The Papers of Thomas Jefferson

by Jefferson, Thomas

• ISBN13: 9780691135571
• ISBN10: 0691135576
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-01-03
• Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr

Summary

In Volume 34, covering May through July 1801, the story of Thomas Jefferson's first presidential administration continues to unfold. He quickly begins to implement his objectives of economy and efficiency in government. Requesting the chief clerk of the War Department to prepare a list of commissioned army officers, Jefferson has his secretary Meriwether Lewis label the names on the list with such descriptors as "Republican" or "Opposed to the administration, otherwise respectable officers." The president calls his moves toward a reduction in the army a "chaste reformation." Samuel Smith, interim head of the Navy Department, in accordance with the Peace Establishment Act, arranges for the sale of surplus warships. Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin gathers figures on revenues and expenses and suggests improvements in methods of collecting taxes. Jefferson delivers an eloquent statement on his policy of removals from office to the merchants of New Haven, who objected to his dismissal of the collector of the port of New Haven. He makes clear that while his inaugural address declared tolerance and respect for the minority, it did not mean that no offices would change hands. On the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Fourth of July, Jefferson entertains around one hundred citizens, including a delegation of five Cherokee chiefs. And on 30 July, Jefferson leaves the Federal City for two months at Monticello.

Author Biography

Barbara B. Oberg, senior research scholar and lecturer with the rank of professor at Princeton University, is general editor of "The Papers of Thomas Jefferson".

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. vii
Editorial Method and Apparatus	p. xiii
Illustrations	p. xli
Jefferson Chronology	p. 2 1 8 0
From Abraham Baldwin, 1 May	p. 3
To Samuel Carr, 1 May	p. 4
From James Linn, 1 May	p. 5
Notes on John Hunter's Recommendations, [ca. 1 May]	p. 6
From Newbury Township Inhabitants, [before 2 May]	p. 7
To the Aliens of Beaver County, Pennsylvania, 2 May	p. 8
From [ Thomas Dill], 2 May	p. 9
From Charles Wyndham Grymes, 2 May	p. 11
From Robert R. Livingston, 2 May	p. 12
From Samuel A. Otis, 2 May	p. 13
From Ephraim Ramsay, 2 May	p. 14
From Amos Windship, 2 May	p. 15
To Gideon Granger, enclosing To Suffeld Citizens, 3 May	p. 17
To George Jefferson, 3 May	p. 18
To James Magoffin, 3 May	p. 19
From John Monroe, 3 May	p. 19
From Abraham Faw, 4 May	p. 20
From Elbridge Gerry, 4 May	p. 21
From James Monroe, 4 May	p. 24
From Pendleton District, S.C., 16th Regiment, 4 May	p. 27
From Samuel Smith, 4 May	p. 28
From Samuel Smith, 4 April [i.e. May]	p. 31
From Benjamin Vaughan, 4 May	p. 31
From Marinus Willett, 4 May	p. 36
To John Barnes, 5 May	p. 37
From William Scales, 5 May	p. 38
From "A Lover of Republicanism," [before 6 May]	p. 41
From John Barnes, 6 May	p. 42
From William Imlay, 6 May	p. 42
To George Jefferson, 6 May	p. 44
From Fournier Lamorinniegrave;re, 6 May	p. 44
From Robert Morris, 6 May	p. 46
From Charles Pinckney, 6 May	p. 46
From Daniel Trump, 6 May	p. 47
From Joseph Barnes, 7 May	p. 48
From the District of Columbia Commissioners, 7 May	p. 51
To Enoch Edwards, 7 May	p. 52
To Charles Wyndham Grymes, 7 May	p. 53
From George Jefferson, 7 May	p. 54
To Thomas Newton, 7 May	p. 55
From Joseph Moss White, 7 May	p. 55
From William Frederick Ast, 8 May	p. 56
From Sylvanus Bourne, 8 May	p. 57
From David Humphreys, 8 May	p. 58
To John Carter Littlepage, 8 May	p. 62
To Robert R. Livingston, 8 May	p. 62
To Gouverneur Morris, 8 May	p. 64
To Newbury Township Inhabitants, 8 May	p. 65
To Theodore Foster, 9 May	p. 66
To James Madison, 9 May	p. 67
To Bishop James Madison, 9 May	p. 68
To Thomas Newton, 9 March [i.e. May]	p. 68
From Robert Patterson and Andrew Ellicott, 9 May	p. 69
From the General Assembly of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, [9 May]	p. 70
From William Duane, 10 May, enclosing
From John Reich, 4 May	p. 71
From Anthony Haswell, 10 May	p. 75
From George Logan, 10 May	p. 77
From John Southack, 10 May	p. 78
To Enoch Edwards, 11 May	p. 79
From George Helmbold, 12 [i.e. 11]
May 79 From Henry Knox	p. 11
May 80 Henry Dearborn's Report on the War Department, [12 May]	p. 81
From Edward Dowse, 12 May	p. 88
From Bate Dyke, 12 May	p. 89
From Enoch Edwards, 12 May	p. 89
From Pierpont Edwards, 12 May	p. 90
From William Findley, 12 May	p. 95
From Charles Wyndham Grymes, 12 May	p. 97
From Freacute;deacute;ric L. Hammer, 12 May	p. 98
From John Hoomes, 12 May	p. 99
To George Jefferson, 12 May	p. 100
From George Jefferson, 12 May	p. 101
Stable and Household Accounts, [on or after 12 May]	p. 102
To James Stuart, 12 May	p. 102
To William Thornton and Others, 12 May	p. 103
From James Traquair, 12 May	p. 104
From William Cooke, 13 May	p. 104
From Gideon Granger, 13 May	p. 105
From Thomas Newton, 13 May	p. 106
From Tadeusz Kosciuszko, [after 13 May]	p. 106
From John F. Gaullier, 14 May	p. 108
From George Jefferson, 14 May	p. 109
To Nathaniel Macon, 14 May	p. 109
To Thomas Mann Randolph, 14 May	p. 110
From David Austin, 15 May	p. 111
From John Barnes, 15 May	p. 113
From Robert Maxwell, [15 May]	p. 113
Notes on a Cabinet Meeting, 15 May	p. 114
From David Austin, 16 May	p. 116
From Charles Douglas, 16 May	p. 117
From Andrew Ellicott, 16 May	p. 118
From Arthur Fenner, 16 May	p. 121
From Hugh Ferguson, 16 May	p. 122
To William Jones, 16 May	p. 123
From Blair McClenachan, 16 May	p. 124
From Thomas Newton, 16 May	p. 124
Notes on a Cabinet Meeting, 16 May	p. 125
From Richard Rogers, 16 May	p. 126
To George Clinton, 17 May	p. 127
From Thomas Cooper, 17 May	p. 128
Notes on a Cabinet Meeting, 17 May	p. 129
From David Leonard Barnes, 18 May	p. 1
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