Reference: 192

Notes: Analyzes text of the Declaration; suggests that TJ touches all the colonies in the course of the list of grievances, establishing a common interest in independence.

Reference: 1621

Reference: 1641

Notes: A Biography in a series designed to present great Americans "in entertaining form, free from glamour." A deglamorized TJ is nearly indistinguishable from a Hamiltonian view.

Reference: 321

Notes: Rpt. separately as Some Letters of Ralph Izard to Thomas Jefferson. Charleston: Walker, Evans, & Cogswell, 1901. pp. 13. Letters written while TJ was in France; no editorial comments or notes.

Reference: 578

Reference: 734

Notes: Description of events.

Reference: 1097

Notes: Riverside Biographical Series. Focuses on public career, takes a moderate position.

Reference: 823

Notes: After TJ lamented the burning of Washington, Rev. John Strachan of Upper cnada replied with an open letter of Canadian grievances; prints Strachan's letter.

Reference: 1916

Reference: 1141

Notes: Discusses in the first chapter TJ's legal problems in annexing the Louisiana Territory to the U.S.

Reference: 2075

Notes: Account of TJ's presidency, portraying him as a disappointed theorist.

Reference: 1121

Notes: Focus on life in Washington during TJ's presidency.

Reference: 1305

Notes: Biographical sketch; praises TJ for being above the "greed" which now threatens society.

Reference: 500

Reference: 85

Notes: Prints TJ's report of 1784, supporting documents and letters, and commentary on his role in developing the Northwest Territory.

Reference: 1863

Notes: Interesting bit of social history, describing group trip to Monticello, where they erected a monument commemorating the Louisiana Purchase.

Reference: 588

Notes: Review essay on W.E. Curtis's book of this title. TJ was the greatest genius of his age, but Washington was the greater man. TJ was essentially a doctrinaire, but he lived in an age that needed a doctrinaire.

Reference: 1204

Reference: 3300

Reference: 84

Notes: Description of TJ's first inauguration, arguing against the legend that he rode rather than walked to the ceremony.

Reference: 1458

Notes: Sketch with interesting photographic illustrations.

Reference: 2549

Notes: Reprints with minimal comment TJ's account of excavating an Indian mound .

Reference: 2817

Notes: TJ's action was not the outcome of base commercialism nor of imperialism but of a sense of national self-preservation.

Reference: 1593

Notes: Prints without comment an undated letter to Charles W. Peale.

Reference: 2840

Reference: 502

Notes: Includes letters of Edward Carrington and others to TJ and Madison concerning ratification of the Constitution; no notes.

Reference: 1609

Notes: TJ is "the earnest but cool-headed representative of the rural English free-holders that won magna Charta and overthrew the usurpations of the Stuarts."

Reference: 435

Notes: An attempted vindication of Burr; development and expansion of the author's 1898 paper.

Reference: 1714

Notes: Popular history which gives ample space to TJ's role in the purchase and the subsequent debate over its constitutionality.

Reference: 1696

Notes: Federalist memories of TJ recounted, among others.

Reference: 513

Notes: Romanticized, dramatic, and inaccurate version of the Fourth of July, 1776.

Reference: 695

Reference: 934

Notes: Sentimentalized account of TJ's flirtation with Rebecca Burwell.

Reference: 1030

Notes: Surveys the whole TJ-Marshall relationship, sympathetically to each; claims TJ was in the wrong with Marshall, but a great man for all that.

Reference: 1933

Notes: Laudatory survey of TJ's efforts to improve public knowledge.

Reference: 3088

Notes: TJ not a great political theorist; he agreed on fundamental principles with Locke but went beyond him in development of and deductions from these principles. Source of his power was his genius as a party leader, his gift for popular statement of popular ideas, and his confidence in the people.

Reference: 2365

Notes: Describes the background of the Anas, points out serious problems in editions relying on the H. A. Washington edition of 1854.

Reference: 1942

Notes: Protests that Gertrude Atherton's love for Alexander Hamilton has led her to misrepresent seriously the character of TJ in her novel The Conqueror.

Reference: 3112

Notes: Defends Jefferson Monroe Levy's care of Monticello

Reference: 1200

Notes: TJ as host in Washington, D. C.

Reference: 1286

Reference: 2524

Notes: Meandering note on TJ's spiritual greatness in general.

Reference: 2161

Notes: Praises TJ's ability to move men.

