Reference: 580
Author: J. B. C, ?
Title: "Thomas Jefferson."
Publication: American Whig Review
Volume: 12
Date: (1850)
Extent: 33-46, 182-88, 290-99, 367-76, 471-89.

Notes: Review essay occasioned by the edition of TJ's Memoirs, Correspondence, Miscellanies (1849). Praises TJ but criticizes the editor for including the "Anas," of which we should have been spared.

Reference: 1490
Author: Clark, J. Peyton
Title: A View of the Services Rendered by Thomas Jefferson in the Cause of Civil Liberty; An Oration Delivered before the Jefferson Society of the University of Virginia
Publisher: J. Alexander
Place of Publication: Charlottesville
Date: (1850)
Extent: pp. 20

Notes: no note

Reference: 1627
Author: Garland, Hugh A.
Title: "Thomas Jefferson"
Publication: Life of John Randolph
Publisher: Appleton
Place of Publication: New York
Date: (1850)
Extent: 1:45-52

Notes: TJ as a profound influence upon the young Randolph, but later replaced in his esteem by Edmund Burke. TJ also treated passim.

Reference: 1708
Author: Anonymous
Title: "Jefferson and Pox."
Publication: United States Magazine and Democratic Review
Volume: 27
Date: (1850)
Extent: 193-202

Notes: Compares TJ and Charles James Pox as party leaders who "embodied in their principles and reflected in their measures, more fully and perfectly than any of their contemporaries, the progressive tendencies of their times."

Reference: 3080
Author: Mayer, Brantz
Title: Tah-gahjute; or, Logan and Captain Michael Cresap; A Discourse ... Before the Maryland Historical Society ... 9 May, 1851
Publisher: John Murphy
Place of Publication: Baltimore
Date: (1851)
Extent: pp. 86

Notes: Little on TJ specifically; defends Cresap against the charge in Notes of murdering Logan's family and claims TJ seized upon the speech as an opportunity to refute Buffon.

Reference: 463
Author: Frost, John
Title: Thomas Jefferson
Publication: The Presidents of the United States; from Washington to Fillmore. Comprising Their Personal and Political History.
Publisher: Phillips, Sampson
Place of Publication: Boston
Date: (1852)
Extent: 77-102

Notes: no note

Reference: 935
Author: Pate, H. Clay
Title: "Monticello"
Publication: The American Vade Mecum, or the Companion of Youth, and Guide to College
Publisher: Morgan & Co.
Place of Publication: Cincinnati
Date: (1852)
Extent: 157-60

Notes: Notes dilapidation of the tomb; also see pp. 13-28 on TJ and the University.

Reference: 1149
Author: Tator, Henry H.
Title: An Oration Commemorative of the Character of Thomas Jefferson
Publisher: Joel Munsell
Place of Publication: Albany
Date: (1852)
Extent: pp. 22

Notes: Overblown rhetoric.

Reference: 716
Author: Lossing, Benson J.
Title: "Monticello."
Publication: Harper's Monthly Magazine
Volume: 7
Date: (1853)
Extent: 145-60.

Notes: Account of a visit to Monticello in the early 1850's and of TJ's life there.

Reference: 851
Author: Morgan, Henry
Title: A Description of the Peaks of Otter, With Sketches and Anecdotes of Patrick Henry, John Randolph and Thomas Jefferson, and Other Distinguished Men, Who Have Visited the Peaks of Otter, or Resided in that Part of the State, Also a Description of the Natural Bridge and Other Scenery in Western Virginia
Publisher: Virginia Job Office
Place of Publication: Lynchburg
Date: (1853)
Extent: pp. 94

Notes: Anecdotes of TJ on 47-52 and a poem, "The Tomb of Jefferson."

Reference: 1271
Author: Watson, Henry C.
Title: "Thomas Jefferson"
Publication: Lives of the Presidents of the United States
Publisher: Kelly & Bro
Place of Publication: Boston
Date: (1853)
Extent: 200-54

Notes: no note

Reference: 2625
Author: Brown, William Wells
Title: Cloteli or The President's Daughter: A Narrative of Slave Life in the United States
Publisher: Partridge and Oakey
Place of Publication: London
Date: (1853)
Extent: pp. 253

Notes: An antislavery novel, the first by an American black writer, it does not make a great deal of TJ's parentage of Clotel, but it does quote him on the evils of slavery and then accuse him of hypocrisy.

