The Papers of Thomas Jefferson

FAIN: RQ-286916-22

Princeton University (Princeton, NJ 08540-5228)
James P. McClure (Project Director: November 2021 to present)

Preparation for publication of print volumes 47, 48, and 49 and digital publication of volumes 46 and 47 of the presidential papers of Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826). (36 months)

The Papers of Thomas Jefferson editorial project at Princeton University is continuing work on the authoritative scholarly edition of papers by and to Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826), third president of the United States.

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The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 46: July to November 1805 (Book)
Title: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 46: July to November 1805
Author: Thomas Jefferson
Editor: James P. McClure
Editor: Martha J. King
Editor: Tom Downey
Editor: Merry Ellen Scofield
Editor: Alison E. Dolbier
Editor: W. Bland Whitley
Editor: Andrew J. B. Fagal
Editor: Linny Schenck
Editor: Christina A. Carrick
Abstract: Jefferson continues his pattern of returning home to Monticello for the summer months. He makes a brief visit to Poplar Forest in Bedford County to plan the development of that property. James Hubbard, a young enslaved worker at Monticello, escapes but is captured in Fairfax County. Another slave who has fled, James Hemings, rejects efforts to persuade him to return and disappears. Receiving news of the end of the conflict with Tripoli, Jefferson states that although it is “a small war in fact, it is big in principle.” He devotes much of his attention to relations with Spain. He considers alliance with Great Britain to force a resolution with Spain, then chooses instead to negotiate with France for the purchase of Florida and settlement of matters in dispute with Spain. He drafts bills to organize the militia by age and create a naval militia. Specimens sent by Lewis and Clark arrive. Jefferson calculates that the United States has recently acquired cessions of well over 9 million acres of land from Native Americans. He meets with visiting Creek leaders. Answering a query, Jefferson states that Patrick Henry was “the greatest orator that ever lived” but “avaritious & rotten hearted.”
Year: 2023
Primary URL: https://search.worldcat.org/title/16353926
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Secondary URL: https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691248172/the-papers-of-thomas-jefferson-volume-47
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Access Model: Book, subscription access through UVA's Rotunda
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Type: Edited Volume
ISBN: 9780691248172
Copy sent to NEH?: Yes

The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 48: November 1805 to March 1806 (Book)
Title: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 48: November 1805 to March 1806
Author: Thomas Jefferson
Editor: Alison E. Dolbier
Editor: Linny Schenck
Editor: Christina R. Carrick
Editor: Andrew J. B. Fagal
Editor: Merry Ellen Scofield
Editor: W. Bland Whitley
Editor: Martha J. King
Editor: Tom Downey
Editor: James P. McClure
Abstract: Jefferson sends his annual message to Congress. He submits the peace treaty with Tripoli, but ratification takes months as the Senate asks for supporting documentation and Congress considers the request of Ahmad Qaramanli for compensation. The president desires action to make Spain negotiate outstanding issues and urges defensive preparations in the event of armed conflict. Congress appropriates $2 million for the purchase of Florida and approves the appointment of James Bowdoin and John Armstrong as commissioners to negotiate. New restrictive measures by Great Britain that threaten to choke off American trade with the West Indies spark memorials by merchants in seaport cities. After Congress passes an act outlawing trade with Haiti for a year, Timothy Pickering decries the administration’s “spaniel servility” to France. Representatives of the Cherokee, Potawatomi, Sac, Fox, Osage, Missouri, Kansas, Otoe, Iowa, Pawnee, and Sioux nations come to Washington. South American revolutionary Francisco de Miranda travels in the United States, secretly collecting men and materials for a projected uprising in Venezuela. Tunisian envoy Sulayman Melmelli is in Washington. Jefferson’s daughter Martha Randolph and her family make an extended visit to the capital, during which his newest grandchild, James Madison Randolph, is born in the President’s House.
Year: 2024
Primary URL: https://search.worldcat.org/en/title/1418828985
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Secondary URL: https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691263717/the-papers-of-thomas-jefferson-volume-48
Secondary URL Description: Princeton University Press website
Access Model: Book, subscription access through UVA's Rotunda
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Type: Scholarly Edition
ISBN: 9780691263717
Copy sent to NEH?: Yes

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