Thomas Jefferson papers, 1775-1825

Mss.B.J35

Date: 1775-1825 | Size: 0.5 Linear feet, Ca. 250 items

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Abstract

The Thomas Jefferson papers contain a large number of correspondence both to and from Jefferson, as well as various other material related to American Revolutionary War and Early Republic. Includes correspondence with Patrick Henry, Charles Willson Peale, Richard Henry Lee, Horatio Gates, David Rittenhouse, Robert Patterson

Background note

Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826, APS 1780) was a philosopher, governor of Virginia, founder of the University of Virginia, author of the Declaration of Independence, and president of the United States. He served as vice-president of the American Philosophical Society from 1791 to 1794, and president from 1797 to 1814.

Jefferson was born in 1743 at Shadwell, in what became Albermarle County, Virginia. His father was Peter Jefferson, a planter and surveyor, and his mother was Jane Randolph. Upon his father's death in 1757 Jefferson inherited an estate of 5,000 acres and the slaves to work it. As a boy Jefferson received a classical education in local schools which were both run by two ministers, William Douglas and James Maury. In 1760 he enrolled at the College of William and Mary, where his studies included natural and moral philosophy. Jefferson recalled later that three men played particularly influential roles during this time. They included William Small (1734-1775), the college's professor of natural philosophy from whom Jefferson said, "I got my first views of the expansion of science & of the system of things in which we are placed." Another mentor was the lawyer George Wythe (1726?-1806), with whom Jefferson formed a life-long, close friendship. The third major influence on young Jefferson was the royal governor Francis Fauquier (1703?-1768). Fauquier regularly opened his official residence to gatherings of his circle of friends that included Small, Whyte and Jefferson. After two years of study at the college, Jefferson spent the next five years reading law under Whyte, whom he called his "earliest and best friend."

After his admittance to the bar in 1767, Jefferson entered upon a successful legal practice. In 1772 he married Martha Wayles Skelton; the couple eventually had six children, two of whom reached adulthood. The next year he doubled his property with the death of his father-in-law to include over 10,000 acres and about 180 slaves. He had also embarked on a project that would occupy him for the rest of his life, the construction of Monticello, a modified Palladian villa he was building on top a densely wooded mountain near Charlottesville, Virginia. This and his other architectural works, including the Virginia Capital, his home "Poplar Forest," and the University of Virginia, were built in the tradition of the Renaissance Italian Andrea Palladio. Jefferson acquired his understanding of architecture the way he acquired most of his knowledge, through books.

In the meantime, Jefferson had launched a political career that would make him one of the most prominent of the so-called Founding Fathers. It began with his election in 1768 to the House of Burgesses, where he soon became an outspoken critic of imperial policies in the colonies. In 1774 he wrote A Summary View of the Rights of British America in which he used legal arguments and the language of "natural rights" in his denial of the right of Parliament to legislate over the colonies. In 1775 he was elected to the Second Continental Congress at Philadelphia. In the early summer of 1776, he was appointed to lead a five-man committee to draft a declaration of independence. Even though two of the committee members, Benjamin Franklin and John Adams, were more experienced and better known, the task of drafting the document fell to him for political reasons and because he possessed a "peculiar felicity of expression." Congress debated Jefferson's declaration for two and a half days in the beginning of July 1776 before approving a revised version.

In the fall of 1776 Jefferson returned to Virginia as a member of the newly constituted House of Delegates. Here he focused on revising the state constitution that had been adopted during his absence. Jefferson was particularly proud of the Statute of Religious Freedom that he drafted in 1777 and that was, after much delay, enacted in 1786. Based on the belief that religion was a matter of private conscience, the law offered neither protection nor support for religion by the state. Another one of his major reforms, however, ended in failure. His Bill for the More General Diffusion of Knowledge (1778) was defeated in 1785. The plan called for a comprehensive system of public education designed to help create a citizenry that would be prepared to bear the rights and responsibilities that came with membership in a republic.

Another issue that Jefferson was deeply concerned with was slavery. He was a slaveholder all his adult life and, unlike some of his fellow Virginia planters who, like George Washington, publicly acted on their antislavery views by freeing their slaves, he freed only a handful during his life and in his will. Jefferson's views on slavery are complicated by his long-term relationship with his slave and deceased wife's half-sister Sally Hemings, with whom he fathered as many as six children. There is no doubt that Jefferson hated slavery; however, he hated it primarily for its effects on what it did to (white) republican society. While he often stated that slaves should be freed, he also argued that any plans for emancipation had to be followed by the removal of free African Americans from the United States. Ultimately, his economic dependence on the labor of slaves, fear of racial violence, and profound racism help explain why he never publicly advocated abolition. Slavery, he famously wrote, was like "holding the wolf by the ears, and we can neither hold him, nor safely let go."

In 1779 Jefferson was elected governor of Virginia, a difficult post given its weak powers during particularly trying times. In 1781 the British invaded the state, forcing the government to abandon Richmond for Charlottesville. Early the next year, Jefferson, whose term had expired but whose successor had not yet been elected, was forced to flee from Monticello from the approaching British. The House of Delegates subsequently heaped more humiliation on Jefferson when it voted to inquire into his conduct. In the end, the legislature did not censure him and passed a customary resolution of thanks for his services.

Nevertheless, Jefferson was deeply stung by the criticism, and he decided to quit politics for good. He retired to Monticello where he focused on "domestic and literary objects." During this period Jefferson wrote his only book, Notes on the State of Virginia, which was published in 1785. The book, which grew out of a series of questions posed by the French legation to the United States, makes evident Jefferson's manifold interests in the natural sciences. His discussions included detailed descriptions of the American continent that were primarily designed to counter European claims of American biological inferiority and decay. Jefferson was especially eager to refute the theory of American degeneracy that had been proposed by the French naturalist Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon (1707-1788, APS 1768). In his widely popular Histoire Naturelle, Buffon argued that the American climate produced an "animated Nature [that] is weaker, less active, and more circumscribed in the variety of her productions" than its European counterpart. In his book Jefferson included detailed discussions of American animals, complete with tables listing their average weights, in order to disprove the Comte's claims. He also included a discussion of Native Americans, who he believed had the same potential as Europeans.

In 1782 the death of his wife Martha plunged Jefferson into a state of depression. "A single event wiped away all my plans," he wrote in a letter to the Marquis de Chastellux, "and left me a blank which I had not the spirits to fill up." It ended only with his return to Congress in November 1783 and appointment to a commission to negotiate treaties of commerce with European states. Jefferson resided in France from 1784 to 1789, a five-year period he considered among the happiest of his life. His official duties did not hinder him from immersing himself in Parisian culture, including its art, music and theater. He traveled to Italy, France, the Netherlands, England, and the Rhineland not just on official business but also to acquire knowledge that might prove beneficial to his own nation, including ingenious inventions like phosphorous matches and a mold to make spaghetti. Despite the restraints of his official position, Jefferson was a great supporter of the French Revolution which he saw as an extension of the American. "Here," he declared, "is but the first chapter in the history of European liberty."

In 1789 Jefferson went home to the United States for what he anticipated to be a temporary stay. However, instead of returning to Paris, he accepted the appointment by President Washington as the nation's first Secretary of State. His main tasks were the settlement of Anglo-American issues left over from the Treaty of Paris and the further expansion of American commerce, which he associated with a strengthened French alliance. He was also concerned with pacification of the Native Americans, and with the manipulation of American neutrality in European wars to advance American national interests. His efforts to achieve commercial liberation, strengthen the alliance with France, and support revolution abroad were met with opposition by the Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton (1757-1804, APS 1780), whose system relied on trade and friendship with Britain. Hamilton's financial plan, which included a national bank, funding of the debt, and subsidies for American manufactures, contributed to the emergence of a political opposition led by Jefferson and Madison. As the division between the so-called Federalists and Republicans deepened, Jefferson was attacked as an enemy of the administration. Jefferson, in turn, labeled Hamilton and his supporters as "Anglican" and "monarchical." The divisions between the two parties threatened American peace when war between England and France broke out in 1793. However, Washington issued a declaration of neutrality and Jefferson acquiesced, especially after the French minister Edmond Genet defied the American president's declaration by openly seeking American support for France.

Jefferson left office and returned to Monticello at the end of 1793. He focused on agricultural improvements and simple manufactures, such as a nailery, and also on improvements of Monticello. In 1796 he was once again called out of retirement when his party nominated him as their presidential candidate against John Adams. Jefferson lost to Adams, placing him in the awkward position of Vice President and political opponent to the president. The late 1790s marked a critical period in American history that not only brought the nation to the brink of war but also resulted in intensely partisan struggles that deepened the divisions in the American Congress and people. In 1798 Congress passed the Alien and Sedition Acts that were designed to silence and punish political opponents; Jefferson responded by secretly writing the Kentucky Resolutions, which pronounced these laws to be unconstitutional.

In 1800 Jefferson defeated Adams and Aaron Burr in the presidential election. Anxious to leave the partisan divisions behind and restore harmony he pronounced in his inaugural address "We are all republicans--we are all federalists." For Jefferson, his election marked a return to the ideals of the Revolution that had been abandoned during the previous decade. He called his election "the revolution of 1800;" it was a revolution in the principles of government as that of 1776 had been in form.