Reference: 484
Author: Godwin, Parke
Title: "Jefferson"
Publication: Homes of American Statesmen: With Anecdotical, Personal and Descriptive Sketches, by Various Writers
Publisher: G. P. Putnam
Place of Publication: New York
Date: (1854)
Extent: 79-94.

Notes: "He conquered, as Emerson says in speaking of the force of character over and above mere force of some special faculty, because his arrival anywhere altered the face of affairs."

Reference: 2710
Author: Cooke, John Esten
Title: The Youth of Jefferson or a Chronicle of College Scrapes at Williamsburg in Virginia, A.D. 1764
Publication: Redfield
Place of Publication: New York
Date: (1854)
Extent: 249

Notes: Fiction.

Reference: 58
Author: Anonymous
Title: "American Leaders. No. 1. Thomas Jefferson."
Publication: United States Review
Volume: 4
Date: (1855)
Extent: 371-84

Notes: Biographical sketch. Journal continues The Democratic Review.

Reference: 1377
Author: Baldwin, Joseph G.
Title: Party Leaders: Sketches of Thomas Jefferson Alex'r Hamilton, Andrew Jackson, Henry Clay, John Randolph of Roanoke
Publisher: Appleton
Place of Publication: New York
Date: (1855)
Extent: 17-134

Notes: TJ contrasted with Hamilton: "He was more artificial as well as more original than Hamilton.... a thorough-going party man ...the whole tone of his mind was partisan." Baldwin's hero is Clay.

Reference: 1382
Author: Bayard, James A.
Title: Remarks in the Senate of the United States January 31, 1855, Vindicating the Late James A. Bayard, of Delaware, and Refuting the Groundless Charges contained in the "Anas" of Thomas Jefferson, Aspersing His Character
Place of Publication: Washington
Date: (1855)
Extent: pp. 14

Notes: Rpt. Wilmington, Del. : Thomas F. Bayard, 1907. pp. 38. In the Anas TJ claimed Bayard tried to bribe Samuel Smith to vote for Burr for president in 1800, or so Edward Livingston told him.

Reference: 1648
Author: Grigsby, Hugh Blair
Title: The Virginia Convention of 1776. A Discourse Delivered before the Virginia Alpha of the Phi Beta Kappa Society, in the Chapel of William and Mary College in the City of Williamsburg, on the Afternoon of July 3, 1855
Publisher: J. W. Randolph
Place of Publication: Richmond
Date: (1855)
Extent: pp.206

Notes: Laudatory, apologetic sketch on pp. 168-87; also see pp. 20-33 on the Mecklenburg Declaration.

Reference: 2102
Author: Young, Andrew W.
Title: The American Statesman: A Political History, Exhibiting the Origin, Nature and Practical Operations of Constitutional Governments in the United States; The Rise and Progress of Parties; And the Views of Distinguished Statesmen Questions of Foreign and Domestic Policy
Publisher: J. C. Derby
Place of Publication: New York
Date: (1855)
Extent: 95-156;189-233

Notes: These pages deal with the formation of the Republican party and TJ's administration; avoids controversial issues and takes an objective point of view.

Reference: 490
Author: Goodrich, Samuel Griswold
Title: "Letter XI"
Publication: Recollections of a Lifetime, or Men and Things I have Seen: in a Series of Familiar Letters to a Friend.
Publisher: Miller, Orton, and Mulligan
Place of Publication: New York
Date: (1856)
Extent: 1:106-26.

Notes: Anecdotes illustrating New England's reaction to TJ's election in 1800. Federalist nostalgia from Peter Parley

Reference: 1249
Author: Van Wyck, P. V. R.
Title: Address of P.V.R. Van Wyck, and Oration by Peyton Wise, Delivered Before the Irving Lyceum ... July 3, 1856, at the New Library Building of W.W. Corcoran, Esq.
Publisher: Henry Polkinhorn
Place of Publication: Washington
Date: (1856)
Extent: pp.23

Notes: Van Wyck's address is a biographical sketch of TJ.

Reference: 1494
Author: Coles, Edward
Title: History of the Ordinance of 1787
Publisher: Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Place of Publication: Philadelphia
Date: (1856)
Extent: pp. 33

Notes: Argues that TJ's proposed plan of government for the Northwest Territory, made in 1784, was the model for the Ordinance of 1787. Coles was Monroe's private secretary and Governor of Illinois.

