Let us restore to social intercourse that harmony and affection without which liberty and even life itself are
but dreary things. And let us reflect that, having banished from our land that religious intolerance under which
mankind so long bled and suffered, we have yet gained little if we countenance a political intolerance as despotic,
as wicked, and capable of as bitter and bloody persecutions. During the throes and convulsions of the ancient world,
during the agonizing spasms of infuriated man, seeking through blood and slaughter his long-lost liberty, it was
not wonderful that the agitation of the billows should reach even this distant and peaceful shore; that this should
be more felt and feared by some and less by others, and should divide opinions as to measures of safety. But every
difference of opinion is not a difference of principle. We have called by different names brethren of the same
principle. We are all Republicans, we are all federalists.
First Inaugural Address, March 4, 1801
Review
"Writings gives the reader a chance to assess the power of the man's pen and, by this standard, his character
and mind."
-- The New York Times
"...gives readers insight into the inquisitive mind and inspirational ideas of the leading intellect of
the American Revolution and our nation�s founding. It also provides a timeless reference for today�s leaders and
for those of us who work to keep "common-sense Jeffersonian conservatism" alive and flourishing for the
people of America and the world."
--George Allen, former governor of Virginia
"[T]he lucid and elegantly phrased prose in these pages is the reflection of a sophisticated and well-read
man. The energy of his convictions enlivens for contemporary readers many of the debates central to the founding
of the United States� Dipping into this collection of public and private writings, the reader derives an extraordinary
intimacy with Jefferson. You cannot fail to admire him..."
--Los Angeles Herald Examiner
"I have never heard a political leader speak in public with such quiet esteem for the people of the United
States. Even in the private thoughts he entrusted to his private writings, Jefferson wrote of a people fearfully
responsible, full of better common sense than he. He spoke often of his fears that he might not be as wise as they.
They were to him his superiors.
He spoke even to the Congress with respect for the individual reason and experience of each. He wrote often of
the need for time, so that opinions might "ripen," trusting that open and free argument would incline
the republic in the inexorable ways of reason and common sense. He knew, indeed, that the people could become "a
mob"; he had witnessed the French Revolution in the streets of Paris in 1789.
In the people of America, however, he saw a rare self-control, good sense, public-spiritedness, and calm. To them
he constantly repaired; their moral roots he steadily nourished."
--Orange County Register
"[F]or anyone seeking a single volume which comes closest to possessing everything that came from Jefferson,
this is the book to get."
--Richmond News Leader
"...a stunning look at the everyday life of colonial America and a window on the mind of an authentic American
genius. Historians and Jeffersonians will treasure the book, but everyone with an interest in the nation and the
citizens it has produced should own and read this book."
--Chattanooga Times
Library of America Web Site, May, 2001
Summary
The most comprehensive one-volume selection of Jefferson ever published. Contains the Autobiography, Notes on
the State of Virginia, public and private papers, including the original and revised drafts of the Declaration
of Independence, addresses, and 287 letters.
Table of Contents
Autobiography
A Summary View of the Rights of British America
Notes on the State of Virginia
Boundaries of Virginia
Rivers
Sea Ports
Mountains
Cascades
Productions mineral, vegetable and animal
Climate
Population
Military force
Marine force
Aborigines
Counties and towns
Constitution
Laws
Colleges, buildings, and roads
Proceedings as to Tories
Religion
Manners
Manufactures
Subjects of commerce
Weights, Measures and Money
Public revenue and expences
Histories, memorials, and state-papers
Public Papers
