Volume 38
Volume 38 opens on 1 July 1802, when Jefferson is in Washington, and closes on 12 November, when he is again there. For the last week of July and all of August and September, he resides at...
The Papers of Thomas Jefferson
Print Edition
The Papers of Thomas Jefferson is a multi-volume scholarly edition devoted to the publication of the Jefferson’s public and private papers. This edition includes items he received as well as those he wrote. It begins with letters from the early 1760s, when Jefferson was still a youth who had not yet completed his education and Virginia was a British colony. The project staff are now preparing for publication papers from Jefferson’s presidency, which stretched from 1801 to 1809. The print edition, published to the highest standards of materials and craft by Princeton University Press, provides convenient access to our work and ensures that it will be available long into the future. The series is expected to encompass slightly over sixty volumes.
Volume 37
This volume opens on 4 March 1802, the first anniversary of Thomas Jefferson's inauguration as the nation's third president, and closes on 30 June. In March, a delegation of Seneca Indians comes...
Volume 36
The period covered by this volume brings to a conclusion Thomas Jefferson’s first year as president. His annual message to Congress conveys good news: peace between France and England is...
Volume 35
For the first two months covered by this volume, Thomas Jefferson is residing at Monticello, avoiding the “rather sickly” season in the nation’s capital. His mountaintop house finally has a roof...
Volume 34
In Volume 34, covering May through July 1801, the story of Thomas Jefferson's first presidential administration continues to unfold. He quickly begins to implement his objectives of economy and...
Volume 33
Under normal circumstances, Thomas Jefferson would have had more than two months to prepare for his presidency. However, since the House of Representatives finally settled a tied electoral vote...
Volume 32
"I have sometimes asked myself whether my country is the better for my having lived at all?" Jefferson muses in this volume. His answer: "I do not know that it is." Required by custom to be...
Volume 31
As this volume opens, partisan politics in the United States are building to a crescendo with the approach of the presidential election. Working for a Republican victory, Jefferson consults...
Volume 30
During the thirteen months covered by this volume, Thomas Jefferson spent more than half of his time in Philadelphia serving as vice president under President John Adams and presiding over a...