Reference: 1373

Notes: Includes an index to all three parts.

Reference: 31

Notes: Claims TJ's political "axiom" has as a prerequisite a social or economic axiom, man's equal right to land.

Reference: 1629

Notes: A relatively early survey of TJ's activities in this field.

Reference: 1534

Notes: Mostly concerned with attacking the "Rule of the Millionaires" by appealing to Jeffersonian principles; pp. 445-79 sketch TJ's accomplishments.

Reference: 1574

Notes: Revision of previous item.

Reference: 2833

Notes: Reprints #408 with additions. A hodge-podge for students.

Reference: 409

Reference: 307

Notes: Somewhat fanciful sketch

Reference: 361

Notes: TJ as champion of states rights.

Reference: 1520

Notes: TJ established "the reign of popular government and robust Americanism."

Reference: 446

Reference: 2165

Notes: School text.

Reference: 231

Reference: 269

Notes: Contends that James Wilkinson accused Burr of treason to save his own skin and misled TJ. TJ interpreted criticism of his subsequent actions as partisan malice; he lost his temper and self-control, began to act obstinately and vindictively, and revealed his shortcomings. Rpt. in an expanded edition with introduction by Charles A. Beard, New York: Wilson-Erickson, 1936.

Reference: 1787

Notes: Second term presidents tend to make "a larger assertion of authority," e.g. TJ and the embargo.

Reference: 1667

Notes: TJ was an educational innovator who aimed to develop an educational system with a distinguished higher institution and a "compact completeness of the entire system from that high point down to the most elementary school in the most remote precinct."

Reference: 2950

Notes: Prints without comment a letter on TJ's death, dated September 17, 1826, and sent to Arnold Scheffer.

Reference: 678

Notes: Notes that the proof of TJ's greatness can be seen in the attempts of every variety of political opinion in the U.S. to ground itself in his writings.

Reference: 553

Notes: Argues that Jeffersonian theory was democratic although his practice was in many ways aristocratic; its full realization was left for another time and another party."

Reference: 1832

Reference: 1085

Reference: 3121

Notes: Louisiana Purchase and TJ's part in it.

Reference: 1966

Notes: Defense of Josiah Quincy's objections to the Purchase; TJ established a dangerous precedent in being unfaithful to the Constitution, opening the way to imperialistic acquisitions and the extension of slavery. Also rpt. separately.

Reference: 1912

Reference: 1984

Notes: Questions TJ's reminiscences about signing the Declaration on the 4th.

Reference: 1849

Reference: 908

Reference: 840

Notes: Traces similarities, mostly trivial or contrived.

Reference: 865

Notes: TJ's democracy was "based in the essential dignity of human nature" and went hand in hand with a kind of religious liberty (later espoused by Channing) which saw as the only "great facts of religion" God and the soul.

Reference: 2452

Notes: TJ first heard of Burr's plans from Colonel John Morgan.

Reference: 1846

Reference: 1263

Notes: TJ as courageous fighter of religious bigotry, class despotism, and all other kinds of oppression; intended in part as a reply to Theodore Roosevelt's characterization of TJ in his Winnin~ of the West. Revised edition published in 1927.

Reference: 1273

Notes: Juvenile.

Reference: 1140

Reference: 3358

Notes: On the need to acquire Monticello for the nation; "... the mansion itself is decaying." Originally in New York Sun, August 24, 1902, and rpt. at least once after 1912.

Reference: 318

Reference: 132

Reference: 129

Notes: School text: see also next entry

Reference: 248

Notes: Collects reminiscences from people in the Charlottesville area who supposedly remembered TJ; interesting if not reliable.

Reference: 334

Reference: 249

Notes: TJ treated as the "precise opposite" of Hamilton and the distance between the parties emphasized.

Reference: 1640

Notes: Readable but dated account of the historical background of the Declaration, its composition and acceptance, its philosophical background (Lockean), and the nature of the grievances it claims.

Reference: 1622

Notes: Introduction, followed by texts of 1st inaugural address, Declaration of Independence, and A Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom. "Recognition of the principles for which he fought does not, however, imply endorsement of his methods and instruments."

Reference: 451

Notes: TJ is not much celebrated because "Latterly ... the root and branch of despotism have flourished to some extent in this land..." TJ presented as radical defender of individual rights.