The major accomplishment during Jefferson's first term was the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, doubling the size of the United States. Even before the purchase Jefferson had been planning a voyage of discovery across the continent to the Pacific. At the time, Jefferson was six years into what would be a seventeen year term as president of the American Philosophical Society, and he took full advantage of the expertise of its members to help in the preparations of the expedition. Jefferson had been elected to the APS in 1780, and he had long been a supporter of scientific inquiry and exploration. From 1781 to 1786 he served as a councilor of the Society, and even though his official duties prevented him from taking an active part in the organization's affairs, he convinced the Society in 1783 that David Rittenhouse (1732-1796, APS 1768) should make an orrery to be presented to the King of France. Jefferson regarded himself as a champion and representative of American science, and he wanted to bring with him to Europe a very tangible piece of evidence for the scientific genius of America.

In 1791 Jefferson was elected vice president of the Society, a position he held until 1794. During this period he once again took advantage of his connection to the Society to promote an enterprise that he considered to be of great public service but that the government would not sponsor. In 1793 he enlisted the members to support the French botanist André Michaux (1749–1802) in his quest to "find the shortest & most convenient route of communication between the U.S. & the Pacific Ocean." Jefferson was forced to withdraw support before the expedition got underway when he learned that Michaux intended to aid the French Minister Genet in his efforts to arouse support for France. Still, Jefferson shared with the Society a commitment to the promotion of science, and in 1797, he was elected president of the Society. That the membership held Jefferson in high esteem is reflected in their rejection of his two offers of resignation, the first after the relocation of the seat of government to Washington, and the second in 1808, shortly before his retirement to Monticello.

In 1803 Jefferson did not hesitate to turn once again to its members in his quest to launch a scientific expedition. He chose his personal secretary Meriwether Lewis (1774-1809, APS 1803) as the leader of what he called the "exploring party," and sent him to Philadelphia to consult with five members of the APS to acquire the necessary skills for making scientific observations. After spending several weeks at the Lancaster home of Andrew Ellicott (1754-1820, APS 1785), Lewis received instruction from Robert Patterson (1743-1824, APS 1783), Wistar, Benjamin Rush (1745-1813, APS 1768), and Benjamin Smith Barton (1766-1815, APS 1789). In the meantime, the Society's secretary John Vaughan worked to obtain the necessary instruments to make scientific recordings. "The object of your mission," Jefferson wrote in his detailed instructions to Lewis, "is to explore the Missouri river, & such principal stream of it, as, by it's course & communication with the water of the Pacific ocean may offer the most direct & practicable water communication across this continent, for the purposes of commerce." He asked him to record observations "with great pains & accuracy to be entered distinctly, & intelligibly for others as well as yourself." Lewis selected William Clark to be co-captain of the so-called Corps of Discovery, and in July 1803 he set out from Washington, D.C. to meet Clark in what was then the Indiana Territory. For the next three years, the Corps gathered extensive information about the geography, natural resources, and inhabitants on their journey from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. The APS was rewarded for its support of the successful expedition when it became a major repository for many of the collected specimens and the original journals. Indeed, over the years Jefferson gave many objects to the Society; in 1819 the members thanked him for the "many important MSS. Documents, calculated to throw light on the history of our country, on the customs, manners, and languages of the Indian nations, and various other interesting national subjects." The Society was especially grateful for his donation of "several as yet unedited MSS. volumes of scientific notes and observations by Messrs. Lewis and Clark." Jefferson resigned as president of the Society in 1817; the next year the members honored him with election as one of the councilors, an office he retained until his death in 1826.

Jefferson was easily reelected as president of the United States in 1804; however, his second term turned out to be less triumphant. The outbreak of renewed warfare in Europe once again threatened American peace. As a neutral nation, the United States insisted on free trade with the belligerent nations, including Britain and France. However, each of these two powers demanded that the United States cease trade with its enemy. Britain in particular violated American neutrality by impressing American seamen, sending British ships into American waters, and seizing American vessels. Jefferson ultimately decided to attain concessions through economic sanctions. The embargo of American commerce and navigations was enacted by Congress in December 1807. This experiment in "peaceable coercion," which lasted for almost a year, failed to reach its objectives. In fact, rather then leading to improvements in foreign relations, the economic effects of the trade restrictions as well as the efforts by the administration to enforce them produced primarily domestic discontentment. The embargo was repealed toward the end of his administration; three years later the United States went to war with Britain.

In 1809 Jefferson, who did not seek reelection for a third term, retired to Monticello. There he was surrounded by his daughter Martha Jefferson Randolph, known as Patsy, her husband Thomas Mann Randolph (1768-1828, APS 1794), and their children. In 1810 he described a typical day to a friend, "From breakfast to dinner [midafternoon], I am in my shops, my garden, or on horseback among my farms; from dinner to dark, I give to society and recreation with neighbors and friends; and from candle light to early bed-time, I read." In 1815 his library numbered around 6,000 volumes. He carried on an extensive correspondence with many individuals, writing about a wide variety of subjects, from political topics to scientific questions, from Indian languages to agriculture. He also drafted a memoir of his life to 1790, wrote a number of essays, and translated two works from the French. He completed what became known as the Jefferson Bible in which he tried to identify the real Jesus amid the corruptions introduced by theologians and ministers. Jefferson was a deist who regarded Jesus as a great moral leader rather then a divine figure.

In the mid-1810s Jefferson once again turned to one of his most important causes, public education. Even though a comprehensive plan was again rejected by the Virginia state legislature, Jefferson succeeded in gaining approval for a state university. The University of Virginia was chartered in 1819. Jefferson designed the buildings, including the "academical village," helped recruit a faculty, drafted the curriculum, and acquired a library. In his epitaph, which he wrote himself, he chose to be remembered as the author of the Declaration of Independence and the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom, and as the Father of the University of Virginia.

Jefferson's final years were beset by financial problems that ultimately resulted in his bankruptcy. He was also troubled by the course of national politics, warning that the Missouri Compromise was a "fire bell in the night." He died at Monticello at the fiftieth anniversary of independence, on July 4, 1826.

Scope and content

The Thomas Jefferson papers contain a large number of correspondence both to and from Jefferson, as well as various other material related to American Revolutionary War and Early Republic. A large portion of the material, including the correspondence, are from the American Revolutionary War, including letters to both George Washington and President of the Continental Congress Samuel Huntington detailing the movement of Benedict Arnold and the British Troops through Virginia.

Other correspondence includes letters of recommendations, including those to get Robert Patterson appointed to the directorship of the U.S. Mint, and to aid in securing a professorship for Franklin Bache. Personal letters include several to Jefferson's son-in-law John Eppes, including one that accompanied a collection of plants brought back to from Lewis and Clarke's expedition. Letters from Jefferson's years in the Presidency include one from 1805, to Patterson about men being held in Kentucky who cannot speak "any language known there" and asking Patterson if he knows of anyone who can read Arabic in hopes of understanding who the men are and setting them free. As Vice President, Jefferson defends himself from various attacks printed in a newspaper in a letter to Samuel Smith.

In a letter dated during his presidency, Jefferson tells Charles Wilson Peale, "Very soon after I came into office I found it not only proper but necessary that I should make it a rule never to write letter of recommendation to persons traveling beyond seas. But being desirous of doing anything I can in favor of your son, I enclose a special passport under my own hand…"

Along with Jefferson's handwritten passport for Rembrandt Peale, other items of interest include: the Plan of Government for Virginia (1776); Resolution for independence from the Virginia Convention (1776); Jefferson's 1803 address to the Miami and Delaware tribes; notices of Jefferson's election to the Presidency of the American Philosophical Society for 1805 and 1809.

Other items in the collection were not created directly by or for Jefferson, such as the Virginia act authorizing the transfer of the Old Northwest to the U.S.; the Virginia oath of allegiance; Proceedings of the Virginia Convention March 20-27, 1775; Lord Dunmore to the House of Burgesses; Lord Dunmore to General Howe (1776).

The collection includes photocopies of some material housed in other repositories.

Digital objects note

This collection contains digital materials that are available in the APS Digital Library. Links to these materials are provided with context in the inventory of this finding aid. A general listing of digital objects may also be found here.

Collection Information

Physical description

Ca. 250 items.

Provenance

Presented by Edwin Morris Betts and accessioned, 1954 (1954 107ms). See in-house shelf list for sources and accession numbers and dates.

Alternate formats available

Parts of this collection are available on microfilm (Film 199).

Many items have been printed in Thwaites Early Western Travels, 1748-1846 (1904) and in Bergh, The writings of Thomas Jefferson (1907).

Early American History Note

This is the primary collection of Thomas Jefferson Papers at the APS. The collection is rich and extensive. The collection is well-described and inventoried in MOLE. What follows below is a general summary of some of the more noteworthy pieces.

There are some documents from revolutionary war, including the period during which Jefferson was governor of Virginia. The early documents are from prominent Virginians to Jefferson during the revolutionary era. It contains three letters from Edmund Pendleton dated 1775 and 1776 that discuss politics, two letters from William Fleming from 1776 and 1779 that discuss economic and military matters, and a series of letters from Richard Henry Lee that discuss current affairs.This portion of the collection contains notes on the Virginia Convention, discussion of military matters, and regular government business.

