46551Tench Coxe’s Reflections on Cotton, 11 February 1802 (Jefferson Papers)
Cotton of the U.S. Every fact and reflexion upon the subject of cotton , enhances its importance...
46552Editorial Note: Conference with Black Hoof, 5 February 1802 (Jefferson Papers)
Early in January, during the visit to Washington by the delegation of Miami, Potawatomi, and Wea...
46553Editorial Note: Fixing the Seat of Government (Jefferson Papers)
Adams’ observation, apt at the time and prophetic of what was to come, was made during the...
46554Editorial Note: The Declaration of Independence (Jefferson Papers)
A full analysis of the many textual changes made in the Declaration of Independence from the time...
46555Memorial from the District of Columbia Commissioners, 4 December 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
The Memorial of the Commissioners appointed by virtue of an Act of Congress, entituled “an act...
46556Editorial Note (Jefferson Papers)
In composing his response to William Baldwin’s letter of 7 Jan. 1810 , Jefferson completed a...
46557Editorial Note: The Petition of Thomas Johnson (Jefferson Papers)
The documents brought together in this grouping require special comment. The issue with which...
46558Editorial Note: Notes on American Medals Struck in France (Jefferson Papers)
Among the several attributes of sovereignty that Congress assumed during the period of...
46559Notes on Indian Affairs, Tripoli, and Great Britain, 8 January 1805 (Jefferson Papers)
1805. Indian affairs. Jan. 8. ✓ Sac murderer pardon him. Osages. their mill to be built. the...
46560Editorial Note: Bill to Establish a Government for the Territory of Columbia (Jefferson Papers)
The Residence Act of 1790 gave Congress until 1800, when the government moved to the Federal...
46561Editorial Note: The “Anas” (Jefferson Papers)
The following is the earliest document in the compilation made by TJ that has come to be known by...
46562Editorial Note: Presentation of the “Mammoth Cheese” (Jefferson Papers)
On New Year’s Day, 1802, Jefferson stood in the doorway of the President’s House to receive a...
46563Enclosure: Legislative Council Recommendations, 17 August 1804 (Jefferson Papers)
Persons recommended by Governor Claiborne for members of the Legislative Council of the Orleans...
46564Editorial Note (Jefferson Papers)
John A. Dix was a young aide-de-camp to Major General Jacob Brown when they traveled to Virginia...
46565Description of the Physiognotrace (Jefferson Papers)
Explanation of Mr. Jno. I. Hawkins Physiognotrace A is a board that mooves up and down in the...
46566Notes on a Conversation with Andrew Ellicott, 23 June 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
1801 June 23. Andrew Ellicot tells me that in a conversn last summer with Majr. William Jackson...
46567Editorial Note: Tench Coxe Seeks Office as Comptroller of the Treasury (Jefferson Papers)
In his pioneering work The Federalists , Leonard D. White, an able scholar in the field of...
46568Executive Order on Revenue Districts, 29 July 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
An Order Of the President of the United States— making certain Alterations in the Districts...
46569The Boundaries of Louisiana: Editorial Note (Jefferson Papers)
The geographic limits of the purchase of Louisiana were ill-defined. Although Jefferson could...
46570Thomas Jefferson: Notes on Value of Lots in Beverley Town (Westham), [ca. 22 May 1817] (Jefferson Papers)
my lots in Beverly town N os 57. 107. 108. 151 1751. June 5. cost 86/ each what worth at 6. p.c....
46571Statement of Account from Thomas Claxton, 6 October 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
Statement of Cash, drawn for the purpose of furnishing the Presidents House— By Gen Lee, as...
46572Order on John Barnes, 6 October 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
Mr. Barnes is desired to pay to Capt Lewis or order seventy two dollars for six months wages of...
46573Editorial Note (Jefferson Papers)
The bill establishing Central College became law on 14 Feb. 1816, and on 25 Mar. of that year...
46574Method of Using Robert Patterson’s Cipher: Editorial Note (Jefferson Papers)
I. DESCRIPTION OF METHOD , [18 APR. 1802] II. SAMPLE ENCIPHERMENT : THE LORD’S PRAYER, [18 APR....
46575Queries on Louisiana: Editorial Note (Jefferson Papers)
EDITORIAL NOTE The news that had arrived on the evening of 3 July, of the cession of Louisiana to...
