571II. Table on Party Affiliation of Federal Officeholders in the States, before 11 July 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
New Hampsh Massachu R. Island Connecticut Vermont New York New Jersey Pennsylva Delaware Maryland Virginia N. Carola S. Carola Georgia Tennissee Kentucky Ohio
572III. Table of Federal Officeholders in the States, 10 May 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
r o f N.H. 6 3 Mas. 13 1 24 R.I. 6 6 Conn. 7 5 Verm . 3 1
573IV. Table of Officeholders in the General Government, 10 May 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
r o f heads of deptmts. 5 Secondaries 3 1 1 Purveyor 1 Mint officers 1 1 foreign ministrs. 3 Secs. of legn 2 Consuls 34
574V. Notes on Republican Appointments, 10 May 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
< Offices expd & not renewed 6. restorations to office 4. Atties & marshals on principle 5. other officers.
575Party Affiliation of Federal Officeholders: Editorial Note (Jefferson Papers)
Spurred by dissension in Republican ranks in Philadelphia over Federalists who remained in lucrative offices, Jefferson decided to study the party affiliation of those who had received presidential appointments. Writing Peter Freneau on 20 May, he reviewed his administration’s patronage policy, noting that when he took office the Federalists “possessed all.” By removing those Federalists who...
576The Boundaries of Louisiana: Editorial Note (Jefferson Papers)
The geographic limits of the purchase of Louisiana were ill-defined. Although Jefferson could rightly rejoice that Americans now controlled the entire Mississippi valley, including of course the prize of New Orleans, little else was known about what bounded the acquisition. The purchase treaty merely quoted the vague language of the Treaty of San Ildefonso, which defined Louisiana by “the Same...
577Drafting the Annual Message to Congress: Editorial Note (Jefferson Papers)
Jefferson’s summoning of the new Congress to convene on 17 Oct. and his desire that the legislators be ready to take up the acquisition of Louisiana without delay meant that he would have to prepare his annual message earlier than had been the case in 1801 or 1802. He could, however, rely on the procedures for building the message that he had honed in the previous years. As he had done in...
578Jefferson’s Letters to David Williams: Editorial Note (Jefferson Papers)
Joel Barlow introduced David Williams to James Monroe “as an old friend of Dr. Franklin.” On 20 Sep., Monroe informed the president that he was forwarding Williams’s 1802 London publication, Claims of Literature: The Origin, Motives, Objects, and Transactions of the Society for the Establishment of A Literary Fund . Monroe agreed to present any response Jefferson wished to make to the author....