The later documents are an assortment of letters dealing with American Philosophical Society affairs, science, and engineering. It includes a long letter from Jonathan Williams that deals with a dispute between William Temple Franklin and the APS, and a long letter from Robert Fulton to Thomas Jefferson that includes sketches of a weapon that fires weapons underwater.

The collections contains correspondence from France when Jefferson served as the emissary to the nation during the late-Confederation period. These and some of the documents from the Washington administration contain discussions of politics. There is a particularly rich series of letters from 1798 on early republican politics.

A large portion of the revolutionary era documents were not written by or addressed to Jefferson. Instead, they contain other sources that chronicle the political history of Virginia during the Revolution, especially for the years 1775-1776. This includes speeches and letters from Lord Dunmore, and petitions, speeches, and letters of Virginians, and official government proceedings and documents. It is likely these were compiled by Jefferson to help L.H. Giardin write a history of Virginia, as one of the letters has a handwritten header "a specimen of the spirit which animated Virginia in 1775."

There are only a few letters from presidential years, most notably a speech delivered to the Miami and Delaware Indians in 1803. Some of the earliest correspondence between Thomas Jefferson and Robert Patterson dates to Jefferson second term as President and discusses matters of state, with one letter inviting Patterson to be the Director of the Mint. The later documents to Patterson chronicle Jefferson's pursuits in natural history.

There is, however, a significant amount of retirement correspondence, some of which chronicles Jefferson's involvement in science and technology, including a plan for the Virginia Agricultural Society.

A letter to Matthew Carey on religion in which he discusses his refusal to comment on his views publicly, significant correspondence with David Rittenhouse from 1790s in Philadelphia, a passport for Rembrandt Peale with a letter to Charles Willson Peale are among the other noteworthy pieces of correspondence.

Indexing Terms

Corporate Name(s)

American Philosophical Society

Genre(s)

General Correspondence
Official Government Documents and Records
Political Correspondence

Geographic Name(s)

Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Social life and customs.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1775-1783 -- Anecdotes, facetiae, satire, etc.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1865.
Virginia -- History.

Occupation(s)

Presidents -- United States.

Personal Name(s)

Bache, Franklin, 1792-1864
Byrd, William, 1674-1744
Correia da Serra, José Francisco, 1750-1823
Du Ponceau, Peter Stephen, 1760-1844
Eppes, John Wayles, 1773-1823
Fleming, William, 1729-1795
Fulton, Robert, 1765-1815
Girardin, Louis Hue, 1771-1825
Ingenhousz, Jan, 1730-1799
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
Lee, Richard Henry, 1732-1794
Mease, James, 1771-1846
Mitchill, Samuel L. (Samuel Latham), 1764-1831
Patterson, Robert, 1743-1824
Peale, Charles Willson, 1741-1827
Pendleton, Edmund, 1721-1803
Rittenhouse, David, 1732-1796
Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813
Thornton, William (1759-1828)
Vaughan, John, 1756-1841
Washington, Bushrod, 1762-1829
Washington, George (1732-1799)
Williams, Jonathan, 1750-1815
Wistar, Caspar, 1761-1818

Subject(s)

American Revolution
Boundaries, State.
Canals.
Chemistry
Colony and State Specific History
Diplomatic History
Early National Politics
Government Affairs
Indians of North America -- Languages
Linguistics.
Louisiana Purchase -- Enclopedias.
Native America
Natural history
Plants.
Science -- United States -- 18th century.
Science and technology
Scientific apparatus and instruments.
Seeds.