Reference: 803

Reference: 2875

Notes: Describes TJ's role with particular attention to the process of acquisition of his library by the nation.

Reference: 2936

Reference: 522

Notes: The usual Hamiltonian's case against TJ.

Reference: 1977

Reference: 824

Notes: TJ forced into the Purchase because of, among other reasons, a dangerous political situation at home with the West and South possibly ready to go over to the Federalists. Both the Federalists and the Republicans in the subsequent squabble over constitutionality tacitly abandoned the strict constructionist view of powers delegated to Congress.

Reference: 1981

Notes: "The purpose of this hand-book is to bring Thomas Jefferson, the wisest exponent of true Democracy closer to the hearts of the people, whom he loved so well."

Reference: 976

Notes: Letters to Francis Adrian van der Kemp transcribed with extensive comment and annotation. Correspondence centers on TJ's "Syllabus of the Doctrines of Jesus."

Reference: 1077

Notes: Emphasizes the democratic features of the Univ. of Virginia as a consequence of TJ's ideas.

Reference: 3419

Notes: A description of "The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth" and how TJ put it together.

Reference: 2116

Notes: A volume in "The Nineteenth Century Series." Brief but perceptive account of TJ's administration tends to be critical of his inability to assess correctly practical problems of government.

Reference: 1391

Notes: Anecdotes.

Reference: 83

Notes: Proceedings in French and English.

Reference: 1006

Notes: TJ's life at Monticello; loose with the facts. Illustrated.

Reference: 233

Notes: Claims that TJ was weak in controversial writing and incompetent to reply to Hamilton's pseudonymous papers, so he encouraged Freneau, Duane, and Callender. Eventually he turned his back on the malignancy of the press which he had encouraged.

Reference: 1610

Notes: Claims TJ was so clever in satisfying his own followers and in not alienating the masses of the opposition that patronage ceased to be an issue by 1809.

Reference: 1595

Notes: Surveys TJ's career as a lawyer; his belief in a "higher law" is evidence that he lived in "the romantic period of our history."

Reference: 431

Notes: Also separately printed.

Reference: 16

Notes: Historical sketch of the University.

Reference: 2951

Notes: Juvenile.

Reference: 948

Notes: Touches upon TJ's relationship with William and Mary.

Reference: 3362

Reference: 1381

Notes: Not located.

Reference: 665

Notes: Illustrated account of TJ's plans.

Reference: 2786

Notes: A history of TJ's administration strongly influenced by Henry Adams' history of the same period, but perhaps more federalist, more supercilious than Adams. Contends the War of 1812 discredited TJ's parsimonious defense spending, "philosophic" political weapons like the Embargo, and hostility to Britain.

Reference: 1480

Reference: 335

Notes: Rpt. of Hubbard (1898); the Lentz 4th of July address seeks to counter the argument that TJ was a conservative aristocrat, claiming that "he was at all times the radical of radicals."

Reference: 568

Notes: TJ was in Germantown because of the yellow fever epidemic in Philadelphia of the previous summer. Historical introduction and notes supplement sixty-three letters written at this time, TJ's accounts, the Ana entries describing cabinet meetings in Germantown, and Walter R. Johnson's eulogy of July 20, 1826.

Reference: 610

Notes: A careful and intensive study of the Declaration and the circumstances of its creation; still useful.

Reference: 1673

Notes: Revised and expanded version of item #2420.

Reference: 2422

Notes: TJ referred to throughout, but pp. 9-135 cover the years of his involvement with the University.

Reference: 3168

Notes: Adapted from the previous item.

Reference: 1113

Notes: TJ dealt with throughout; Margaret Bayard of the Federalist Delaware Bayards married Samuel Harrison Smith, editor of The National Intelligencer, and came to admire TJ, described in the preface as "her life's hero."

Reference: 1112

Notes: TJ more than any other was the creator and organizer of our consular system; he concluded the consular convention with France and as Secretary of State set up the consular service which was recognized by the act of 1792.

Reference: 1900

Notes: "It is the spirit, not the tenets of the man, by which he rules us from his urn."

Reference: 1308

Notes: Reprints, without notes, from the Virginia Gazette announcement of TJ's election and his reply to the Assembly.

Reference: 2040

Reference: 34

Notes: Sketch of Peter Jefferson as Virginia yeoman.

Reference: 286

Notes: TJ's continuing relevance as author of the Declaration.

