferguson, James; Astronomy explained upon Sir Isaac Newton’s principles search
- Fielding, Sarah (trans.); Xenophon’s Memoirs of Socrates search
- Gibson, Robert; A Treatise of Practical Surveying search
- Hutton, Charles; Mathematical Tables search
- Jefferson, Thomas; Books & Library; recommends books search
- Kames (Kaim), Henry Home, Lord; Elements of Criticism search
- Kames (Kaim), Henry Home, Lord; Essays on the Principles of Morality and Natural Religion search
- Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres (H. Blair) search
- Locke, John; An Essay concerning Human Understanding search
- Mason, John (British author); Essays on poetical and prosaic numbers, and elocution search
- Mathematical Tables (C. Hutton) search
- mathematics; books on search
- mathematics; study of search
- Modern Geography (J. Pinkerton); TJ recommends search
- New Translation of the Morals of Seneca (trans. Bennet) search
- Pike, Nicolas; A New and Complete System of Arithmetic search
- Pinkerton, John; Modern Geography search
- Saunderson, Nicholas; The Method of Fluxions search
- Seneca (Roman statesman and philosopher); A New Translation of the Morals of Seneca (trans. Bennet) search
- Sheridan, Thomas; A Course of Lectures on Elocution search
- Simpson, Thomas; A treatise of algebra search
- Simson, Robert; The Elements of Euclid search
- Stewart, Dugald; Elements of the Philosophy of the Human Mind search
- Stoici Philosophi Encheiridion item (Epictetus) search
- The Doctrine of fluxions (Emerson) search
- The Elements of Euclid (R. Simson) search
- The Emperor Marcus Antoninus (Collier) search
- The History of Philosophy (W. Enfield) search
- The Method of Fluxions (Saunderson) search
- Xenophon; Xenophon’s Memoirs of Socrates (trans. Fielding) search
- Xenophon’s Memoirs of Socrates (trans. Fielding) search