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to Edmund Pendleton re: Russo-Turkish fighting, Adams & Jay [incomplete]

Incomplete and damaged letter. Oblong. Mentions departure of John Adams and John Jay for London.

GLC06748

to Philip Mazzei re: introduction of Dr. Barton, promising news of War of 1812

Introducing Dr. Barton, then on a European tour, who "will be able to communicate to you the events of the late war." Mazzei was at that time residing at Pisa. Written just three weeks after the ratification of the Treaty of Ghent. Written in...

GLC06750

to [John Henry Sheburne] re: the art of portraiture

Returning a portrait of John Paul Jones by Charles Willson Peale (neither named in the letter) which he borrowed. Jefferson comments "I do not wonder that Commodore Dale and myself think differently of it's likeness to the same original. My opinion...

GLC06751

Address of the yearly meeting of Friends, to Thomas Jefferson and his reply

Covers topics of international peace, condition of Indians, and the slave trade. Only printing. Printed by Samuel Wood. Dated 13 November. American Imprints 12626.

GLC06984

A Manual of Parliamentary Practice [with rules of Senate and House]

For use in U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, signed by John Floyd of Virginia. Second edition. One of Jefferson's scarcer works, published shortly after he took office as president. The Virginia polymath sets forth rules of order and...

GLC06990

Blank printed bill of sale for slaves from Jefferson's estate, for T.J. Randolph

Apparently an unused bill of sale for the disposal of Jefferson's slaves by Thomas Jefferson Randolph, Jefferson's grandson and executor of his will. "Know all men by these presents, that I, Thomas J. Randolph, Executor of Thomas Jefferson... have...

GLC06996

Boston Gazette Extra, No. 2 [preparing for war]

Prints Jefferson's 27 October 1807 message to Congress re: preparing for war against the British (which never came). One of the results of Jefferson's message was the Embargo Act.

GLC06613

to James Wood

Discusses the complex arrangements between Virginia and the national government to provision the Continental Army, written several months before the British invasion of Virginia. Asserts that "it has been always necessary for the state & Continent...

GLC06673

to unknown

Written to a French official. Requests that a packet of pictures be sent to his deputy in New York before forwarding them on to Charleston. Date based on Jefferson's being in Paris.

GLC06674

to James Duane re: naval battle of Enterprise and Boxer, with FF

Discusses the naval battle of Enterprise and Boxer. "No heart is more rejoiced than mine at these mortifications of English pride." Docketed. Written in Monticello

GLC06708