Detailed Inventory


Thomas Jefferson Papers				Request Series for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Series
B J35.51 no.1 Virginia (Colony). Convention of 1775. Proceedings of the Virginia Convention	March 20- March 27, 1775	13x7-3/4	Box 1	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
D. 10p. Copy. (see T. Jefferson. Correspondence...; 1775-1784. no.1.) Refers to B.Franklin, T.Jefferson, etc. General physical description: 13x7-3/4
B J35.51 no.2. Wythe, George, 1726-1806. Letter to Thomas Jefferson	April 5, 1775	12-3/4x7-1/2	Box 1	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Williamsburg, L. 1p. Copy. (see T.Jefferson. Correspondence...; 1775-1784. no.2.) Printed: Boyd, I, 163. On same sheet is letter from same to same; April 7, 1775. General physical description: 12-3/4x7-1/2
B J35.51 no.2. Wythe, George, 1726-1806. Letter to Thomas Jefferson	April 7, 1775	12-3/4x7-1/2	Box 1	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
L. 2p. Copy. (see T.Jefferson. Correspondence...; 1775-1784. no.2.) Printed: Boyd, I, 163-164. On same sheet as same to same; April 5, 1775. General physical description: 12-3/4x7-1/2
B J35.51 no.3 Williamsburg (Va.) Volunteers. Speech to Peyton Randolph by the Williamsburg volunteers, and his reply	June 2, [1775]	12-3/4x7-1/2	Box 1	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
D. 2p. Copy. (see T.Jefferson. Correspondence...; 1775-1784. no.3.) Concerning his services at the Continental Congress. General physical description: 12-3/4x7-1/2 Access digital object: https://diglib.amphilsoc.org/islandora/object/text:252145/
B J35.51 no.4 Dunmore, John Murray, Earl of, 1732-1809. Letter to the House of Burgesses of Virginia	June 14, 1775	12-3/4x7-3/4	Box 1	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
L. 5p. Copy. (see T.Jefferson. Correspondence...; 1775-1784. no.4.) Printed: Boyd, I, 173ff. General physical description: 12-3/4x7-3/4 Access digital object: https://diglib.amphilsoc.org/islandora/object/text:252148/
B J35.51 no.9 Dunmore, John Murray, Earl of, 1732-1809. Letter to the House of Burgesses of Virginia	June [1775]	12-3/4x7	Box 1	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
L. 8p. Copy. (see T.Jefferson. Correspondence...; 1775-1784. no.9.) Concerning the outbreak of war. General physical description: 12-3/4x7
B J35.51 no.5 Tucker, St. George, 1752-1827. Letter to [Thomas Jefferson]	August 12, 1775	6-1/4x7-3/4	Box 1	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Bermuda, L. 1p. Incomplete. Copy. (see T. Jefferson. Correspondence...; 1775-1784. no. 5.) Printed: Boyd, I, 239. General physical description: 6-1/4x7-3/4
B J35.x3 Pendleton, Edmund, 1721-1803. Letter to Thomas Jefferson	November 16, 1775	7 3/4" x 12 1/2"	Box 1	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Caroline, Copy of L. 2p. Military and naval movements. Printed: Boyd, I, 260-261. General physical description: 7 3/4" x 12 1/2"
B J35.51 no.6 Dunmore, John Murray, Earl of, 1732-1809. Letter to William Howe	November 30, 1775	12-3/4x7-3/4	Box 1	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
L. 4p. (see T.Jefferson. Correspondence...; 1775-1784. no.6.) Concerning the war. General physical description: 12-3/4x7-3/4 Access digital object: https://diglib.amphilsoc.org/islandora/object/text:252154/
B J35.51 no. 10 Dunmore, John Murray, Earl of, 1732-1809. Correspondence between Lord Dunmore and Robert Howe concerning Norfolk and the war	1775		Box 1	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
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B J35.51 no.13 Dunmore, John Murray, Earl of, 1732-1809. Letter to Captain White-Eyes	[1775]	12-1/2x7-1/2	Box 1	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
D. 1p. Copy. (see T. Jefferson. Correspondence...; 1775-1784. no.13.) Wishes peace between Indians and colonists. Mentions Mingos and Six Nations. General physical description: 12-1/2x7-1/2 Access digital object: https://diglib.amphilsoc.org/islandora/object/text:252187/
B J35.51 no.12 Dunmore, John Murray, Earl of, 1732-1809. Letter to [William Howe]	1775	12x7-3/4	Box 1	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
L. 2p. Incomplete. Copy (see T.Jefferson. Correspondence...; 1775-1784. Concerning the war. General physical description: 12x7-3/4
B J35.51 no. 11 Henry, Patrick, 1736-1799. Letter to the House of Burgesses	[1775]		Box 1	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Appointment of officers.
B J35.51 no.8 Miscellaneous notes of Virginia news concerning the Revolution	[1775]		Box 1	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
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B J35.51 no.7 Virginia. Freeholders of Botetourt. Letter to Andrew Lewis and John Boyer	1775	12-3/4x7-3/4	Box 1	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
L. 2p. Copy. (see T. Jefferson. Correspondence...; 1775-1784. no. 7.) Concerning the sentiments of this part of Virginia at the outbreak of the Revolution. General physical description: 12-3/4x7-3/4 Access digital object: https://diglib.amphilsoc.org/islandora/object/text:252100/
B J35.51 no.14 Nelson, Thomas, 1738-1789. Letter to [Thomas] Jefferson	February 4, 1776	12-3/4x7-1/2 and 10x7-1/2	Box 1	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Philadelphia, L. 3p. Copy. (see T.Jefferson. Correspondence...; 1775-1784. no.14.) Printed: Boyd, I, 285-286. General physical description: 12-3/4x7-1/2 and 10x7-1/2
B J35.51 no.16 United States. Continental Congress. Resolution for individual states to form governments	May 15, 1776	12-3/4x7-1/2	Box 1	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
D. 2p. Copy. (see T. Jefferson. Correspondence...; 1775-1784. no.16.) Printed: Journals of the Continental Congress, IV, 357-358. General physical description: 12-3/4x7-1/2
B J35.51 no.15 Virginia. Convention. Resolutions calling for independence	May 15, [1776]	12-3/4x7-1/2	Box 1	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
D. 1p. Incomplete. Copy. (see T.Jefferson. Correspondence...; 1775-1784. no.15.) Printed: Boyd, I, 291. General physical description: 12-3/4x7-1/2
B J35.51 no.17 Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Plan of government for Virginia, by Mason and Jefferson	June 8 - June 10, 1776	12-3/4x7-1/4	Box 1	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
D. 10p. Extract. Copy. (see T. Jefferson. Correspondence...; 1775-1784. no.17.) Printed: Boyd, I, 366ff. On same sheet is copy of letter from E. Pendleton to T. Jefferson; Aug.10,1776. General physical description: 12-3/4x7-1/4
B J35.51 no.17 Pendleton, Edmund, 1721-1803. Letter to [Thomas Jefferson]	August 10, 1776	12-3/4x7-1/4	Box 1	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
L. 1p. Extract. Copy (see T.Jefferson. Correspondence...; 1775-1784. Printed: Boyd, I, 489. On same sheet as copy of: Jefferson. Plan of government...;[June 8-10,1776.] General physical description: 12-3/4x7-1/4
B J35.x5 Fleming, William, 1729-1795. Letter to [Thomas Jefferson]	June 15, 1776	7 1/2" x 12 1/2"	Box 1	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
W[illia]msburg, Copy of L. 2p. Discouraging news from Canada. War with Indians imminent. Declaration of rights to serve as basis of the new government. Bureau of rolls. v.8,186 - S.2,v.33, no.33. General physical description: 7 1/2" x 12 1/2"
B J35.51 no.20 United States. Continental Congress. Resolution	June 24, 1776	11-3/4x7-1/2	Box 1	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
D. 1p. Copy. (see T.Jefferson. Correspondence...; 1775-1784. no.20.) Defining treason to the colonial cause. On same sheet as copy of letter from G. Wythe to T.Jefferson; July 27, 1776. General physical description: 11-3/4x7-1/2
B J35.51 no.20 Wythe, George, 1726-1806. Letter to T[homas] J[efferson]	July 27, 1776	11-3/4x7-1/2 and 12-3/4x7-1/2	Box 1	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Williamsburg, L. 2p. Copy. (see T.Jefferson. Correspondence...; 1775-1784. no.20.) Printed: Boyd, I, 476-477. On same sheet is copy of resolution by the continental congress; June 24, 1776. General physical description: 11-3/4x7-1/2 and 12-3/4x7-1/2
B J35.51 no. 18 Letter to --	June 29, 1776		Box 1	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
B J35.80 United States. Continental Congress. Declaration of Independence	July 4, 1776		Box 1	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Xerox of draft of Declaration.
B J35.81 United States. Continental Congress. Declaration of Independence	July 4, 1776		Box 1	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Abstract: Deacidified xerox copy of the Declaration of Independence.
B J35.74 Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Letter to [Richard Henry Lee]	July 8, 1776	9-3/4x7-3/4	Box 1	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Xerox of copy of L. 1p., enclosures wanting. For original enclosures General physical description: 9-3/4x7-3/4
B J35.x7 Lee, Richard Henry, 1732-1794. Letter to [Thomas Jefferson]	July 21, 1776	7 3/4" x 12 1/2"	Box 1	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Chantilly Copy of L. 2p. Bureau of rolls,v.8,351 - S.2,v.51, no.12. Printed: Ballagh, v.1,210. General physical description: 7 3/4" x 12 1/2"
B J35.51 no.19 Fleming, William, 1729-1795. Letter to [Thomas Jefferson]	July 27, 1776	12-3/4x7-1/2	Box 1	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Mo[u]nt Pleasant, L. 4p. Copy. (see T.Jefferson. Correspondence...; 1775-1784. no.19.) Printed: Boyd, I, 474-476. General physical description: 12-3/4x7-1/2
B J35.x6 Pendleton, Edmund, 1721-1803. Letter to [Thomas Jefferson]	July 29, 1776	7 3/4" x 10"	Box 1	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Caroline, Copy of L. 2p. Account of the war. Bureau of rolls, v.8,450 - S.2,v.65, no.50. General physical description: 7 3/4" x 10"
B J35.51 no.21 Pendleton, Edmund, 1721-1803. Letter to [Thomas Jefferson]	August 10, 1776	9x7-3/4	Box 1	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
L. 2p. Incomplete. Copy. (see T.Jefferson. Correspondence...; 1775-1784. no. 21.) Printed: Boyd, I, 488-491. General physical description: 9x7-3/4
B J35.x2 Pendleton, Edmund, 1721-1803. Letter to [Thomas Jefferson]	August 10, 1776	7 3/4" x 12 1/2"	Box 1	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Caroline, Copy of L. 4p. Alterations in the original Declaration of independence. The proposed new constitution. Military movements. Bureau of rolls, v.8,450 - S.2,v.65, no.53. General physical description: 7 3/4" x 12 1/2"
B J35.51 no.22 Nichols, Robert Carter. Letter to [Thomas Jefferson]	August 24, 1776	12-3/4x7-1/2	Box 1	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Williamsburg, L. 1p. Copy. (see T.Jefferson. Correspondence...; 1775-1784. no.22.) Printed: Boyd, I, 502-503. General physical description: 12-3/4x7-1/2
B J35.x10 Lee, Richard Henry, 1732-1794. Letter to [Thomas Jefferson]	November 3, 1776	7 1/2" x 12 1/2"	Box 1	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Philadelphia, Copy of L. 4p. Mutilated. Bureau of rolls, v.8,351 - S.2,v.51, no.13. Printed: Ballagh, v.1,222 General physical description: 7 1/2" x 12 1/2"
B J35.51 no.23 Wythe, George, 1726-1806. Letter to T[homas] J[efferson]	November 11, 1776	6-3/4x6-1/4	Box 1	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