Reference: 1513
Author: Cragin, Aaron H.
Title: Jefferson against Douglas. Speech of Hon. A. H. Cragin, of New Hampshire, in the House of Representatives. August 4, 1856
Publisher: Buell and Blanchard
Place of Publication: Washington
Date: (1856)
Extent: pp. 14

Notes: Another edition, Washington: n. p. , 1856. pp. 28. Quotes TJ extensively on the evils of slavery in order to argue against its extension.

Reference: 2648
Author: Cabell, Nathaniel E.
Title: Early History of the University of Virginia as Contained in the Letters of Thomas Jefferson and Joseph C. Cabell, Hitherto Unpublished
Publisher: J. W. Randolph
Place of Publication: Richmond
Date: (1856)
Extent: pp.xxxvi, 528

Notes: Brief introduction, some annotation, but basic source material.

Reference: 1066
Author: Schmucker, Samuel M.
Title: The Life and Times of Thomas Jefferson
Publisher: John E. Potter
Place of Publication: Philadelphia
Date: (1857)
Extent: pp. xiii, 400

Notes: Often reprinted biography which finds as TJ's chief fault "a pusillanimous and morbid terror of popular censure, and an insatiable thirsting after popular praise" which kept him from recognizing the depravity of most humans. Title pages of early editions spell author's name as Smucker.

Reference: 1165
Author: Anonymous
Title: Thomas Jefferson
Publication: New England Historical and Genealogical Register
Volume: 11
Date: (1857)
Extent: 193-97

Notes: Brief, admiring sketch, emphasizing his services in the revolutionary period.

Reference: 1278
Author: Webster, Daniel
Title: "Memorandum of Mr. J's Conversations"
Publication: Private Correspondence
Publisher: Little Brown
Place of Publication: Boston
Date: (1857)
Extent: 1:364-73

Notes: Webster visited Monticello in December, 1824; TJ talked about Patrick Henry and his experience in France among other topics.

Reference: 1323
Author: Witt, Cornelis de
Title: "Thomas Jefferson. Sa Vie et Sa Correspondance. 1. La Revolution Americaine et la Revolution Francaise."
Publication: Revue des Deux Mondes
Volume: ser. 2. 8
Date: (1857)
Extent: 536-86

Notes: Discusses TJ's life through his mission to France and his arrival at the opinion that the decisions of one generation should not bind the next.

Reference: 1687
Author: Hodgson, Joseph Jr.
Title: An Address Delivered Before the Jefferson Society of the University of Virginia, at Its Anniversary Celebration, Held in the Public Hall, April 13, 1857
Publisher: J. D. Hammersley
Place of Publication: Richmond
Date: (1857)
Extent: pp. 16

Notes: Political progress and the error of secession; a pro-union appeal to the authority of TJ.

Reference: 2032
Author: Trescot, William Henry
Title: The Diplomatic History of the Administrations of Washington and Adams, 1789-1801
Publisher: Little Brown
Place of Publication: Boston
Date: (1857)
Extent: pp.x,283

Notes: The great achievement of diplomacy was to escape entanglement with Europe; pays attention to issues and events without looking at the nature of the participants in any detail.

Reference: 3139
Author: O'Callaghan, E. B.
Title: "Jefferson Notes of Virginia."
Publication: Historical Magazine
Volume: 1
Date: (1857)
Extent: 52

Notes: Bibliographical note.

Reference: 1655
Author: Hamilton, John Church
Title: History of the Republic of the United States of America, as Traced in the Writings of Alexander Hamilton and of His Contemporaries
Publisher: D. Appleton
Place of Publication: New York
Date: (1857-60)
Extent: 7 vols

Notes: When reprinted in 1879, more properly titled A Life of Alexander Hamilton; important statement of the Hamiltonian view of TJ.

Reference: 276
Author: Cobb, Joseph B
Title: "Thomas Jefferson"
Publication: Leisure Labors: or Miscellanies Historical, Literary, and Political
Publisher: Appleton
Place of Publication: New York
Date: (1858)
Extent: 5-130

Notes: Long unfriendly sketch; "We regard him as the masterspirit of former mischievous inculcations, and his influence as the main promoting cause of all succeeding political malversations of 'the progressive Democracy'."

Reference: 369
Author: Dorsheimer, William
Title: "Thomas Jefferson."
Publication: Atlantic Monthly
Volume: 2
Date: (1858)
Extent: 706-17; 789-803.

Notes: Review essay finds Randall's biography of TJ verbose and dull but agrees with his highly favorable assessment of TJ.

Reference: 581
Author: J. S, ?
Title: "Jefferson and His Times."
Publication: National Magazine
Volume: 13
Date: (1858)
Extent: 20-32

Notes: "The model Democrat and President."

