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The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 47: 6 July to 19 November 1805

The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 47: 6 July to 19 November 1805

Hardcover

Series: Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Book 47

19th Century United States History

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ISBN10: 0691248176
ISBN13: 9780691248172
Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr
Published: Nov 21 2023
Pages: 808
Weight: 2.80
Height: 2.10 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.40
Language: English

A definitive scholarly edition of the correspondence and papers of Thomas Jefferson

Jefferson continues his pattern of returning home to Monticello for the summer months. He makes a brief visit to Poplar Forest in Bedford County to plan the development of that property. James Hubbard, a young enslaved worker at Monticello, escapes but is captured in Fairfax County. Another slave who has fled, James Hemings, rejects efforts to persuade him to return and disappears. Receiving news of the end of the conflict with Tripoli, Jefferson states that although it is a small war in fact, it is big in principle. He devotes much of his attention to relations with Spain. He considers alliance with Great Britain to force a resolution with Spain, then chooses instead to negotiate with France for the purchase of Florida and settlement of matters in dispute with Spain. He drafts bills to organize the militia by age and create a naval militia. Specimens sent by Lewis and Clark arrive. Jefferson calculates that the United States has recently acquired cessions of well over 9 million acres of land from Native Americans. He meets with visiting Creek leaders. Answering a query, Jefferson states that Patrick Henry was the greatest orator that ever lived but avaritious & rotten hearted.

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