The Papers of Thomas Jefferson

by Jefferson, Thomas; Oberg, Barbara B.

• ISBN13: 9780691129105
• ISBN10: 069112910X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-01-02
• Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr

Summary

Under normal circumstances, Thomas Jefferson would have had more than two months to prepare for his presidency. However, since the House of Representatives finally settled a tied electoral vote only on 17 February 1801, he had two weeks. This book, which covers the two-and-a-half-month period from that day through April 30, is the first of some twenty volumes that will document Jefferson's two terms as President of the United States. Here, Jefferson drafts his Inaugural Address, one of the landmark documents of American history. In this famous speech, delivered before a packed audience in the Senate Chamber on March 4, he condemns "political intolerance" and asserts that "we are all republicans: we are all federalists," while invoking a policy of "friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none." Jefferson appoints his Cabinet members and deals with the time-consuming process of sifting through the countless appeals and supporting letters of recommendation for government jobs as he seeks to reward loyal Republicans and maintain bipartisan harmony at the same time. Among these letters is one from Catharine Church, who remarks that only women, excluded as they are from political favor or government employment, can be free of "ignorant affectation" and address the president honestly. Jefferson also initiates preparations for a long cruise by a squadron of American warships, with an unstated expectation that their destination will probably be the Barbary Coast of the Mediterranean.

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. xv
Illustrations	p. xlv
Jefferson Chronology	p. 2
1801 Announcement of Election Results, [17 February]	p. 3
From Hugh Henry Brackenridge, 17 February	p. 4
From Thomas Leiper, 17 February	p. 7
From George Meade, 17 February	p. 8
From Nicholas J. Roosevelt, 17 February	p. 9
Notes on a Letter of William Pinckney, [after 17 February]	p. 10
Notes on New York Patronage, [after 17 February]	p. 11
To John Adams, 18 February	p. 12
To Henry Dearborn, 18 February	p. 13
To William Jackson, 18 February	p. 14
List of	p. John Adams's
To James Madison, 18 February	p. 16
From Benjamin Perkins, 18 February	p. 17
To Craven Peyton, 18 February	p. 18
From Benjamin Stoddert, 18 February	p. 18
From Caspar Wistar, 18 February	p. 19
To Thomas Mann Randolph, 19 February	p. 20
From Stephen Thorn, 19 February	p. 21
To Thomas Whitlaw, 19 February	p. 22
From John Adams, 20 February	p. 23
To Samuel Dexter, 20 February	p. 24
From Pierre Samuel Du Pont de Nemours, 20 February	p. 24
To the House of Representatives, 20 February	p. 25
From Josef Ignacio de Viar, 20 February	p. 26
From George Logan, 20 February	p. 26
From James Lyon, 20 February	p. 26
From Thomas McKean, 20 February	p. 28
From Stephen Sayre, 20 February	p. 30
From John Wright, 20 February	p. 31
From John Dickinson, 21 February	p. 31
From Joseph Fay, 21 February	p. 32
To George Jefferson, 21 February	p. 33
To Charles Willson Peale, 21 February	p. 34
To Benjamin Stoddert, 21 February	p. 35
To Daniel Trump, 21 February	p. 35
To John Wayles Eppes, 22 February	p. 37
To William Evans, 22 February	p. 38
From Robert Gourlay, 22 February	p. 39
From Elijah Gri?ths, 22 February	p. 40
From Israel Israel, 22 February	p. 42
To Philippe de Leacute;tombe, 22 February	p. 43
From James Martin, 22 February	p. 44
From William Munson, 22 February	p. 44
From James Thomson Callender, 23 February	p. 46
From Catherine Church, 23 February	p. 48
From Thomas T. Davis, 23 February	p. 49
To Thomas Leiper, 23 February	p. 50
To Meriwether Lewis, 23 February	p. 51
List of	p. John Adams's
From John Moody, 23 February	p. 53
From Francis Say, 23 February	p. 53
To Samuel Harrison Smith, 23 February	p. 54
To James Wilkinson, 23 February	p. 54
From James Bowdoin, 24 February	p. 55
From Elbridge Gerry, 24 February	p. 56
From William Jackson, 24 February	p. 58
From Thomas Lewis, Jr., 24 February	p. 59
To Robert R. Livingston, 24 February	p. 61
From Jonathan H. Nichols, 24 February	p. 61
From Joseph Nourse, 24 February	p. 62
From Marinus Willett, 24 February	p. 62
From John Gardiner, 25 February	p. 64
From William Heath, 25 February	p. 65
To Thomas Lomax, 25 February	p. 66
To Richard Richardson, 25 February	p. 67
From Benjamin Stoddert, 25 February	p. 68
From Isaac Weaver, Jr., 25 February	p. 68
From Joseph Anderson and William Cocke, 26 February	p. 69
From Samuel Bryan, [ca. 26 February]	p. 71
From Pierce Butler, 26 February	p. 74
From Nicolas Gouin Dufief, 26 February	p. 75
From William Findley, 26 February	p. 77
From Philippe de Leacute;tombe, 26 February	p. 81
To Robert Morris, 26 February	p. 81
From Patrick Sim, 26 February	p. 82
From John Strode, 26 February	p. 83
From John Beckley, 27 February	p. 84
From Delamotte, 27 February	p. 87
From Johann Eckstein, 27 February	p. 90
From William Evans, 27 February	p. 91
From George Jefferson, 27 February	p. 92
From George Logan, 27 February	p. 93
To Tarleton Bates, [28] February	p. 94
From Joseph Hardy, 28 February	p. 95
From Philippe de Leacute;tombe, 28 February	p. 96
From James Madison, 28 February	p. 99
To the Senate, 28 February	p. 101
From John Vanmetre, 28 February	p. 102
From Burgess Allison, 1 March	p. 104
From Joseph Anderson, 1 March	p. 105
From Elijah Boardman, 1 March	p. 106
From William Duane, 1 March	p. 108
From Benjamin Hawkins, 1 March	p. 109
From John Garland Jefferson, 1 March	p. 110
From Matthew Lyon, 1 March	p. 111
From Rembrandt Peale, 1 March 114 F
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