Resolutions of Congress on Lord North's Conciliatory Proposal (1775)
Draft Constitution for Virginia (1776)
Revisal of the Laws: Drafts of Legislation
A Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom (1777, 1779)
A Bill for Proportioning Crimes and Punishments (1778, 1779)
A Bill for the More General Diffusion of Knowledge (1778)
A Bill Declaring Who Shall Be Deemed Citizens of this Commonwealth (1779)
Report on Government for Western Territory (1784)
Observations on the Whale-Fishery (1788)
Plan for Establishing Uniformity in the Coinage, Weights, and Measures (1790)
Opinion on the Constitutionality of a National Bank (1791)
Opinion on the French Treaties (1793)
Report on the Privileges and Restrictions on the Commerce of the United States in Foreign Countries (1793)
Draft of the Kentucky Resolutions (1798)
Report of the Commissioners for the University of Virginia (1818)
Memorial on the Book Duty (1821)
From the Minutes of the Board of Visitors, University of Virginia (1822-1825)
Draft Declaration and Protest of the Commonwealth of Virginia, on the Principles of the Constitution of the United
States of America, and on the Violations of them (1825)
Addresses, Messages, and Replies
Response to the Citizens of Albemarble, February 12, 1790
First Inaugural Address, March 4, 1801
To Elias Shipman and Others, a Committee of the Merchants of New Haven, July 12, 1801
First Annual Message, December 8, 1801
To Messrs. Nehemiah Dodge and Others, a Committee of the Danbury Baptist Association, in the State of Connecticut,
January 1, 1802
Third Inaugural Address, October 17, 1803
Second Inaugural Address, March 1805
Sixth Annual Message, December 2, 1806
Special Message on the Burr Conspiracy, January 22, 1807
Special Message on Gun-Boats, February 10, 1807
Eigth Annual Message, November 8, 1808
To the Inhabitants of Albemarle County, in Virginia, April 3, 1809
Indian Addresses
To Brother John Baptist de Coigne, June 1781
To Brother Handsome Lake, November 3, 1802
To the Brothers of the Choctaw Nation, December 17, 1803
To the Cheifs of the Cherokee Nation, January 10, 1806
To the Wolf and People of the Mandan Nation, December 30, 1806
Miscellany
Reply to the Representations of Affairs in America by British Newpapers (1784)
Answers and Observations for Démeunier's article on the United States in the Encyclopédie Methodique
1.From Answers to Démeunier's First Queries, January 24, 1786
The Confederation
Broils among the states
2. From Observations on Démeuniert's Manuscript, June 22, 1786
Indented servants
Crimes and punishments
The Society of Cincinnati
Populations the continent
3. To Jean Nicolas Démeunier, June 26, 1786
Thoughts on English Prosody (1786)
Travel Journals
A Tour to some of the Gardens of England (1786)
Memorandums on a Tour from Paris to Amsterdam, Strasburg, and back to Paris, (1788)
Travelling notes for Mr Rutledge and Mr Shippen (1788)
The Anas (1791-1806)�Selections
The Explanations, February 4, 1818
Conversations with the President, 1792-1793
"Liberty warring on herself," August 20, 1793
Conversations with Aaron Burr, 1804-1806
Notes on Professor Ebeling's Letter of July 30, 1795
A Memorandum (Service to my Country) c. 1800
A Memorandum (Rules of Etiquette) c. November, 1803
Epitaph (1826)
Letters
John Harvie, January 14, 1760 A youth of sixteen
John Page, December 25, 1762 Old Coke and young ladies
John Page, May 25, 1766 A visit to Annapolis
Thomas Turpin, February 5, 1769 The study of law
Robert Skipwith, with a List of Books, August 3, 1771 A gentleman's library
Charles McPherson, February 25, 1773 The sublime Ossian
William Small, May 7, 1775 News from Boston
John Randolph, August 25, 1775 Reconciliation or independence
Edmund Pendleton, August 13, 1776 Saxons, Normans, and land tenure
Edmund Pendleton, August 26, 1776 The Virginia Constitution
John Adams, May 16, 1777 First letter to Adams
Giovanni Fabbroni, June 8, 1778 "the favorite passion of my soul"
David Rittenhouse, July 19, 1778 "a true whig in science"
Patrick Henry, March 27, 1779 War and humanity
J. P. G. Muhlenberg, January 31, 1781 The traitor Arnold
Lafayette, March 10, 1781 Welcome to the Marquis
George Washington, May 28, 1781 Appeal to the Commander in Chief
James Monroe, May 20, 1782 Limits of public duty
Chastellux, November 26, 1782 "A single event ..."