L. 1p. Copy. (see T. Jefferson. Correspondence...; 1775-1784. no.23.) Printed: Boyd, I, 597-598. General physical description: 6-3/4x6-1/4
B J35.51 no.24 Wythe, George, 1726-1806. Letter to T[homas] J[efferson]	November 18, 1776	12-3/4x7-1/4	Box 1	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Philadelphia, L. 2p. Copy. (see T.Jefferson. Correspondence...; 1775-1784. no.24.) Printed: Boyd, I, 603-604. General physical description: 12-3/4x7-1/4
B J35.51 no.26 Connelly. Proposals to General Gage for separating the northern and southern governments	1776	12-3/4x7-1/2	Box 1	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
[?]. D. 2p. Copy. (see T. Jefferson. Correspondence...; 1775-1784. no.26.) General physical description: 12-3/4x7-1/2
B J35.51 no.25 Virginia (State). Oath of allegiance	[1776]	12-3/4x7-1/2	Box 1	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
D. 1p. Copy. (see T.Jefferson. Correspondence...; 1775-1784. no.25.) General physical description: 12-3/4x7-1/2
B J35.51 no.27 Burgoyne, John, 1722-1792. Letter to Henry Laurens	February 11, 1778	12-1/2x7-1/2	Box 1	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Cambridge, L. 6p. Copy. (see T. Jefferson. Correspondence...; 1775-1784. no.27.) Concerning his imprisonment and treatment. General physical description: 12-1/2x7-1/2
B J35.51 no. 28 Virginia (State). General assembly. Proceedings	May 4, 1778	12-1/2x8	Box 1	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
D. 2p. Copy. (see T. Jefferson. Correspondence...; 1775-1784. no. 28.) Concerning the case of Josiah Philips. General physical description: 12-1/2x8
B J35.x8 Lee, Richard Henry, 1732-1794. Letter to [Thomas Jefferson]	June 23, [1778]	7 3/4" x 12 1/2"	Box 1	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
York Copy of L. 1p. Bureau of rolls, v.8,352 - S.2,v.51, no.20. Printed: Ballagh, V.1,418. General physical description: 7 3/4" x 12 1/2"
B J35.51 no.29 Lee, Richard Henry, 1732-1794. Letter to [Thomas Jefferson]	October 5, 1778	12-1/2x7-1/2	Box 1	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Philadelphia, L. 2p. Incomplete. Copy. (see T. Jefferson. Correspondence...; 1775-1784. no.29.) Printed: Boyd, II, 214-215. General physical description: 12-1/2x7-1/2
B J35.x9 Lee, Richard Henry, 1732-1794. Letter to [Thomas Jefferson]	March 15, 1779	5x7-1/2	Box 1	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Philadelphia, Copy of L. 2p. Bureau of rolls, v.8,352 - S.2, v.51, no.23. Printed: Ballagh, v.2,38. General physical description: 5x7-1/2
B J35.51 no.30 Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Letter to [Patrick Henry]	March 27, 1779	12-3/4x7-1/2	Box 1	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Albemarle, L. 2p. Incomplete. (see T. Jefferson. Correspondence...; 1775-1784. no. 30.) Printed: Boyd, II, 237- General physical description: 12-3/4x7-1/2
B J35.51 no.31 Clark, George Rogers, 1752-1818. Letter to Patrick Henry	April 29, 1779	13x8	Box 1	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Kaskaskia, L. 5p. Copy. (see T.Jefferson. Correspondence...; 1775-1784. no.31.) Printed: Boyd, II, 256-260. General physical description: 13x8
B J35.x4 Fleming, William, 1729-1795. Letter to [Thomas Jefferson]	May 22, 1779	7 3/4" x 12 1/2"	Box 1	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Philadelphia, Copy of L. 4p. Desperate condition of country. Need for ratification of confederation. Depredations of the enemy. Bureau of rolls, v.8,186 - S.2,v.33, no.37. General physical description: 7 3/4" x 12 1/2"
B J35.46 Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Commission to Harry Innes to adjust and settle claims to unpatented lands, in Montgomery and Washington districts	September 29, 1779	7 3/4" x 7 1/4"	Box 1	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
D.S. 1p. Seal. General physical description: 7 3/4" x 7 1/4"
B J35.51 no.32 Gates, Horatio, 1728-1806. Letter to ----	July 20, 1780	12-3/4x8	Box 1	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Hillsborough, L. 1p. Copy. (see T. Jefferson. Correspondence...; 1775-1784. no.32.) Concerning the war. Refers to Jefferson. On same sheet is copy of letter from Henry Lee to ---.; [1782]. General physical description: 12-3/4x8
B J35.51 no. 32 Lee, Henry, 1756-1818. Letter to ----	[1782]	12-3/4x8	Box 1	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
L. 1p. Extract. Copy. (see T.Jefferson Correspondence...; 1775-1784. no.32.) Concerning the war. Concerning Gates. On same sheet as: H.Gates to ----; July 20, 1780. General physical description: 12-3/4x8
B J35.14 Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Letter to the president of Congress [Samuel Huntington]	January 10, 1781	7 3/4" x 12 3/4"	Box 1	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Richmond, Copy of L. 3p. Bureau of rolls, v.6,92 - S.1,v.1,no. 68. Printed: Ford, v.2,405 General physical description: 7 3/4" x 12 3/4"
B J35.15 Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Letter to [George Washington]	May 28, 1781	7 1/2" x 12 1/2"	Box 1	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Charlottesville, Copy of L. 2p. Bureau of rolls,v.6,485 - S.1,v.1, no.97. Printed: Ford, v.3,41. General physical description: 7 1/2" x 12 1/2"
B J35.13 Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Letter to [Charles Thomson]	December 20, 1781	8" x 9 3/4"	Box 1	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Richmond Typescript of L. 1p. Has been appointed councillor of the American philosophical society. Queries made by M. de Marbois. Presented by George Vaux, June 1917, cf. covering letter of June 6,1917 to I.Minis Hays in Archives. General physical description: 8" x 9 3/4" Access digital object: https://diglib.amphilsoc.org/islandora/object/text:170050
B J35.51 no. 33 Concerning Benedict Arnold's raid on Virginia	1781		Box 1	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
B J35.51 no.34 Virginia. An act authorizing the transfer of its claim to the territory northwest of the Ohio River	February [1784]	12-1/2x7-1/2	Box 1	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
D. 3p. Copy. (see T.Jefferson. Correspondence...; 1775-1784. no.34.) Printed: Boyd, VI, 5771. General physical description: 12-1/2x7-1/2
B J35.51 no.35 United States. Continental Congress. Journals of the Continental Congress	March 1, 1784	12-1/2x7-3/4	Box 1	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
D. 2p. Extract. Printed: Journals of the Continental Congress, XXIV, 112. General physical description: 12-1/2x7-3/4
B J35.23 Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Letter to [Isaac Zane]	March 17, 1784	7 1/4" x 9"	Box 1	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Annapolis, A.L.S. 1p. and end. News about the British ministry from Dr. Franklin. Deed of cession for the western country. Hopkinson writes about bill before [Pa.] Assembly relative to Rittenhouse. General physical description: 7 1/4" x 9"
B J35.41 Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Letter to Mr. Stockdale	September 1, 1784	9 1/4" x 7 1/4"	Box 1	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Paris, A.L.S. 1p. and add. Orders copy of Blackstone. Mr. [William Temple] Franklin is acting as his agent in the purchase of other books. Mr. Franklin may be found at Gov. Franklin's. Not printed in Boyd. General physical description: 9 1/4" x 7 1/4"
B J35.53 Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Letter to [Benjamin] Franklin, Passy	November 25, 1784		Box 1	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Photostat of A.L. in 3rd Person. 1p. and add. (from original in Library of Congress.) Concerning Beaumarchais' demands on Virginia. Presented by Julian Boyd, 1951.
B J35.73 Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Letter to ----	July 5, 1785	10x7	Box 2	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Paris, Xerox of A.L.S. 1p. Introduces William Temple Franklin and refers to "his grandfather." General physical description: 10x7
B J35.35 Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Letter to [Francis Hopkinson]	July 6-8, 1785		Box 2	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Paris, Photo. of A.L.S. 2p. The harpsichord. Dr. Franklin's departure. Mr. Jefferson's Notes. From original in Independence hall. Presented by C.F. Jenkins, 1948.
B J35.52 Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Letter to [Johannes Ingenhousz]	July 14, 1785	9x7	Box 2	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Paris, A.L.S. 1p.and end. (see Thomas Jefferson papers.) Forwards package which B. Franklin left with him. General physical description: 9x7
B J35.x12 Holker, John, 1745-1822. Letter to [Thomas Jefferson]	July 18, 1785		Box 2	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Rouen, Photostat of A.L.S. 2p. In French. Dr. Franklin left previous day for Le Havre. No information on case of books. From origin al in Harvard college. Presented by C.F. Jenkins, 1948.
B J35.10 Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Letter to ---- ----	November 24, 1785	7 1/2" x 9"	Box 2	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Paris, A.L.S. 1p. In French. Mentions American prisoners. General physical description: 7 1/2" x 9"
B J35.9 Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Letter to Dr. Ingenhausz	July 9, 1787	7 1/4" x 9"	Box 2	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Paris, A.L.S. 1p. and add. Acknowledges letter and pamphlet; offers to forward mail to Dr. Franklin. (Contains fine impression of T.J.'s seal) General physical description: 7 1/4" x 9"
B J35.x18 Bushnell, David, ca. 1742-1824. Letter to Thomas Jefferson, Stamford, Connecticut	October 13, 1787	12-1/2x8-1/2	Box 2	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Xerox of A.L.S. 2p. (from original in New Haven Colony Historical Society) Printed: APS. Transactions, o.s., IV, 303. Presented by Herbert Ebert (cf.letter of 6/26/68). General physical description: 12-1/2x8-1/2
B J35.59 Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Letter to Mr. Van Damme	March 21, 1788	4-1/2x7	Box 2	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Photo.of A.L.in 3rd.P. 1p.and add. In French. (from original in Diederich Collection, 139 Di, University of Amsterdam Library.) Hopes Van Damme can locate certain books for him. General physical description: 4-1/2x7
B J35.42 Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Letter to General Washington	December 5, 1788		Box 2	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Paris, A.L.S. 1p. and end. in Washington's hand. Corrects date of letter sent the day previous. Press copy in L.C.
B J35.33 Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Letter to Benjamin Vaughan	March 11, 1789		Box 2	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Paris, Enlargement print A.L.S. 2p. and add. Cultivation of rice. Has asked for a leave of absence to return to America from April to November. From original in possession of Mrs. Frances Vaughan Finletter,March 1951.
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Letter to David Rittenhouse	June 30, 1790	2 page(s)		Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
