Papers of thomas jefferson, retirement series, volume 5;1 may 1812 to 10 march 1813
2018
E302
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Title
Papers of thomas jefferson, retirement series, volume 5;1 may 1812 to 10 march 1813
ISBN
0691184631 (electronic bk.)
9780691184630 (electronic bk.)
9780691184630 (electronic bk.)
Imprint
PRINCETON : PRINCETON UNIV Press, 2018.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource
Call Number
E302
System Control No.
(OCoLC)1045191380
Summary
Volume Five of the definitive edition of Thomas Jefferson's papers from the end of his presidency until his death includes 592 documents from 1 May 1812 to 10 March 1813. America declares war on Great Britain on 18 June 1812. Jefferson counsels domestic reconciliation while suggesting that America recruit British incendiaries to burn London if British ships attack American cities. He passes on to President James Madison a long and discouraging letter from Isaac A. Coles describing American military bungling in the Niagara Campaign. An unofficial proposal that Jefferson return to public life as secretary of state does not gain the retired statesman's support. Jefferson receives many requests for governmental patronage, responds insightfully to a colorful assortment of authors and inventors, is mildly diverted by a fraudulent perpetual-motion machine, and spends considerable time on legal troubles. A dispute with David Michie over land in Albemarle County nearly leads to a duel between Michie and Jefferson's agent. A conflict with Samuel Scott over property in Campbell County further vexes Jefferson, who prepares an extensively researched answer to Scott's complaint. Despite the conflict, Jefferson graciously writes a letter of introduction for Scott's son. Jefferson remains accessible to the public, receives anonymous letters urging him to convert to Christianity, and settles a wager for one correspondent who asks if Jefferson ever met the British king. Jefferson gloomily observes that "the hand of age is upon me" and complains that his faculties are failing. He still has thirteen years to live.
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Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; CONTENTS; FOREWORD; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; EDITORIAL METHOD AND APPARATUS; MAPS; ILLUSTRATIONS; JEFFERSON CHRONOLOGY; 1812; From John Adams, 1 May; Account with Isham Chisholm, [ca. 1 May]; Notes on Expenses, [ca. 1 May]; From Elbridge Gerry, 1 May; From John Vaughan, 1 May; From John Armstrong, 2 May; To William C.C. Claiborne, 2 May; To John Dawson, 2 May; To William Eustis, 2 May; To James Madison, 2 May; From John Adams, 3 May; To Nicolas G. DuAef, 3 May; To James Hamilton, 4 May; From William J. Stone, 4 May; From George Hay, 5 May; To William McClure, 5 May
To Lancelot Minor, 5 MayFrom John Redman Coxe, 6 May; From ValentÃn de Foronda, 6 May; From William Thornton, 8 May, enclosing William Cranch to William Thornton, 9 May, and William Thornton to Thomas JeCerson, [ca. 9 May]; From Caspar Wistar, 9 May; To Elizabeth Trist, 10 May; From John Barnes, 11 May; From Lewis Bryant, [received 11 May]; From Peter Derieux, enclosing Notes on Tarragon by an UnidentiAed Author, 11 May; Memorandum to Jeremiah A. Goodman, 12 May; To Samuel J. Harrison, 12 May; To William Mitchell, 12 May; Notes on a Conversation with James Steptoe, [ca. 12 May]
Notes on Poplar Forest and on Scott v. JeCerson and Harrison, [ca. 12 May]From Nicolas G. DuAef, 13 May; From Chandler Price, 13 May; From Earl Sturtevant, 13 May; To Bowling Clark, 14 May; To William P. Martin, 14 May; From John Williams, 14 May; From Samuel B. Malcom, 15 May; From Littleton W. Tazewell, 15 May; From Cyrus B. Clay, [received 16 May]; From William P. Martin, [received 16 May]; From William & Reuben Mitchell, 16 May; From Archibald Robertson, 16 May; From Pierre Samuel Du Pont de Nemours, 17 May; To Joseph Slaughter, 17 May; From John Tyler, 17 May; From John Barnes, 18 May
