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

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