New York. Detailed discussion of weights and measures. Postscript informs Rittenhouse that the Congress voted to move the capital from New York to Philadelphia. Provenance: M2011-01. Gift from the estate of Robert L. McNeil, Jr., February 2011
B J35.67 Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Letter to [William Temple] Franklin	July 6, 1790	5x7-1/2	Box 2	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
A.L. in. 3rd P. 1p. Invitation to dine. General physical description: 5x7-1/2
B J35.7 Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Indenture of Thomas Jefferson and Nicholas Lewis	October 17, 1790	8" x 12 1/4"	Box 2	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
on the one part, and William Ronald, on the other part, for a tract of land in Cumberland county... A.D.S. 3p. and end., also survey - 1p. General physical description: 8" x 12 1/4"
B J35.7 Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Land surrounding R. Carter's Patent for 400 acres	October 17, 1790	1 map, 20.3 x 30.5 cm	Box 2	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Annotation: "The line which divides Rob. Carter's 400 a[cre]s between Mr. [John] Wayles and Carter H. Harrison (who purchased the moiety) was run by Col. Carrington from Carter and Shelton's corner red oak to Willis' Creek S. 65 W. 272 po." Jefferson sold his share of this land, which came to him through his wife, Martha Skelton, to Nicholas Lewis, and the indenture which conveyed the land is with the map.
B J35.x17 Bonne, Rigobert, 1727-1794. Letter to [Thomas Jefferson]	October 27, 1790	11x8-1/2	Box 2	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Paris, Photodup. copy of typed transcript. 3p. In French. (from trans. in Jefferson Papers, Princeton: original in Library of Congress) Forwards pamphlet on measures for APS: philosophical basis for his ideal measure. See printed Minutes, p.196. General physical description: 11x8-1/2
B J35.21 Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Letter to John Churchman	November 23, 1790	7" x 8 1/2"	Box 2	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
A.L. in 3d P. 1p. and add. and end. "came to hand 24 Nov. 1790" Encloses letter to Mr. Leroy who will distribute Mr. Churchman's chart and pamphlet [Magnetic atlas]. Bur. of rolls, S.2,v.15,no.67. General physical description: 7" x 8 1/2"
B J35.62 Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Letter to [David] Rittenhouse	March 19, 1791	5x7-1/2	Box 2	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
A.L.S. 1p.and add. Rode into the country and couldnot drink tea with him or go to APS meeting where Barton read a paper. Sends drawing paper. General physical description: 5x7-1/2
B J35.54 Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Letter to Benjamin Franklin Bache	April 22, 1791	11x8-1/2	Box 2	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Photo.of typed copy of L.in 3rd P. 1p. (see Jefferson papers.) Concerning the Aurora. Presented by J.P.Boyd; March 1961. General physical description: 11x8-1/2
B J35.58 Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Letter to [John] Vaughan	May 16, 1791	4-1/2x7-1/2	Box 2	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
A.L.in 3rd.P. 1p. (see Jefferson papers.) Forwards an Argand double lamp for use for the APS. General physical description: 4-1/2x7-1/2
B J35.45 Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Letter to Messrs. Havens & Dering	December 22, 1791	9 1/4" x 7 3/4"	Box 2	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Phila., A.L.S. 1p. and add. Acknowledges information on the Hessian fly. Interest of APS in subject. Bur. of rolls, S.1,4,243. General physical description: 9 1/4" x 7 3/4"
B J35.63 Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Letter to David Rittenhouse, Philadelphia	August 12, 1792	9-1/4x7-1/2	Box 2	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Monticello, A.L. 1p.and add. Signature clipped. Instructions for purchasing "Equatorial" instrument from Mr. Leiper. General physical description: 9-1/4x7-1/2
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Letter to William Barton	March 26, 1793	1 page(s)		Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Notes that a letter and a "paste-board almanac" were left at his house and that the almanac was given to the APS, the members deciding it should be given to Mr. Peale for his museum "for the examination of the curious." It is likely that the almanac is "Le vrai calendrier perpetual" referred to in the meeting minutes from March 15, 1793. It is the first time the Museum appears in the Society minutes. The "calendrier" and the letter came from R. Vall-Travers, at Rotterdam. The letter is in the APS archives, addressed to Jefferson. Provenance: M2016-47. Purchased from Skinner, Inc., October 2016
B J35.1 Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Letter to [David] Rittenhouse, dated Philadelphia	April 11, 1793		Box 2	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
pertains to instructions which the [American philosophical] Society is to frame for Michaud [André Michaux's journey to the western country]. A.L.S. 1p. and address. See Early Minutes - meetings for April 19 and 30, 1793 (A.P.S. Proceedings, v.22, pt.3) Purchased for the Society by Arthur Pforzheimer [New York bookdealer] at the Parke-Burnet sale held on March 10,1938, #66.- Has been microfilmed - see Film No. 71; see also Film 199, 81
B J35.64 Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Letter to David Rittenhouse, Philadelphia	November 6, 1793	10x8	Box 2	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Germantown, A.L.S. 1p.and add. Sends bill of lading for copper for the mint. Asks if new engraver is needed for the mint. General physical description: 10x8
B J35.6 Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Letter to the Speaker of the House of Representatives of the U.S.	December 16, 1793		Box 2	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Philadelphia, Encloses his report, as Secretary of State on the privileges and restrictions on the commerce of the United States in foreign countries. Copy of L. and D. 22p. 0. Contains also the action of the Committee of the House upon the Report . For printed copy of letter and report see Bergh - Writings of Thomas Jefferson, V.3,261; Ford - Writings of Thomas Jefferson, V.6,470. See also Bureau of Rolls, Bulletin, V.6,221 (Calendar of Jefferson Papers).
B J35.56 Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Letter to Benjamin Franklin Bache, Philadelphia	December 26, 1795	9x7-1/4	Box 2	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Monticello, Photo.of A.L.S. 1p.and add.,end. (see Jefferson papers.) Order for his newspaper. Wishes to know of new edition of Benjamin Franklin's works. From original in Central Library, Salford, England. General physical description: 9x7-1/4
B J35.24 Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Letter to Bushrod Washington	October 9, 1796	7" x 9"	Box 2	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Monticello, A.L.S. 1p. and end. Encloses record in the case of Dickerson v. Paulett & Marks. General physical description: 7" x 9"
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Letter to John Stuart	November 10, 1796	1 page(s)	Box 2	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Thanks John Stuart of Greenbrier, Virginia (now West Virginia) for sending Jefferson the great claw of a megalonyx found near Stuart's home. Demonstrates Jefferson's lack of belief in extinction of the megalonyx and mammoth and that they might be found in the American West. Other Descriptive Information: Accession M2010-01. Purchased through the generosity of Lois Collier from William Reese, bookseller. Access digital object: http://diglib.amphilsoc.org/fedora/repository/text:2561
B J35.72 Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Letter to [Thomas] Willing	February 23, 1798	5x8	Box 2	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
A.L. in 3rd.P. 1p.and add. (Francis Lewis Randolph Collection of Thomas Jefferson materials) Gives reason why he never attends evening parties, and cannot attend the Assembly. Never attended Washington's parties. General physical description: 5x8
B J35.11 Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Letter to Samuel Smith	August 22, 1798	7 1/2" x 9"	Box 2	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Monticello, A.L.S. 4p. Printed: Lipscomb and Bergh, v.10, 55. General physical description: 7 1/2" x 9"
B J35.x1 Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813. Letter to [Thomas Jefferson]	August 22, 1800		Box 2	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Philadelphia, Photostat of A.L.S. 5p. From original in Library of Congress; presented by Col. Lawrence Martin, April 1944.
B J35.36 Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Letter to General Daniel Smith	September 10, 1800	8" x 10"	Box 2	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Monticello, A.L.S. 1p. and add. Acknowledges Chickasaw vocabulary; anxious to preserve as many Indian languages as possible. News of friends. General physical description: 8" x 10"
B J35.12 Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Letter to Benjamin Rush, Philadelphia	September 23, 1800		Box 2	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Monticello, Photostat of A.L.S. 2p.and add.,end. Friendly letter. Concerning yellow fever, the XYZ affair, religion, and Franklin.
B J35.8 Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Letter to Benjamin Rush	December 14, 1800	8" x 9 3/4"	Box 2	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Washington, A.L.S. 1p. and add. Acknowledges melon seeds. Republicans seem to have obtained a majority of 8 in the late election. Bureau of Rolls, V.6,398-S.2,v.70,52. General physical description: 8" x 9 3/4"
B J35.32 Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Letter to Dwight Foster	February 1, 1802	8" x 5"	Box 2	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Abstract: Printed D. filled in in ms. 1p. and add., end. Invitation for Foster to dine with Jefferson. Came originally with Jenks-Jefferson collection. Access digital object: http://diglib.amphilsoc.org/fedora/repository/text:2697
B J35.83 Vaughan, John, 1756-1841. Letter to [Thomas Jefferson]	December 31, 1802		Box 2	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
B J35.82 Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Tho[ma]s Jefferson to the Miami and Delaware Indians.	January 8, 1803		Box 2	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
MSL-1 [Washington], 4 pp. Copy of D.S. FILM199 FRAME428
B J35.34 Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Letter to Mrs. Eppes	January 18, 1803		Box 2	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Washington, Photostat of A.L.S. 1p. Her arrival at Edgehill. Mr. Giles's aid in Congress.
B J35.50 (OS) Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Recognition of Alire Raffeneau De Lille [sic] as sub-commissionary of commercial relations with France	October 20, 1803	15-1/2x10	map-case OS	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Washington, Photostat of D.S.: Th.Jefferson, pres. and James Madison, Sec. of state. 1p. Presented by W.J.Robbins. General physical description: 15-1/2x10
