Includes bibliographical references and index.

"This Norton Critical Edition is the first book to include Thomas Jefferson's writings and writings about him - from his era and ours. The editor, Wayne Franklin, seeks to present readers with a full understanding of Jefferson's importance to the intellectual development of the United States, particularly in political theory and scientific learning; of Jefferson's role in the expansion of the territory and sovereignty of the United States; and of Jefferson's controversial relation to slavery and race as key issues in American history." "Jefferson's most important published texts are included - A Summary View of the Rights of British America, the Declaration of Independence, and Notes on the State of Virginia - along with An Appendix to the Notes on Virginia Relative to the Murder of Logan's Family and his Message to Congress on the Lewis and Clark Expedition. In addition, more than one hundred of Jefferson's letters (1760-1826) have been selected from his rich body of correspondence, allowing readers to see Jefferson as a person as well as a public figure. All texts are accompanied by detailed explanatory annotations."--Jacket.

Notes on the state of Virginia (1787) -- An appendix to the notes on Virginia relative to the murder of Logan's family (1800) -- Message to Congress on the Lewis and Clark expedition (1803) -- Selected letters. To John Harvie, Janury 14, 1760 -- To John Page, December 25, 1762 -- To Robert Skipwith, August 3, 1771 -- To Charles McPherson, February 25, 1773 -- To John Adams, May 16, 1777 -- To Giovanni fabbroni, June 8, 1778 -- To the Chevalier d'Ammours, November 30 1780 -- To J.P.G. Muhlenberg, January 31, 1781 -- o François Barbé-Marbois, March 4, 1781 ; December 20, 1781 -- To Charles Thomson, December 20, 1781 -- To François Barbé-Marbois, March 24 1782 -- To François-Jean de Beavoir, Chevalier de Chastellux, November 26, 1782 -- To George Rogers Clark, November 26, 1782 -- To Thomas Walker, September 25, 1783 -- To George Rogers Clark, December 4, 1783 -- To François-Jean de Beauvoir, Chevalier de Chastellux, January 16, 1784 -- To Charles Thomson, May 21, 1784 -- To James Madison, May 11, 1785 -- To François_Jean de Beauvoir, Chevalier de Chastellux, June 7, 1785 -- To the Reverend Richard price, August 7, 1785 -- To Peter Carr, August 19, 1785 -- To John Banister Jr., October 15, 1785 -- o James Madison, October 28, 1785 ; February 8, 1786 -- To Maria Cosway, October 12, 1786 -- To J. Hector St. John de Crèvecoeur, January 15, 1787 -- To John Stockdale, February 27, 1787 -- To Madame la Comtesse de Tessé, March 20, 1787 -- Marthat Jefferson, March 28, 1787 -- To the Marquis de Lafayette, April 11, 1787 -- To Maria Cosway, April 24, 1788 -- To J. Hector St. Jean de Crèvecoeur, August 9, 1788 -- To the Reverend Richard Price, January 9, 1789 -- To John Trumbull, February 15, 1789 -- To Francis Hopkinson, March 13, 1789 -- To John Jay, July 19, 1789 -- To James Madison, September 6, 1789 -- To Mary Jefferson, April 11, 1790 ; June 13, 1790 -- To Martha Jefferson Randolph, December 23, 1790 -- To the Reverend William Smith, February 9m 1791 00 To Benjamin Banneker, August 30, 1791.

Martha Jefferson Randolph, January 15, 1792 -- To Thomas Paine, June 19, 1792 -- To André Michaus, c. April 30, 1793 -- To James Madison, June 9, 1793 -- Angelica Schuyler Church, November 27, 1793 -- To John Adams, December 28, 1796 -- To James Madison, January 1, 1797 -- To Mary Jefferson Eppes, January 7, 1798 -- To Dr. Joseph Priestley, January 18, 1800 ; January 27, 1800 ; March 21, 1801 -- To Samuel Adams, March 29, 1801 -- To James Monroe, November 24, 1801 -- To Brother Handsome Lake, November 3, 1802 -- ToBenjamin Hawkins, February 18, 1803 -- To William H. Harrison, February 27, 1803 -- To Meriwether Lewis, June 20, 1803 -- To John Tyler, June 28, 1804 -- To the Osages, July 12, 1804 ; July 16, 1804 -- To the Constantin-François de Chassebœuf, Comte de Volney, February 11, 1806 -- To Joel Barlow, February 24, 1806 -- To John Norvell, June 14, 1807 -- To Thomas Jefferson Randolph, November 24, 1808 -- To John Hollins, February 19, 1809 -- To John Hollins, February 19, 1809 -- To Henri Grégoire, February 25, 1809 -- To Horatio G. Spafford, May 14, 1809 -- To John Wyche, May 19, 1809 -- To John W. Campbell, September 3, 1809 -- To C. and A. Conrad and Company, November 23, 1809 -- To James Madison, November 26, 1809 -- To General Tadeusz Kosćiuszko, February 26, 1810 -- To Dr. Benjamin Rush, January 16, 1811 -- To John Adams, January 21, 1812 ; June 11, 1812 -- To Anne Louis Germaine Necker, Madame de Staël-Holstein, May 24, 1813 -- To Paul Allen, August 5, 1813 ; August 18, 1813 -- To Nicholas Biddle, August 20, 1813 -- To John Adams, October 28, 1813 -- To Alexander von Humboldt, December 6, 1813 -- To Edward Coles, August 25, 1814 -- To Samuel H. Smith, September 21, 1814 -- To William Short, Esq., November 28, 1814 -- To John Adams, April 8, 1816 -- To José Correâ da Serra, April 26, 1817 -- To peter S. Du Ponceau, November 7, 1817 -- To John Adams, November 13, 18181 -- To John Holmes, April 22, 1820 -- To John Adams, Octoer 24, 1823 -- To James Monroe, October 24, 1823 -- To Ellen W. Coolidge, August 27, 1825 -- To Dr. James Mease, September 26, 1825 -- To Roger C. Weidhtman, June 24, 1826 -- A declaration by the Representatives of the United Colonies of North-America, now met in General Congress at Philadelphia, setting forth the causes and necessity of their taking up arms -- Manuscript notes on resolutions of Congress -- Queries concerning American States / François Barbé-Marbois -- To Jefferson, March 12, 1784, with John McDuffee's answer to queries concerning the moose / William Whipple -- To Jefferson, wtih memoranda on the moose, June 22, 1784 / John Sullivan -- To the Honorable Thomas Jefferson, Esq. Vice-President of the United States, June 24, 1797 / Luther Martin.

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