Texts by or to Thomas Jefferson
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Original Jefferson Letters and Manuscripts
from the University of Virginia's Special Collections:

Letter to John Churchman (August 8, 1787) 1787 (5 KB)

Letter to Angelica Schuyler Church (February 17, 1788) 1788 (10 KB)

Letter to Angelica Schuyler Church (August 17, 1788) 1788 (10 KB)

Letter to Angelica Schuyler Church (September 21, 1788) 1788 (10 KB)

Letter to Angelica Schuyler Church (June 23, 1790) 1790 (10 KB)

Letter to Angelica Schuyler Church (June 7, 1793) 1793 (10 KB)

Letter to Mr. Church (December 11, 1793) 1793 (5 KB)

Letter to Angelica Schuyler Church (September 8, 1795) 1795 (10 KB)

Letter to Angelica Schuyler Church (May 24, 1797) 1797 (10 KB)

Letter to Catharine Church (January 11, 1798) 1798 (10 KB)

Letter to Angelica Schuyler Church (January 11, 1798) 1798 (10 KB)

Letter to Catharine Church (January 22, 1800) 1800 (5 KB)

Letter to Catharine Church (March 27, 1801) 1801 (10 KB)

Letter to Mrs. Cruger (December 15, 1808) 1808 (10 KB)

Letter from Thomas Jefferson to W. W. Woodward 1810 (10 KB)

Letter from Thomas Jefferson to Dr. Thomas Cooper 1817 (15 KB)

An Act Establishing the University 1818 (15 KB)

Report of the Commissioners for the University of Virginia 1818 (44 KB)

Documents from The Construction of the University of Virginia, 1817-1828

Transcribed by Frank E. Grizzard, Jr.: 1,590 documents and letters by and from Jefferson, in which he plans the University of Virginia. Subjects include architecture and the building trades, but also gardening and landscape design, education theory and practise, religious freedom, civic duty, and the shaping of the American character. Indeed, in a collection of this size, centered around the last great work of Jefferson's life, you will find mention of practically all the interests and themes that occupied his mind.

Jefferson, Thomas, and others

Letters to and from Jefferson, 1805-1817

Letters to and from Jefferson, 1818-1819

Letters to and from Jefferson, 1819

Letters to and from Jefferson, 1820

Letters to and from Jefferson, 1821

Letters to and from Jefferson, 1821-1822

Letters to and from Jefferson, 1823

Letters to and from Jefferson, 1824

Letters to and from Jefferson, 1825

Letters to and from Jefferson, 1826

Jefferson Collection: Brockenbrough, Arthur Spicer, and others. Letters Concerning the Founding of the University of Virginia, 1827

Jefferson Collection: Brockenbrough, Arthur Spicer, and others. Letters Concerning the Founding of the University of Virginia, 1828

Jefferson Collection: Brockenbrough, Arthur Spicer, and others. 22 Documents Concerning the Founding of the University of Virginia, 1829-1860

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Other Jefferson materials:

Public Papers 1775-1825

Notes on the State of Virginia 1781-1782

Autobiography 1821

A Summary View of the Rights of British America 1774

Miscellany 1784-1788

Letters 1760-1826

Addresses, Messages, and Replies 1790-1806

See also:
A Southern Planter:

To the citizens of the Southern States 1796 [Illustrations] (20 KB)