Reference: 592
Author: Anonymous
Title: "Jefferson."
Publication: Russells Magazine
Volume: 3
Date: (1858)
Extent: 107-29; 4(1859), 205-11

Notes: Review essay on the first two volumes of Randall's Life; holds TJ responsible for "the universal democracy, unrestrained ..." and attempts to rescue Burr's reputation. rpt. DeBow's Review. 24(1858), 508-36.

Reference: 996
Author: Randall, Henry S.
Title: The Life of Thomas Jefferson
Publisher: Derby and Jackson
Place of Publication: New York
Date: (1858)
Extent: 3 vols. pp. xxiv, 645; xii, 694; xii, 731

Notes: Major biography written in the nineteenth century; Randall had access to sources unavailable to earlier writers and sought information from people who had known TJ.

Reference: 1257
Author: Victor, O. J.
Title: "Thomas Jefferson."
Publication: Knickerbocker Magazine
Volume: 52
Date: (1858)
Extent: 359-62,479-84

Notes: Review essay of Randall's Life; the first section on TJ's youth is generally admiring, but the second section is a sharp attack on his "inconsistencies."

Reference: 2093
Author: Witt, Cornelis de
Title: "Thomas Jefferson. Sa Vie et Sa Corr~spondance. II. Formation et Triumphe du Parti Democratique aux Etats Unis."
Publication: Revue des Deux Mondes
Volume: ser. 2. 15
Date: (1858)
Extent: 332-72

Notes: The struggles with Hamilton and the problems with foreign relations in the 1790's.

Reference: 90
Author: Barre, W. L.
Title: "Thomas Jefferson"
Publication: Lives of Illustrious Men of America, Distinguished in the Annals of the Republic as Legislators Warriors, and Philosophers.
Publisher: W.A. Clarke
Place of Publication: Cincinnati
Date: (1859)
Extent: 118-68

Notes: Sympathetic sketch.

Reference: 714
Author: Loring, George B.
Title: Celebration of the Birth-day of Thomas Jefferson at Salem Mass., April 1st, 1859. Oration by Dr. Geo. B. Loring
Publisher: The Advocate Office
Place of Publication: Salem
Date: (1859)
Extent: pp. 23.

Notes: Oration celebrates TJ as politician, statesman, and philanthropist; the pamphlet also details the rest of the ceremony organized by the the National Democrats of Essex County.

Reference: 1051
Author: Rusling, James P.
Title: "Thomas Jefferson."
Publication: Methodist Quarterly
Volume: 41
Date: (1859)
Extent: 59-73

Notes: Praises TJ for everything except his religious views.

Reference: 1096
Author: Shields, W. S.
Title: "General Lafayette's Visit to Monticello and the University."
Publication: Virginia University Magazine
Volume: 4
Date: (1859)
Extent: 113-25

Notes: Eye-witness account.

Reference: 1142
Author: Strother, John M.
Title: "Thomas Jefferson."
Publication: Virginia University Magazine
Volume: 3
Date: (1859)
Extent: 271-88

Notes: Review essay of Randall's biography.

Reference: 1917
Author: Anonymous, none
Title: Celebration of Jefferson's Birthday in Washington, Wednesday, April 13, 1859
Publisher: Buell & Blanchard
Place of Publication: Washington
Date: (1859)
Extent: pp.16

Notes: The young Republican Party (GOP) tries to capture TJ as one of its own; prints speeches by Francis P. Blair and Daniel R. Goodloe, emphasizing TJ's belief in the importance of gradual elimination of slavery.

Reference: 1971
Author: Shortridge, George D.
Title: "Mr. Jefferson: The Declaration of Independence and Freedom."
Publication: DeBow's Review
Volume: 26
Date: (1859)
Extent: 547-59

Notes: "Mr. Jefferson's doctrine is the dream of an enthusiast or visionary," and does not justify abolition.

Reference: 2094
Author: Witt, Cornelis de
Title: "Thomas Jefferson. Sa Vie et Sa Correspondance. III. Le Parti Democratique aux Affaires."
Publication: Revue des Deux Mondes
Volume: ser. 2. 22
Date: (1859)
Extent: 353-91

Notes: Covers TJ's presidency, concluding that the executive power of the presidency has never recovered from his weakening of it snd that the difficulties the country faces today are an almost inevitable consequence of his politics. Printed separately, Paris: J. Claye, 1859. pp. 39.