Mortgage of Campbell County Land to Samuel J. Harrison, 18 MayJames C. Steptoe to James Steptoe, 18 May; To Samuel J. Harrison, 19 May; From Nathaniel G.M. Senter, 19 May; From Lafayette, 20 May; From John Adams, 21 May; From Madame Bureaux de Pusy, 23 May; From John Graham, 23 May; To Lancelot Minor, 23 May; To John Jacob Astor, 24 May; To David Higginbotham, [24 May]; From Alexander Quarrier, 24 May; Richard Rush's Proposal that Thomas JeCerson become Secretary of State, 24 May; To William Thornton, 24 May; From Colin Buckner, 25 May; To James Madison, 25 May; From James Madison, 25 May
To John Vaughan, 25 MayFrom Charles Clay, 26 May; To James Monroe, 26 May; To Charles Blagrove, 27 May; From Bowling Clark, 27 May; Notes on Samuel Scott's Bill of Complaint, [ca. 27 May]; To Archibald Thweatt, 27 May; To Patrick Gibson, 29 May; To Robert Patterson, 29 May; To John Staples, 29 May; To Caspar Wistar, 29 May; To James Madison, 30 May; To Lancelot Minor, 30 May; To William J. Stone, 30 May; From Anonymous ("Goodwill"), 1 June; To Peter Derieux, 1 June; To Lewis A. Pauly, 1 June; To John Redman Coxe, 2 June; From Andrew Ellicott, 3 June; To John Wayles Eppes, 3 June
To Lancelot Minor, 5 MayFrom John Redman Coxe, 6 May; From ValentÃn de Foronda, 6 May; From William Thornton, 8 May, enclosing William Cranch to William Thornton, 9 May, and William Thornton to Thomas JeCerson, [ca. 9 May]; From Caspar Wistar, 9 May; To Elizabeth Trist, 10 May; From John Barnes, 11 May; From Lewis Bryant, [received 11 May]; From Peter Derieux, enclosing Notes on Tarragon by an UnidentiAed Author, 11 May; Memorandum to Jeremiah A. Goodman, 12 May; To Samuel J. Harrison, 12 May; To William Mitchell, 12 May; Notes on a Conversation with James Steptoe, [ca. 12 May]
Notes on Poplar Forest and on Scott v. JeCerson and Harrison, [ca. 12 May]From Nicolas G. DuAef, 13 May; From Chandler Price, 13 May; From Earl Sturtevant, 13 May; To Bowling Clark, 14 May; To William P. Martin, 14 May; From John Williams, 14 May; From Samuel B. Malcom, 15 May; From Littleton W. Tazewell, 15 May; From Cyrus B. Clay, [received 16 May]; From William P. Martin, [received 16 May]; From William & Reuben Mitchell, 16 May; From Archibald Robertson, 16 May; From Pierre Samuel Du Pont de Nemours, 17 May; To Joseph Slaughter, 17 May; From John Tyler, 17 May; From John Barnes, 18 May
Mortgage of Campbell County Land to Samuel J. Harrison, 18 MayJames C. Steptoe to James Steptoe, 18 May; To Samuel J. Harrison, 19 May; From Nathaniel G.M. Senter, 19 May; From Lafayette, 20 May; From John Adams, 21 May; From Madame Bureaux de Pusy, 23 May; From John Graham, 23 May; To Lancelot Minor, 23 May; To John Jacob Astor, 24 May; To David Higginbotham, [24 May]; From Alexander Quarrier, 24 May; Richard Rush's Proposal that Thomas JeCerson become Secretary of State, 24 May; To William Thornton, 24 May; From Colin Buckner, 25 May; To James Madison, 25 May; From James Madison, 25 May
To John Vaughan, 25 MayFrom Charles Clay, 26 May; To James Monroe, 26 May; To Charles Blagrove, 27 May; From Bowling Clark, 27 May; Notes on Samuel Scott's Bill of Complaint, [ca. 27 May]; To Archibald Thweatt, 27 May; To Patrick Gibson, 29 May; To Robert Patterson, 29 May; To John Staples, 29 May; To Caspar Wistar, 29 May; To James Madison, 30 May; To Lancelot Minor, 30 May; To William J. Stone, 30 May; From Anonymous ("Goodwill"), 1 June; To Peter Derieux, 1 June; To Lewis A. Pauly, 1 June; To John Redman Coxe, 2 June; From Andrew Ellicott, 3 June; To John Wayles Eppes, 3 June
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