Princeton University Press
The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 42
-
-
Edited by:
About this book
Confessing that he may be acting "with more boldness than wisdom," Jefferson in November 1803 drafts a bill to create Orleans Territory, which he entrusts to John Breckinridge for introduction in the Senate. The administration sends stock certificates to France in payment for Louisiana. Relieved that affairs in the Mediterranean have improved with the evaporation of a threat of war with Morocco, the president does not know yet that Tripoli has captured the frigate Philadelphia with its officers and crew. He deals with never-ending issues of appointment to office and quarreling in his own party, while hearing that some Federalists are "as Bitter as wormwood." He shares seeds of the Venus flytrap with Elizabeth Leathes Merry, the British minister's wife. She and her husband, however, create a diplomatic storm over seating arrangements at dinner parties. Having reached St. Louis, Meriwether Lewis reports on the progress of the western expedition. Congress passes the Twelfth Amendment, which will provide for the separate election of president and vice president. In detailed notes made after Aaron Burr calls on him in January, Jefferson records his long-standing distrust of the New Yorker. Less than a month later, a congressional caucus nominates Jefferson for a second term, with George Clinton to replace Burr as vice president. Jefferson makes his first trials of the "double penned writing box" called the polygraph.
Author / Editor information
Topics
-
Download PDFPublicly Available
Frontmatter
i -
Download PDFRequires Authentication UnlicensedLicensed
FOREWORD
vii -
Download PDFRequires Authentication UnlicensedLicensed
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
xiii -
Download PDFRequires Authentication UnlicensedLicensed
EDITORIAL METHOD AND APPARATUS
xv -
Download PDFPublicly Available
CONTENTS
xxvii -
Download PDFRequires Authentication UnlicensedLicensed
ILLUSTRATIONS
xliii -
Download PDFRequires Authentication UnlicensedLicensed
JEFFERSON CHRONOLOGY
1 - 1803
-
Download PDFRequires Authentication UnlicensedLicensed
November 1803
3 -
Download PDFRequires Authentication UnlicensedLicensed
December 1803
68 - 1804
-
Download PDFRequires Authentication UnlicensedLicensed
January 1804
216 -
Download PDFRequires Authentication UnlicensedLicensed
February 1804
378 -
Download PDFRequires Authentication UnlicensedLicensed
March 1804
573 - APPENDICES
-
Download PDFRequires Authentication UnlicensedLicensed
Appendix I: List of Appointments, [16 November 1803 to 3 March 1804]
619 -
Download PDFRequires Authentication UnlicensedLicensed
Appendix II: Letters Not Printed in Full
622 -
Download PDFRequires Authentication UnlicensedLicensed
Appendix III: Letters Not Found
623 -
Download PDFRequires Authentication UnlicensedLicensed
Appendix IV: Financial Documents
628 -
Download PDFRequires Authentication UnlicensedLicensed
INDEX
633
