The Papers of U.S. President Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)

FAIN: RQ-266076-19

Princeton University (Princeton, NJ 08540-5228)
James P. McClure (Project Director: December 2018 to present)

Review and submission for publication of volume 45 and the preparation for publication of volumes 46 through 51 of the Papers of Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the United States. (36 months)

The Papers of Thomas Jefferson editorial project at Princeton University is preparing a comprehensive and authoritative scholarly edition of correspondence and other documents of Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826). The project, which includes papers that Jefferson received as well as those he wrote, has produced 44 substantial volumes since 1950, and the edition is now also accessible online. With a skilled team of seven editors, an editorial associate, and a part-time research associate in place, the Jefferson Papers is now moving into a final major phase, to complete the editing of documents from the period of Jefferson’s presidency of the United States. The goal is to complete preparation of the last volume (projected to be Volume 61) by 2033. We seek a continuation of Endowment support as we move this exemplar of historical scholarship into its final stage toward completion.

Associated Products

The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 44: 1 July to 10 November 1804 (Book)
Title: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 44: 1 July to 10 November 1804
Editor: James P. McClure
Editor: Martha J. King
Editor: Tom Downey
Editor: W. Bland Whitley
Editor: Andrew J. B. Fagal
Editor: Merry Ellen Scofield
Editor: Linny Schenck
Editor: Alison E. Dolbier
Abstract: This volume includes full texts of 617 edited documents plus five appendices (two of which include edited documents) comprehending Thomas Jefferson's papers during more than four months in 1804, when he was in his first term as president of the United States. Topics covered in the volume include the establishment of Orleans Territory; U.S. relations with Great Britain and Spain; Jefferson's 1804 Annual Message to Congress; and (as Appendix II) the first portions of the system of lists he initiated to keep track of guests at dinners at the President's House.
Year: 2019
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Type: Edited Volume
ISBN: 9780691194370
Copy sent to NEH?: Yes

The Jefferson Weather & Climate Records (Web Resource)
Title: The Jefferson Weather & Climate Records
Author: Thomas Jefferson
Abstract: This digital resource contains transcribed texts of handwritten documents, supplemented by contextual and explanatory apparatus, from Thomas Jefferson’s papers. The main body of the content consists of the record of daily meteorological observations he maintained, with gaps, from July 1776 to June 1826. In this period Jefferson noted weather conditions at 99 locations, including his home in Virginia, Monticello; Paris, France; Philadelphia; and Washington, D.C. The second category of source texts consists of other documents from Jefferson’s papers that relate to weather or climate and take a variety of forms, including summary tables, descriptive notations, and graphs.
Year: 2019
Primary URL: https://jefferson-weather-records.org/
Primary URL Description: The home page of the web resource

The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 45: 11 November 1804 to 8 March 1805 (Book)
Title: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 45: 11 November 1804 to 8 March 1805
Editor: James P. McClure
Editor: Tom Downey
Editor: Martha J. King
Editor: James Alexander Dun
Editor: W. Bland Whitley
Editor: Christina R. Carrick
Editor: Andrew J. B. Fagal
Editor: Merry Ellen Scofield
Editor: Linny Schenck
Editor: Alison E. Dolbier
Abstract: This volume prints 709 texts (including enclosures printed in full) covering the final months of Jefferson’s first term as president and the first few days of his second term. Topics touched on in the documents include the establishment of Michigan Territory and Louisiana Territory; creation of an elected assembly for Orleans Territory; exploration of regions acquired with the Louisiana Purchase; acquisition by the United States of title to millions of acres of land ceded by Native Americans; the impeachment trial of Associate Justice Samuel Chase; the search for a new attorney general; and the election of 1804. A set of 15 documents records Jefferson’s drafting of his Second Inaugural Address. The volume has five appendices, which include sections of Jefferson’s lists of appointments to office and invitations to official dinners, as well as calendars of letters not found and financial papers not printed.
Year: 2021
Primary URL: http://www-jstor-org.ezproxy.princeton.edu/stable/j.ctv16rdckf
Primary URL Description: JSTOR pdf of volume created by Princeton University Press
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Type: Edited Volume
ISBN: 9780691203652
Copy sent to NEH?: No

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