Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), the third president of the United States, left a vast literary legacy in the form of journal entries, notes, addresses, and seventy thousand letters. Jefferson remains one of the country's most extraordinary figures; as well as president he was a brilliant statesman, architect, scientist, naturalist, educator, and public servant. At a dinner for Nobel Prize recipients, John F. Kennedy said that his guests were "the most...

Chronological presentation of Jefferson's most significant writings.

In substantial selections from his earliest writings, the Notes on Virginia, his public papers, and his personal correspondence, this volume traces the development of Jefferson's thinking on such fundamental issues as republicanism, constitutionalism, political parties, and the separation of religion from politics. His proposals for the education of women, the emancipation of slaves, and the expatriation of Native Americans are included, along with...

Includes Jefferson's correspondence, drawings, and plans for Monticello's gardens. Jefferson's journals on horticulture at Monticello, his achievements, failures, and plans with some of his letters on the subject to Washington, Madison, Adams. The size and quality of the book is explained by the editor's situation: founder and first president, prime computer, and founder an president of fulcrum (and a serious historian and naturalist). Limited edition,...

View of the rights of British America / Jefferson -- Common sense / Paine -- Declaration of Independence / Jefferson -- The American crisis (part VII) / Paine -- Bill for establishing religious freedom in Virginia / Jefferson -- Letters to James Madison / Jefferson -- Rights of man (Part II) / Paine -- Letter to Thomas Paine / Jefferson -- First Inaugural address / Jefferson.