Thomas Jefferson

The Portable Thomas Jefferson

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Produktbeschreibung

Includes A Summary View of the Rights of British America and Notes on the State of Virginia complete; seventy-nine letters; "Response to the Citizens of Albemarle," 1790; "Opinion on the Constitutionality of a National Bank," 1791; and many other writings.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Penguin Random House LLC
• Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 640
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Oktober 1977
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 199mm x 129mm x 37mm
• Gewicht: 429g
• ISBN-13: 9780140150803
• ISBN-10: 0140150803
• Artikelnr.: 21272506

Autorenporträt

Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826) was the third president of the United States (1801–1809), the principal author of the Declaration of Independence, and one of the most beloved and revered Founding Fathers of the United States of America.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction A Note on the Selections I. A Summary View of the Rights of British America II. Notes on the State of Virginia III. Public Papers and Addresses The Declaration of Independence
1776 Draft Constitution for Virginia
1776 A Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom
1777 Report of a Plan of Government for the Western Territory
1784 Response to the Citizens of Albemarle
1790 Opinion on the Constitutionality of a National Bank
1791 Opinion on the French Treaties
1793 The Kentucky Resolutions
1798 First Inaugural Address
1801 To Elias Shipman and Others
A Committee of the Merchants of New Haven
1801 First Annual Message to Congress
1801 To Nehemiah Dodge and Others
A Committee of the Danbury Baptist Association
in the State of Connecticut
1802 To Brother Handsome Lake
1802 Instructions to Captain Lewis
1803 Second Inaugural Address
1805 Fifth Annual Message to Congress
1805 Sixth Annual Message to Congress
1806 To the Society of Tammany...
1808 To the Inhabitants of Albemarle County
in Virginia
1809 Report of the Commissioners for the University of Virginia
1818 IV. Letters To: Robert Skipwith
August 3
1771: A gentleman's library John Randolph
August 25
1775: Between reconciliation and independence Edmund Pendleton
August 26
1776: The Virginia constitution Giovanni Fabbroni
June 8
1778: Music
"the favorite passion of my soul" David Rittenhouse
July 19
1778: "a true Whig in science" James Monroe
May 20
1782: The limits of political duty Martha Jefferson
November 28
1783: Advice to a young daughter George Washington
April 16
1784: The Society of the Cincinnati Richard Price
February 1
1785: "Our motto... 'nil desperandum'" James Monroe
June 17
1785: Treaties and the blessings of America The Virginia Delegates in Congress
July 12
1785: A statue of Washington Peter Carr
August 19
1785: "An honest heart being the first blessing..." John Jay
August 23
1785: The risks and the benefits of foreign commerce Chastellux
September 2
1785: Climate and American character James Madison
September 20
1785: A Capitol for Virginia Charles Bellini
September 30
1785: The vaunted scene of Europe John Banister
Jr.
October 15
1785: The vices of European education James Madison
October 28
1785: Property and natural right George Wythe
August 13
1786: Education and the public happiness Maria Cosway
October 12
1786: Dialogue between My Head and My Heart St. John de Crèvecoeur
January 15
1787: Homer
New Jersey farmers
and the wheel Edward Carrington
January 16
1787: "The people are the only censors..." James Madison
January 30
1787: "a little rebellion now and then" Madame de Tessé
March 20
1787: In love with the Maison quarrée Lafayette
April 11
1787: The joys and rewards of travel Peter Carr
August 10
1787: Reason
the only oracle James Madison
December 20
1787: A few words on the Constitution Travel Notes for Messrs. Rutledge and Shippen
June 19
1788: Objects of attention for an American John Trumbull
February 15
1789: Bacon
Locke
and Newton Francis Hopkinson
March 13
1789: "neither federalist nor antifederalist" James Madison
March 15
1789: A bill of rights Rabaut de St. Etienne
June 3
1789: A charter for France Diodati
August 3
1789: "the first chapter...of European liberty" James Madison
September 6
1789: "the earth belongs to the living" Madame d'Enville
April 2
1790: An affectionate adieu to France Major Pierre Charles L'Enfant
April 10
1791: The Potomac capital Benjamin Banneker
August 30
1791: Homage to a black man The President of the United States (George Washington)
September 9
1792: The conflict with Hamilton William Short
January 3
1793: French blood and American liberty James Madison
[March 24
1793]: Peaceable coercion James Madison
December 28
1794: The President and the democratic societies Phillip Mazzei
April 24
1796: "an Anglican monarchical aristocratical party" Elbridge Gerry
May 13
1797: Working with Adams John Taylor
June 1
1798: Union and "the reign of witches" Elbridge Gerry
January 26
1799: "These...are my principles" Edmund Randolph
August 18
1799: Common law and the will of the nation Doctor Joseph Priestley
March 21
1801: Something new under the sun Robert R. Livingston
April 18
1802: The affair of Louisiana Benjamin H. Latrobe
November 2
1802: Dry-docking the navy Doctor Benjamin Rush
April 21
1803: The morals of Jesus John Breckinridge
August 12
1803: Plans for Louisiana Jean Baptiste Say
February 1
1804: Political economy and American exceptionalism Governor William C.C. Claiborne
July 7
1804: A city plan against disease Doctor Edward Jenner
May 14
1806: A tribute of gratitude William Hamilton
July
1806: Gardens for Monticello John Norvell
June 14
1807: History
Hume
and newspapers George Hay
June 20
1807: A subpoena against the President Lacépède
July 14
1808: Bones for the National Institute Thomas Jefferson Randolph
November 24
1808: Rules for a grandson John Hollins
February 19
1809: The republic of science Henri Grégoire
February 25
1809: The race of blacks Doctor Benjamin S. Barton
September 21
1809: Indian languages Caesar A. Rodney
February 10
1810: Reason and justice in a hurricane Destutt de Tracy
January 25
1811: The executive office Isaac McPherson
August 13
1813: No patents on ideas John Adams
October 28
1813: The natural aristocracy Thomas Law
June 13
1814: The moral sense Edward Coles
August 25
1814: Slavery and emancipation Benjamin Austin
January 9
1816: Domestic manufactures - a change of opinion John Adams
January 11
1816: Your prophecy and mine Samuel Kercheval
July 12
1816: Agenda of reform for Virginia Judge Spencer Roane
September 6
1819: The federal judiciary William Short
October 31
1819: Epicurus and Jesus John Holmes
April 22
1820: "a fire-bell in the night" John Adams
August 15
1820: The university
neology
and materialism The President of the United States (James Monroe)
October 24
1823: An American system - the Monroe Doctrine Major John Cartwright
June 5
1824: Saxons
Americans
and a case of legal fraud William Ludlow
September 6
1824: The progress of society Roger C. Weightman
June 24
1826: "All eyes are opened...to the rights of man" Further Reading on Jefferson