Reference: 606

Notes: If TJ were here now, he would oppose monopolies and vote Democratic.

Reference: 205

Notes: The new century requires new solutions for its problems, but the old principles of TJ are still the basis of a free society: states rights, separation of powers, honest men in office.

Reference: 1514

Notes: Discusses the historical basis for the charges.

Reference: 2228

Notes: Fragmented antiquarian musings.

Reference: 395

Notes: Survey of TJ's archaeological interests, his interest in the race question and the origin of races, his method of approach to primitive peoples, and his interest in Indian languages.

Reference: 2669

Notes: Short introduction to letters from a Republican pamphleteer.

Reference: 1612

Notes: Not located; cited in Writings in American History (1907), #1452

Reference: 245

Notes: Poem.

Reference: 2732

Notes: Argues that TJ tended to take the side of the Clintons rather than Burr in patronage decisions but denies that there was any collusion to separate Burr from the Republican party.

Reference: 1786

Notes: Cited in Writings on American History (1907), # 1454.

Reference: 1026

Notes: TJ "stood for liberty of thinking for its own sake." In his philosophy he was "more legal than logical," and was most influenced by Locke, Dugald Stewart, Cabanis, Destutt de Tracy. Emphasizes French influence.

Reference: 2428

Notes: Poem.

Reference: 3319

Notes: A rather mechanical and simplistic analysis intended for "the busy, rushing people of to-day." Focus on practical organization and administration of government, not on political theory or intellectual background of TJ's opinions.

Reference: 2483

Notes: First enunciated in a letter from TJ to James Bowdoin, dated April 27, 1805.

Reference: 2002

Notes: TJ was "the first of the long line of notable American expansionists."

Reference: 1448

Notes: pp. 21-153 are on TJ as founder and planner.

Reference: 2723

Notes: TJ's university, the last product of his "comprehensive sweep of intellect," had an exemplary "spaciousness of design."

Reference: 3164

Notes: Prints with notes letters, one dated Jan. 3, 1796, to Justin Pierre de Rieux on farming and business matters.

Reference: 3363

Notes: Excerpts a paragraph from Francis T. Brooke's A Narrative of My Life For My Family” on TJ.

Reference: 1214

Reference: 1128

Notes: Suggested order of exercises to use in celebrating TJ's birthday.

Reference: 1181

Notes: TJ's "policy was at bottom the old fatal policy of drift ... Hamilton's ... one of energetic and intelligent assertion of the national good."

Reference: 1517

Notes: TJ's mission in France prevented his securing a "more democratic document," and he was unable to deflect its interpretation by "an irremovable judiciary."

Reference: 1580

Notes: Claims TJ sent James Lemen as a "confidential agent" into the Illinois section of the Northwest Territory to oppose slavery and later encouraged him to form a Baptist church with an anti-slavery platform. Evidence is extremely thin.

Reference: 1762

Notes: Notes for a course given in 1907-08 and 1908-09 to study "nationbuilding through the lives of the builders."

Reference: 565

Notes: Note draws analogies in matters of church, press, education, and affairs of state.

Reference: 2949

Notes: TJ betrayed because the president of the University sought donations from Andrew Carnegie and Thomas Fortune Ryan.

Reference: 1098

Reference: 855

Notes: Discusses TJ's accomplishments as a geographer and contends for the innovative nature of his work.

Reference: 3315

Notes: TJ as minister to France and as Secretary of State urged commercial reciprocity.

Reference: 2105

Notes: Biographical sketch of “the great apostle of American Democracy.”

Reference: 1190

Notes: Similar to #1181, but different items for the suggested exercises. Only two of these located, but they may have been published for some years after this, as late as 1935.

Reference: 1182

Reference: 893

Notes: Claims the poem "Lovely Peggy" in mss. at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania Library was in fact written by TJ and not merely copied. Highly dubious.

Reference: 2864

Notes: Correspondence with William Wirt, who was collecting material for his biography of Henry; no introduction or annotation.

Reference: 547

Notes: Account of ceremonies accepting the statue of TJ done by Sir Moses Ezekiel. Illustrated.

Reference: 3118

Notes: TJ was "an observer in the field of geography before Morse had reached the age of ten years," and he was in the advance of any contemporary in the economic interpretation of geography.

Reference: 3314

Notes: TJ as philosopher of free enterprise and individualism

Reference: 181

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