46576To Thomas Jefferson from Albert Gallatin, 15 August 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
The above was delivered by Mr Broome the brother of him who was the republican Candidate for...
46577Enclosure: Testimonials to John A. Robertson’s Character, 20 January–29 July 1814 (Jefferson Papers)
We the undersigned, have been long acquainted with John A. Robertson , Esq., and have always and...
46578Editorial Note: Jefferson’s Notes on Coinage (Jefferson Papers)
Since Jefferson’s proposals concerning coinage in 1784 were in part inspired by a desire to...
46579Description of Thomas Jefferson’s Dinner with the 19th Virginia Militia Regiment, 20 [October 1809] [document added in … (Jefferson Papers)
On Friday the 20th, the officers of the 19th Regiment were attending their Drill-Muster, on the...
46580Editorial Note: Memoranda and Statistics on American Commerce (Jefferson Papers)
This appeal to the legislators of America and Europe to base their commercial regulations on...
46581Memorandums to Henry Remsen, 31 August 1790 (Jefferson Papers)
Note to the digital edition: A revised version of this document, transcribed from manuscript, has...
46582Editorial Note: Report on the Powers of the Committee of the States (Jefferson Papers)
In his Autobiography Jefferson gave the following account of the steps leading to the creation of...
46583Editorial Note: The Recall of Edmond Charles Genet (Jefferson Papers)
The decision to demand Edmond Charles Genet’s recall less than three months after his arrival in...
46584Editorial Note: Locating the Federal District (Jefferson Papers)
In the fall of 1790 competition for the Federal District—the second of three stages in the...
46585Statement of Account with John March 1801, 29 September 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
1801 To John March May 25 To 12 Paper Cases for Lrs: &c. $ 4.00 30 Binding Cookery Book, 12mo:...
46586Notes on Salines in the Territory of the Osages, 18 May 1804 (Jefferson Papers)
Refered to by the Map No. 1 Plan. At about three hundred miles from the village of the great...
46587Editorial Note: Plan for Government of the Western Territory (Jefferson Papers)
On 1 Mch. 1784, immediately after the acceptance of the Virginia Deed of Cession, Jefferson...
46588Money Transaction with Gabriel Jones (Jefferson Papers)
Mr Gabriel Jones has given to the public the statement of a pecuniary transaction of about 30....
46589Editorial Note (Jefferson Papers)
Virginia adopted its first written constitution by a unanimous vote on 29 June 1776 at a...
46590Editorial Note: The Impressment of Hugh Purdie and Others (Jefferson Papers)
In mid-December, at Washington’s request, Jefferson reviewed the entire correspondence relating...
46591Editorial Note: Consular Problems (Jefferson Papers)
In the summer of 1790, shortly after Washington sent to the Senate the first group of nominees...
46592Conference with Handsome Lake, Cornplanter, and Blue Eyes: Editorial Note (Jefferson Papers)
When Israel Chapin, the U.S. agent to the Iroquois nations, informed the War Department in...
46593Editorial Note (Jefferson Papers)
On 12 Jan. 1803 the Virginia General Assembly passed “An Act to establish an academy in the...
46594Statement of Account with Thomas Claxton, 13 June 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
1801 To Thomas Claxton June 5 To Cash pd. Edward Shoemaker as ⅌. Bill No. 1 } 4. 6 do. Elisha...
46595Editorial Note: Jefferson and the Giles Resolutions (Jefferson Papers)
The draft resolutions printed below as Document I represent Thomas Jefferson’s climactic...
46596Editorial Note (Jefferson Papers)
In the latter part of 1815 Jefferson made two lengthy visits to his Bedford County estate, Poplar...
46597Editorial Note: Notes and Documents relating to the Transylvania and Other Claims for Lands under Purchases from the … (Jefferson Papers)
The documents here presented, together with many others in Jefferson’s papers concerning land...
46598Proclamation Extending Building Regulations in the City of Washington, 15 January 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
Whereas by the first Article of the Terms and Conditions declared by the President of the United...
46599Editorial Note: Fixing the Seat of Government on the Potomac (Jefferson Papers)
Washington, Madison, and Jefferson—as well as Richard Bland Lee, Alexander White, Daniel Carroll,...
46600Editorial Note: The War Crisis of 1790 (Jefferson Papers)
On 1 May 1790 Gouverneur Morris reported to Washington his most recent discussion with the...