Martha Jefferson, November 28, 1783 Advice to a young daughter
George Rogers Clark, December 4, 1783 The Mammoth and Western exploration
Martha Jefferson, December 11, 1783 More advice
Chastellux, January 16, 1784 American "politics & poverty"
George Washington, March 15, 1784 Western commerce
George Washington, April 16, 1784 The Society of the Cincinnati
Dr. Philip Turpin, April 28, 1784 Hot-air balloons
Richard Price, February 1, 1785 "nil desperandum"
Chastellux, June 7, 1785 On American degeneracy
James Monroe, June 17, 1785 Some thoughts on treaties
Abigail Adams, June 21, 1785 Royal scandal and third-rank birds
Virginia Delegates in Congress, July 12, 1785 A statue of Washington
Peter Carr, August 19, 1785 "An honest heart...a knowing head"
John Jay, August 23, 1785 Commerce and sea power
James Madison, with a List of Books, September 1, 1785 Books for a statesman
Chastellux, September 2, 1785 Climate and American character
James Madison, September 20, 1785 "this beautiful art"
Abigail Adams, September 25, 1785 Mars and Minerva
Charles Bellini, September 30, 1785 The vaunted scene
G. K. van Hogendorp, October 13, 1785 British hostility, American commerce
John Banister, Jr., October 15, 1785 On European education
James Madison, October 28, 1785 Property and natural right
Archibald Stuart, January 25, 1786 "Our confederacy ... the nest"
William Buchanan and James Hay, January 26, 1786 A Roman temple for Virginia
James Madison, February 8, 1786 The Notes, Houdon, and the Encyclopédie
John Page, May 4, 1786 British arts and British hatred
John Adams, July 11, 1786 War on Barbary
George Wythe, August 13, 1786 "a crusade against ignorance"
Thomas Mann Randolph, Jr., August 27, 1786 Education of a future son-in-law
Ezra Stiles, September 1, 1786 Archaeology, Ledyard, a new invention
Maria Cosway, October 12, 1786 "Dialogue between my Head & my Heart"
St. John de Crèvecoeur, January 15, 1787 Homer, New Jersey farmers, and the wheel
Edward Carrington, January 16, 1787 "The people are the only censors ..."
James Madison, January 30, 1787 Rebellion, secession, and diplomacy
Anne Willing Bingham, February 7, 1787 "the empty bustle of Paris"
Abigail Adams, February 22, 1787 "a little rebellion now and then"
Madame de Tessé, March 20, 1787 The Maison Carrée
Lafayette, April 11, 1787 The rewards of travel
Martha Jefferson, May 21, 1787 "the grand recipe for felicity"
John Adams, July 1, 1787 Affairs of diplomacy
Maria Cosway, July 1, 1787 "a peep...into Elysium"
Peter Carr, with Enclosure, August 10, 1787 "the homage of reason"
John Adams, August 30, 1787 Revolt of the Nobles
Buffon, October 1, 1787 A moose from New Hampshire
William S. Smith, November 13, 1787 The new Constitution
John Adams, November 13, 1787 More on the Constitution
James Madison, December 20, 1787 Objections to the Constitution
Alexander Donald, February 7, 1788 A strategy on ratification
Maria Cosway, April 24, 1788 "a son of nature"
Anne Willing Bingham, May 11, 1788 "Amazons and Angels"
The Rev. James Madison, July 19, 1788 "the crumbs of science"
St. John de Crèvecoeur, August 9, 1788 "a monopoly of despotism"
George Washington, December 4, 1788 Commerce, war, and revolution
Richard Price, January 8, 1789 Convening the Estates General
John Trumbull, February 15, 1789 Bacon, Locke, and Newton
Francis Hopkinson, March 13, 1789 "neither federalist nor antifederalist"
James Madison, March 15, 1789 A bill of rights
Joseph Willard, March 24, 1789 Science and liberty
John Jay, May 9, 1789 A report from Versailles
Rabout de St. Etienne, with Draft of a Charter of Rights, June 3, 1789 A charter for France
Diodati, August 3, 1789 "the first chapter...of European liberty"
James Madison, September 6, 1789 "the earth belongs to the living"
Madame d'Enville, April 2, 1790 Adieu to France
John Garland Jefferson, June 11, 1790 Reading the law
Mary Jefferson, June 13, 1790 Whippoorwills and strawberries
Samuel Vaughan, Jr., November 27, 1790 Rice from Timor and Africa
Martha Jefferson Randolph, December 23, 1790 "a scolding letter"
George Mason, February 4, 1791 A heretical sect