B J35.84 Buchan, David Stewart Erskine, Earl of, 1742-1829. Letter to Dugald Stewart	December 21,1803		Box 2	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
S. Castle street, Photostat of A.N.S. 1p. and enc. - 2p. Encloses copy of letter from president Jefferson [Jefferson to Buchan, July 10, 1803]. From original in Laing collection, University of Edinburgh.
B J35.68 James, Thomas C., (Thomas Chalkley), 1766-1835. Letter to Thomas Jefferson	January 4, 1805	10x8	Box 2	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Phila., A.L.S. 1p. Informs Jefferson of his reelection as president of the A.P.S. General physical description: 10x8 Access digital object: https://diglib.amphilsoc.org/islandora/object/text:170043
B J35.55 Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Commission to Meriwether Lewis	April 15, 1805		Box 2	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Washington, Photo.of printed D.filled in in ms.S. 1p. (from photograph,not original document). Presented by Mrs. Robbins; May 1962.
B J35.p Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Letter to Robert Patterson	April 27, 1805	9 3/4" x 8"	Box 2	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Washington, Copy of L. 1p. and add. (see T. Jefferson. Letters to Robert Patterson,1805-1824) Offers him the office of Director of the Mint. Bur. of Rolls S.1,10,289. General physical description: 9 3/4" x 8"
B J35.p Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Letter to Robert Patterson	June 13, 1805	10" x 8"	Box 2	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Washington, A.L.S. 1p., add. and end. (see T. Jefferson. Letters to Robert Patterson,1805-1824) Mr. Patterson will receive commission as Director of the Mint as Mr. Boudinot's resignation takes effect the last day of the month. Bur. of rolls. S.2,67,65. General physical description: 10" x 8"
B J35.61 Marum, M. van (Martinus), 1750-1837. Letter to Thomas Jefferson	July 1805	8x6-1/4	Box 2	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Ha[a]rlem, Photo.of L. 1p. In French. (from original in Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen, Haarlem.) Notifies him of election to "Societe Batavé". Refers to the APS. General physical description: 8x6-1/4
B J35.3 Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Letter to Messrs. McDowell, Rodger, Finley, and Patterson	August 31, 1805		Box 2	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Monticello, sends a small parcel of the Jerusalem wheat which he received from a gentleman in Ireland. Photostat of A.L.S. 1p. and add. Copy (?) in Mass. hist. soc.
B J35.16 Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Letter to [Samuel Latham] Mitchell (sic)	September 8, 1805	7 3/4" x 8 1/2"	Box 2	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Monticello, A.L. in 3d P. 1p. On his return to Washington, expects to find a collection of the chemical subjects of Louisiana which Capt. Lewis desires forwarded to the Philosophical society at Philadelphia. Bureau of rolls,v.6,p.327 - S.2, v.60,no.113. General physical description: 7 3/4" x 8 1/2"
B J35.75 Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Letter to Destutt-Tracy	February 14, 1806	11x8-1/2	Box 2	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Washington, Xerox of A.L.S. 1p. Thanks for his work on Ideologie; favorable comments on it. De Tracy elected to the APS. General physical description: 11x8-1/2
B J35.60 Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Letter to M[artin] Van Marum, Ha[a]rlem	May 3, 1806	10x8	Box 2	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Washington, Photo.of A.L.S. 1p.and add. (from original in Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen, Haarlem.) Thanks for election to the Batavian society and will be "a willing intermediate [sic]" for relations with the APS. General physical description: 10x8
B J35.71 Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Letter to [Francois Andre] Michaux	July 12, 1806	11x7	Box 2	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Washington, Copy of A.L. in 3rd P. 1p. (From Charles Hamilton Auction No. 73, Dec. 6, 1973.) Thanks Michaux for "the book of his travels & the pamphlet he has been so kind as to send him." General physical description: 11x7
B J35.p Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Letter to Robert Patterson	November 5, 1806	9 3/4" x 7 1/4"	Box 2	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Washington, A.L.S. 1p. and add. (see T. Jefferson to Robert Patterson, 1805-1824) Acknowledges receipt of the Nautical almanac and two small tracts. Bur. of rolls S.2,67,68 General physical description: 9 3/4" x 7 1/4"
B J35.29 Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Drawing of a carriage, with manuscript notes	1806		Box 2	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
ca. Photostat of A.D. 3p.,accompanied by photostats of letter, in another hand, in German, dated: Jan.15, 1806. (from the original in the University of Virginia.)
B J35.p Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Letter to Robert Patterson	October 18, 1807	9 3/4" x 7 3/4"	Box 3	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Washington, A.L.S. 1p. and add. (see T. Jefferson. Letters to Robert Patterson, 1805-1824) Sends some Arabic notes relative to two persons confined on suspicion; asks aid in translating in order to release the men if proper. Bur. of rolls, S.2,67,70. General physical description: 9 3/4" x 7 3/4"
B J35.76 Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Letter to [James] Cheetham	November 6, 1807	11x8-1/2	Box 3	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Xerox of A.L.S. 1p. Concerns payment of newspaper bill. Syas he is nearing retirement and has not read N.Y. Evening Post for two years. Don't send any more. General physical description: 11x8-1/2
B J35.25 Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Letter to Samuel H. Smith	December 16, 1807	7" x 9"	Box 3	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
A.L. in 3d P. 1p. and add., end. Contains note by S.H. Smith (?) Questions whether enclosed pieces are worth publishing [ca. British merchants]. General physical description: 7" x 9"
B J35.65 Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Letter to Henry Voigt, Philadelphia	January 6, 1808	9-3/4x7-3/4	Box 3	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Washington, A.L.S. 1p.and add. Sends money for watch and hopes it can be delivered by a person who will carry it in his pocket; suggests Jonathan Williams. General physical description: 9-3/4x7-3/4
B J35.31 Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Letter to Jonathan Williams	January 19, 1808	8" x 5"	Box 3	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
A.L. in 3d P. 1p. and add. Excuses himself from attending meeting [of the U.S. Military philosophical society]. General physical description: 8" x 5"
B J35.x11 Williams, Jonathan, 1750-1815. Letter to [Thomas] Jefferson	January 21, 1808	7 1/2" x 9 1/2"	Box 3	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Washington, A.Dr. of L. 2p., end. Encloses letter from Gov. Franklin to his son, W.T.Franklin; dissension between them. Delay in W.T.F.'s publication of his grandfather's papers; suggests that APS demand some action. General physical description: 7 1/2" x 9 1/2"
B J35.18 Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Letter to C. W. Peale; Passport for Rembrandt Peale	March 13, 1808	7 3/4" x 9 3/4"	Box 3	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Washington, A.L.S. 1p. and enc. - 1p. Seal on enc. Encloses a passport for his son, Rembrandt Peale, who goes abroad to paint portraits; suggests eleven Frenchmen who might sit for him. Reproduced: APS Library Bulletin for 1946, p.12. General physical description: 7 3/4" x 9 3/4"
B J35.77 Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Letter to M[arquis] de Lafayette	July 18, 1808	11x8-1/2	Box 3	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Washington, Xerox of A.L.S. 1p. Mentions Duplantier. Concerns the negotiation of lands and the sale to the city of New Orleans. General physical description: 11x8-1/2
B J35.57 Grove, S. (Samuel), 1782-1834. Memorial to James Madison concerning his ship of slaves which was captured and sold in Cuba	July 28, 1808	12-3/4x7-3/4	Box 3	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Charleston, D.S. 1p.and end.by T.Jefferson with a statement on U.S.policy on slavery. Presented by Morris Duane; Nov. 26, 1963. The Semiramis was one of South Carolina merchant Samuel Grove's slave ships that was involved in the legal slave trade to Charleston in 1807. The Semiramis was captured on December 15, 1807 off Cape Maize (the straights between Cuba and Florida) by the Le Reparateur. This vessel was a privateer that was apparently owned by a Spanish subject but operated under a letter of marque issued by General Louis Ferrand - the commander of French forces on the Eastern half of the island of Hispaniola, then waging the final phases of the Haitian War for Independence. The Le Reparateur brought the Semiramis and her cargo of enslaved individuals to Santiago, Cuba, where the individuals were sold into slavery and the proceeds of the sale (apparently $126,000) awarded to the owners of the privateer. General physical description: 12-3/4x7-3/4 Other Descriptive Information: See NY Evening Post, 1808 February 15. Capture of the slave ship Semiramis. Access digital object: https://diglib.amphilsoc.org/islandora/object/text:347291/
B J35.57 Grove, S. (Samuel), 1782-1834. Memorial to James Madison	August 17, 1808	12-3/4x7-3/4	Box 3	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Memorialist Grove is seeking help with a claim involving an "illegal seizure of his ship and her cargo of 220 slaves by a privateer commissioned by General Ferraud of St Domingo", but owned by Pierre La Port of Cuba. His claim is that the slaves were sold, but with the help of American consul Maurice Rogers, "the funds arising from the sale have been held from the captors and deposited in the chest of the Spanish Government." Grove is asking Madison for the US Gov't to intervene and recover the funds from the sale of the slaves, and seeks damages from the privateer as well. "Since the owner of the Privateer is a Man of larger Fortune". and a note by Th[omas] Jefferson, as president, that "The government of the U.S. will not make itself an accomplice in...selling them in slavery. Charleston, July 28, 1808. D.S. 1p.and end. (see Jefferson papers.) Presented by Morris Duane,Nov.1963. General physical description: 12-3/4x7-3/4
B J35.69 James, Thomas C., (Thomas Chalkley), 1766-1835. Letter to [Thomas Jefferson]	January 6, 1809	10-1/2x8-3/4	Box 3	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Phila., A.L.S. 1p. Informs Jefferson of his reelection as president of the A.P.S. General physical description: 10-1/2x8-3/4
B J35.49 Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Letters patent for plot of ground in the territory northwest of the Ohio, Steubenville, issued to William Crawford	February 10, 1809	8 1/2" x 15 1/4"	Box 3	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Washington, D.C., Printed D. filled in and S: Th. Jefferson, president; James Madison, secretary of state. 1p. Seal. General physical description: 8 1/2" x 15 1/4"
