The Thomas Jefferson papers at the Library of Congress
Selections from the Library of Congress's collection of Jefferson manuscripts. Includes correspondence, official statements and addresses, records of early Virginia laws and history, and other writings on political, legal, educational, and scientific matters. Letters, notes, lists, and essays d...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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[Washington, D.C.] :
Library of Congress,
[1999-
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| Series: | American Memory
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
| Summary: | Selections from the Library of Congress's collection of Jefferson manuscripts. Includes correspondence, official statements and addresses, records of early Virginia laws and history, and other writings on political, legal, educational, and scientific matters. Letters, notes, lists, and essays document Jefferson's role as the founder of the University of Virginia and his interest in such diverse areas as agriculture, anthropology, architecture, botany, ciphers, culinary arts, geology, literature and language, meteorology, travel, viticulture, and weights and measures. Documents are presented as digital images with selected searchable transcriptions. |
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| Item Description: | Title from opening screen as viewed April 21, 1999. Collection is being presented in successive releases. The first release, which comprises the first installment of Series 1, general correspondence, dating from 1621 through 1789, and all of Series 8, relating to Virginia history, from 1606-1737, was in April 1999 (together, about 20,000 images). Includes: American sphinx : the contradictions of Thomas Jefferson / by Joseph J. Ellis ; Virginia Records Time Line, 1553-1743 ; Thomas Jefferson Time Line, 1743-1827. Also includes links to related websites. Includes bibliographical references. |
| Format: | Mode of access: Internet via the World Wide Web. System requirements: Internet access, WWW browser software. TIFF images require special viewer such as Docuview, PaintShop Pro, or Graphic Converter. |