Ebenezer Hazard, February 18, 1791 Monuments of the past
The Rev. William Smith, February 19, 1791 Memories of Franklin
Major L'Enfant, April 10, 1791 Capitol on the Potomac
Charles Carroll, April 15, 1791 A note on Indian policy
The President of the United States (George Washington), May 8, 1791 Burke, Paine, and Mr. Adams
Thomas Mann Randolph, June 5, 1791 A northern tour
John Adams, July 17, 1791 Breach of a friendship
Benjamin Banneker, August 30, 1791 Hope for "our black brethren"
Archibald Stuart, December 23, 1791 Strengthening the state governments
The President of the United States (George Washington), May 23, 1792 "a stepping stone to monarchy"
Lafayette, June 16, 1792 "the monster aristocracy"
Thomas Paine, June 19, 1792 The Rights of Man
The President of the United States (George Washington), September 9, 1792 The conflict with Hamilton
The [CF1]U.S. Minister to France (Gouverneur Morris), December 30, 1792 "The will of the nation"
William Short, January 3, 1793 Paean to the French Revolution
James Madison, March 24, 1793 Peaceable coercion
James Madison, May 19, 1793 The gallant Genet
James Madison, June 9, 1793 The debt of service
Mrs. Church, November 27, 1793 "my family, my farm, and my books"
Tench Coxe, May 1, 1794 "lucerne and potatoes"
James Madison, December 28, 1794 Whiskey rebels and democratic societies
John Taylor, December 29, 1794 Farming
François D'Ivernois, February 6, 1795 The Geneva Academy
James Madison, April 27, 1795 Abjuring the presidency
Jean Nicolas Démeunier, April 29, 1795 A nail-maker
Mann Page, August 30, 1795 Rogues and a treaty
George Wythe, January 16, 1796 The laws of Virginia
John Adams, February 28, 1796 "an age of experiments"
Philip Mazzei, April 24, 1796 "the boisterous sea of liberty"
James Madison, with Enclosure to John Adams, January 1, 1797 An entente with Adams
Elbridge Gerry, May 13, 1797 "perfectly neutral and independent"
Thomas Pinckney, May 29, 1797 Peace and commerce
Martha Jefferson Randolph, June 8, 1797 Domestic affections
John Taylor, June 4, 1798 Patience and the reign of witches
Philip Nolan, June 24, 1798 Wild horses
Samuel Smith, August 22, 1798 Sufferance of calumny
Elbridge Gerry, January 26, 1799 A profession of political faith
Thomas Lomax, March 12, 1799 "The spirit of 1776"
William Green Munford, June 18, 1799 Freedom of mind
Edmund Randolph, August 18, 1799 Common law and the will of the nation
Dr. Joseph Priestley, January 18, 1800 Ideas for a university
Dr. Joseph Priestley, January 27, 1800 "a sublime luxury"
John Breckinridge, January 29, 1800 The 18th Brumaire
Bishop James Madison, January 31, 1800 Illuminatism
Gideon Granger, August 13, 1800 "a few plain duties"
Dr. Benjamin Rush, September 23, 1800 "I have sworn upon the altar of God"
William Dunbar, January 12, 1801 "Philosophical vedette" at a distance
John Dickinson, March 6, 1801 The revolution of 1800
Dr. Joseph Priestley, March 21, 1801 Something new under the sun
Moses Robinson, March 23, 1801 Wisdom and patriotism
Elbridge Gerry, March 29, 1801 Reconciliation and reform
The U.S. Minister to France (Robert R. Livingston), September 9, 1801 "free ships make free goods"
James Monroe, November 14, 1801 Interchangeable parts
The Governor of Virginia (James Monroe),[epNovember 24, 1801 African colonization
P. S. Dupont de Nemours, January 18, 1802 Limits of the practicable
Anne Cary, Thomas Jefferson, and Ellen Wayles Randolph, March 2, 1802 "to be loved by every body"
General Thaddeus Kosciusko, April 2, 1802 The progress of reform
The U.S. Minister to France (Robert R. Livingston), April 18, 1802 The affair of Louisiana
Benjamin H. Latrobe, November 2, 1802 Dry-docking the navy
Thomas Cooper, November 29, 1802 "a noiseless course"
The Special Envoy to France (James Monroe), January 13, 1803 Crisis on the Mississippi
Benjamin Hawkins, February 18, 1803 Civilization of the Indians
Governor William H. Harrison, February 27, 1803 Machiavellian benevolence and the Indians
Dr. Joseph Priestley, April 9, 1803 Jesus, Socrates, and others
Dr. Benjamin Rush, with a Syllabus, April 21, 1803 The morals of Jesus
Instructions to Captain Lewis, June 20, 1803 Expedition to the Pacific
Sir John Sinclair, June 30, 1803 A national agricultural society
The Earl of Buchan, July 10, 1803 Peace founded on interest
Pierre J. G. Cabanis, July 12, 1803 Philosophy and blasted hopes
John C. Breckinridge, August 12, 1803 The Louisiana Purchase
Wilson Cary Nicholas, September 7, 1803 A constitutional amendment
Dr. Joseph Priestley, January 29, 1804 Jesus, Louisiana, and Malthus
Jean Baptiste Say, February 1, 1804 Malthus and the New World
Abigail Adams, June 13, 1804 Grief and grievances
Judge John Tyler, June 28, 1804 Freedom of the press
Larkin Smith, November 26, 1804 "the office of hangman"
Littleton Waller Tazewell, January 5, 1805 Blueprint of the University
John Taylor, January 6, 1805 The two-term precedent
C. F. de C. Volney, February 8, 1805 Climate, fevers, and the polygraph
C. F. de C. Volney, February 11, 1806 News of Captain Lewis
Joel Barlow, February 24, 1806 A National Academy
The Emperor Alexander, April 19, 1806 Courting Alexander
Dr. Edward Jenner, May 14, 1806 A tribute of gratitude
Barnabas Bidwell, July 5, 1806 Schism and the majority leadership
William Hamilton, July, 1806 Gardens for Monticello
John Dickinson, January 13, 1807 Discontents in the West
William Waller Hening, January 14, 1807 Laws of Virginia
Governor William C. C. Claiborne, February 3, 1807 Lessons of the Burr Conspiracy
William Branch Giles, April 20, 1807 The Burr trial
John Norvell, June 14, 1807 History, Hume, and the press
George Hay, June 20, 1807 A subp�na for the President
Dr. Caspar Wistar, June 21, 1807 "unlearned views of medicine"
Robert Fulton, August 16, 1807 Torpedoes and submarines
Rev. Samuel Miller, January 23, 1808 Religious freedom
Dr. Thomas Leib, June 23, 1808 "subjects for a mad-house"
Lacépède, with a Catalogue, July 14, 1808 Bones for the National Institute
Monsieur Sylvestre, July 15, 1808 Ploughs
Thomas Jefferson Randolph, November 24, 1808 Education of a grandson
Dr. Benjamin Waterhouse, December 1, 1808 Sowing the upland rice
James Monroe, January 28, 1809 "last trial for peace"
John Hollins, February 19, 1809 The republic of science
Henri Gregoire, February 25, 1809 The Negro race
P. S. Dupont de Nemours, March 2, 1809 "a prisoner, released from his chains"
Mrs. Samuel H. Smith, March 6, 1809 A parting blessing
Horatio G. Spafford, May 14, 1809 The potato and Harper's Ferry
John Wyche, May 19, 1809 Circulating libraries
P. S. Dupont de Nemours, June 28, 1809 "the spirit of manufacture"
John W. Campbell, September 3, 1809 An edition of writings
Dr. Benjamin S. Barton, September 21, 1809 Indian vocabularies
Samuel Kercheval, January 19, 1810 American Quakerism
John Garland Jefferson, January 25, 1810 Nepotism and the republic
CÆsar A. Rodney, February 10, 1810 Prostration of reason
Governor John Langdon, March 5, 1810 "the book of Kings"
Messrs. Hugh L. White and Others, May 6, 1810 "an academical village"
The President of the United States (James Madison), May 13, 1810 A plan for the Merinos
John Tyler, May 26, 1810 Schools and "little republics"
William Duane, August 12, 1810 Hume and Montesquieu
John B. Colvin, September 20, 1810 A law beyond the Constitution
Dr. Benjamin Rush, January 16, 1811 Relations with Adams
John Lynch, January 21, 1811 "the seeds of civilization"
A. L. C. Destutt de Tracy, January 26, 1811 The executive office
Alexander von Humboldt, April 14, 1811 The Latin American revolutions
Charles Willson Peale, August 20, 1811 "a young gardener"
Dr. Robert Patterson, November 10, 1811 Reprise: weights, measures, and coins
John Adams, January 21, 1812 Reconciliation
John Adams, June 11, 1812 Concerning the Indians
General Thaddeus Kosciusko, June 28, 1812 War with England
John Melish, January 13, 1813 "a radical difference of political principle"
Madame de Stae[zs=Ul, May 24, 1813 Tyrants of land and sea
John Adams, June 15, 1813 Light and liberty and the parties
John Wayles Eppes, June 24, 1813 Debt, taxes, banks, and paper
Isaac McPherson, August 13, 1813 No patents on ideas
John Waldo, August 16, 1813 A "ductile and copious" language
[el11][j747]John Adams, October 12, 1813 The code of Jesus
John Adams, October 28, 1813 The natural aristocracy
Alexander von Humboldt, December 6, 1813 "a hemisphere to itself"
Madame de Tessé, December 8, 1813 War and botanical exchanges
Dr. Walter Jones, January 2, 1814 The character of Washington
Dr. Thomas Cooper, February 10, 1814 Christianity and the common law
Dr. John Manners, February 22, 1814 Classification in natural history
N. G. Dufief, April 19, 1814 The censorship of books
Thomas Law, June 13, 1814 The moral sense
John Adams, July 5, 1814 Bonaparte and Plato
Edward Coles, August 25, 1814 Emancipation and the younger generation
Peter Carr, September 7, 1814 A system of education
Samuel H. Smith, September 21, 1814 A library for Congress
William Short, November 28, 1814 A just but sad war
Lafayette, February 14, 1815 War, revolution, and restoration
George Watterston, May 7, 1815 Library classification
Benjamin Austin, January 9, 1816 Manufactures
Charles Thomson, January 9, 1816 "a real Christian"
John Adams, January 11, 1816 Your prophecy and mine
Joseph C. Cabell, February 2, 1816 The ward system
John Adams, April 8, 1816 "Hope in the head ... Fear astern"
P. S. Dupont de Nemours, April 24, 1816 "constitutionally and conscientiously democrats"
Corrèa da Serra, April 26, 1816 Captain Lewis's papers
John Taylor, May 28, 1816 The test of republicanism
Samuel Kercheval, July 12, 1816 Reform of the Virginia constitution
Mrs. Samuel H. Smith, August 6, 1816 "never an infidel, if never a priest"
Tristam Dalton, May 2, 1817 Horizontal ploughing
Lafayette, May 14, 1817 Era of good feelings
François de Marbois, June 14, 1817 "the flatteries of hope"
Nathaniel Burwell, March 14, 1818 Female education
Wells and Lilly, April 1, 1818 The classical press
Nathaniel Macon, January 12, 1819 Inflation and demoralization
Dr. Vine Utley, March 21, 1819 Habits of "a hard student"
Samuel Adams Wells, May 12, 1819 Setting the record straight
John Brazier, August 24, 1819 The value of classical learning
Judge Spencer Roane, September 6, 1819 Limits to judicial review
Nathaniel F. Moore, September 22, 1819 Greek pronunciation
William Short, with a Syllabus, October 31, 1819 "I too am an Epicurean"
John Holmes, April 22, 1820 "a fire bell in the night"
William Short, August 4, 1820 Jesus and the Jews
John Adams, August 15, 1820 The University, neology, and materialism
Thomas Ritchie, December 25, 1820 Judicial subversion
Albert Gallatin, December 26, 1820 The Missouri question
Francis Eppes, January 19, 1821 Bolingbroke and Paine
General James Breckinridge, February 15, 1821 The University and the schools
Jedidiah Morse, March 6, 1822 A dangerous example
Justice William Johnson, October 27, 1822 Seriatim opinions and the history of parties
Dr. Thomas Cooper, November 2, 1822 Religion and the University
John Adams, April 11, 1823 Calvin and cosmology
Justice William Johnson, June 12, 1823 The Supreme Court and the Constitution
John Adams, September 4, 1823 "rivers of blood must yet flow"
John Adams, October 12, 1823 "The best letter that ever was written ..."
The President of the United States (James Monroe), October 24, 1823 The Monroe Doctrine
Jared Sparks, February 4, 1824 A plan of emancipation
Dugald Stewart, April 26, 1824 Professors from abroad
Major John Cartwright, June 5, 1824 Saxons, constitutions, and a case of pious fraud
William Ludlow, September 6, 1824 The progress of society
Lafayette, October 9, 1824 Return of the hero
Thomas Jefferson Smith, February 21, 1825 Counsel to a namesake
Henry Lee, May 8, 1825 The object of the Declaration of Independence
The Honorable J. Evelyn Denison, M.P.,November 9, 1825 The Anglo-Saxon language
Ellen Randolph Coolidge, November 14, 1825 A gift to a granddaughter
William Branch Giles, December 26, 1825 Consolidation!
James Madison, February 17, 1826 "Take care of me when dead"
James Heaton, May 20, 1826 Nunc dimittis on slavery
Roger C. Weightman, June 24, Last letter: Apotheosis of liberty