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Letter to Benjamin Smith Barton	September 21, 1809	2 page(s)	Box 3	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Describes the loss of Jefferson's vocabularies of Native American languages, stolen and dumped in the James River. Other Descriptive Information: Accession M2010-01. Purchased through the generosity of Lois Collier from William Reese, bookseller. Access digital object: http://diglib.amphilsoc.org/islandora/object/text:2560
B J35.p Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Letter to Robert Patterson	March 21, 1811	9 3/4" x 8"	Box 3	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Monticello, A.L.S. 1p. and add. (see T. Jefferson. Letters to Robert Patterson,1805-1824). His interest in astronomy and scientific instruments. Bur. of rolls S.2,67,58. General physical description: 9 3/4" x 8" Access digital object: http://diglib.amphilsoc.org/fedora/repository/text:2555
B J35.19 Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. [Plan for an agricultural society]	March 1811	7 3/4" x 9 3/4"	Box 3	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
A.D. 4p. Printed: Lipscomb and Bergh,v.17,404. General physical description: 7 3/4" x 9 3/4"
B J35.p Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Letter to Robert Patterson	May 29, 1812	9 3/4" x 7 1/2"	Box 3	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Monticello, A.L.S. 1p. (see T. Jefferson. Letters to Robert Patterson,1805-1824) Sends papers intended for the [American philosophical] Society. Necessity for uniformity in a system of weights and measures. Bur. of rolls, S.2,67,59 General physical description: 9 3/4" x 7 1/2"
B J35.p Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Letter to [Robert] Patterson	August 9, 1812	9 3/4" x 7 1/2"	Box 3	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Monticello, A.L.S. 1p. (see T. Jefferson. Letters to Robert Patterson, 1805-1824) Sends paper by William Lambert and recommends him for membership in the APS. War with Great Britain. General physical description: 9 3/4" x 7 1/2" Access digital object: http://diglib.amphilsoc.org/fedora/repository/text:2553
B J35.4 Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Letter to ---- Goodman	October 10, 1812		Box 3	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Monticello, relates to the finishing of a certain house. Photostat of A.L.S. 1p.
B J35.x15 Fulton, Robert, 1765-1815. Letter to Thomas Jefferson	June 29, 1813	10 1/4" x 8 1/4"	Box 3	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
New York, A.Dr. of L.S. 15p. and end. illus. Describes experiments for firing projectiles under water. With this is Fulton's: Specification of my mode of firing under water and destroying ships of war,1813. 8p. 9 3/4" x 8" The handwriting of the two documents is authenticated by George H. Moore and R.H. Thurston. General physical description: 10 1/4" x 8 1/4"
B J35.66 Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Letter to Thomas Voigt, Philadelphia	July 30, 1813	10x8	Box 3	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Monticello, A.L.S. 1p.and add.,end. Orders a lady's watch and specifies how to pack it for shipment. Mr. Short will advise on chain needed. General physical description: 10x8
B J35.40 Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Letter to Paul Allen	August 18, 1813		Box 3	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Monticello, Photostat of A.L.S. 14p. Biographical information in re Meriwether Lewis; instructions for the Lewis and Clark expedition. Sponsorship by APS of earlier expedition of André Michaux. Printed: Lewis and Clark, History of expedition, by Paul Allen, Phila., 1814, v.1,vii. Presented by Mr. Charles Biddle from draft in L.C., Feb. 1954.
B J35.5 Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Letter to James Madison, Washington	February 17, 1814		Box 3	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Monticello, Photostat of A.L.S. 1p.and add.,end. Forwards letter from Mr. Mill.
B J35.26 Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Letter to Joseph Nicholson	May 21, 1814	8" x 10"	Box 3	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Abstract: Monticello, A.L.S. 1p. and add., end. Thanking Nicolson for the introduction to a Mr. McCulloch, and for Nicolson's defense of the constitution. Comments on his cooperation in "atchieving... the republican ascendancy and rescuing our constitution from... those who were rapidly monarchising it." Access digital object: http://diglib.amphilsoc.org/fedora/repository/text:2552
B J35.x14 Leavitt, Dudley, 1772-1851. Letter to Th[omas] Jefferson, Monticello	June 10, 1814	13 3/4" x 8"	Box 3	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Centre Harbor, N.H., A.L.S. 3p. and add., end. Transcribes a lunar table which he asks to be laid before the APS. (Enclosed originally with letter from T. Jefferson to Robert Patterson, June 29, 1814, which see) Presented by the Rev. James O. Patterson, Aug. 1955. General physical description: 13 3/4" x 8"
B J35.47 Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Letter to Robert Patterson, Philadelphia	June 29, 1814	9 3/4" x 7 3/4"	Box 3	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Monticello, A.L.S. 1p. and add., end. Asks that he forward the enclosed paper to the Philosophical Society (Dudley Leavit to T. Jefferson, June 10, 1814 - which see) Presented by the Rev. James O. Patterson, Aug. 1955. General physical description: 9 3/4" x 7 3/4"
B J35.30 Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Letter to Dr. William Thornton	February 9, 1815	8" x 10"	Box 3	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Monticello, A.L.S. 1p. and add. Contains short note by Dr. Thornton. Water supply for Monticello. Crosbie's claim to Janes' loom. Small portion printed: Betts' Jefferson's garden book,p. 541. General physical description: 8" x 10" Access digital object: https://diglib.amphilsoc.org/islandora/object/text:252190/
B J35.p Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Letter to R[obert] Patterson	October 13, 1815	9 3/4" x 7 3/4"	Box 3	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Monticello, A.L.S. 1p. and portion of add. leaf Reverse contains draft (inc.) of Patterson's reply, Nov.22,1815. (see T. Jefferson. Letters to Robert Patterson, 1805-1824) Instructions for shipping the time piece. Comments on scientific instruments. General physical description: 9 3/4" x 7 3/4"
B J35.37 Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Letter to James Maese (sic), Philadelphia	October 15, 1815	9 3/4" x 7 3/4"	Box 3	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Monticello, A.L.S. 1p. and add., end. Information about American medals; mentions Dr. Franklin. Bur. of Rolls. Ser.2,v.61,no.26. General physical description: 9 3/4" x 7 3/4"
B J35.p Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Letter to Robert Patterson	December 22, 1815	9 3/4" x 7 3/4"	Box 3	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Monticello, A.L.S. 1p. (see T. Jefferson. Letters to Robert Patterson, 1805-1824) Wrote to the President on behalf of Mr. Hassler. Scientific instruments. General physical description: 9 3/4" x 7 3/4"
B J35.44 Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Letter to J[ohn] W. Eppes	April 30, 1816	10" x 8"	Box 3	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Monticello, A.L.S. 2p. Education of Francis [Eppes]. Prophecy of great intercourse with Spanish America. General physical description: 10" x 8"
B J35.20 Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Letter to Matthew Carey	October [November] 11, 1816	6 3/4" x 9 3/4"	Box 3	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Poplar Forest near Lynchburg, A.L. 1p. and add. (signature cut off, another supplied) Carey's Olive Branch. Rejection of British treaty without laying it before the Senate. Views on religion. Bur. of rolls, v.6,65 - Ser. 1,v.14, 101 General physical description: 6 3/4" x 9 3/4" Access digital object: https://diglib.amphilsoc.org/islandora/object/text:252005/
B J35.43 Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Letter to John W. Eppes	March 6, 1817	9 3/4" x 8", 2 1/2" x 5"	Box 3	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Monticello, A.L.S. 2p. and scrap of address Sends dial and various shrubs, including cuttings of a snowberry bush and the sweet scented curran[t] which were brought from the Pacific ocean by Lewis and Clark. General physical description: 9 3/4" x 8", 2 1/2" x 5"
B J35.x16 Cooper, Thomas, 1759-1839. Letter to [Thomas Jefferson]	September 16, 1817	8-1/2x6-3/4	Box 3	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Philadelphia, Photo.of A.L.S. 4p. (see Jefferson papers.) His difficulties at UofP. Proposal for removing to Williamsburg on certain conditions, to teach medicine there. General physical description: 8-1/2x6-3/4
B J35 Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Letter to John Vaughan	February 18, 1818		Box 3	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
dated Monticello, mentions the death of Dr. [Caspar] Wistar; thinks the continuation of Wistar's weekly assemblages worthy of Mr. Vaughan's attention. A.L.S. 1p. Endorsement on back in Vaughan's (?) hand: 1818 - Jefferson on Death of Wistar; also in another hand: Thomas Jefferson to Jno Vaughan, Monticello, Purchased in February 1938 from Arthur Pforzheimer, 26 E. 56th St., New York City for $54. Access digital object: http://diglib.amphilsoc.org/fedora/repository/text:2558
B J35.79 Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Letter to [Mordecai Noah], Monticello, Repro	May 28, 1818	8 1/2 x 11	Box 3	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
of ALS. 1p. On Judaism, prejudice, public opinion, and religious freedom. From Sotheby's Preview #66, 1986. General physical description: 8 1/2 x 11
B J35.48 Letter to John Vaughan	October 6, 1818	9 3/4" x 8"	Box 3	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Monticello, A.L.S. 1p. and add., end. Returns letter for Mr. Correa, as he and Dr. Cooper have set out for Philadelphia. Asks for further explanation in re instruments for the Astronomical committee and the danger of losing the privilege of the building [of the APS ?]. Presented by Mrs. Howard W. Lang, December 1955. General physical description: 9 3/4" x 8"
B J35.p Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Letter to Robert Patterson	October 18, 1818	9 3/4" x 7 3/4"	Box 3	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Monticello, A.L.S. "Copy" 1p. Transcribed on obverse of letter of Feb.2, 1819. (see T. Jefferson. Letters to Robert Patterson, 1805-1824) Sends telescope in care of Mr. Trist to be repaired in Philadelphia. General physical description: 9 3/4" x 7 3/4"
B J35.p Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Letter to Robert Patterson	February 2, 1819	9 3/4" x 7 3/4"	Box 3	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Monticello, A.L.S. 1p. and add. One same sheet with letter of Oct. 18,1818 (see T. Jefferson. Letters to Robert Patterson, 1805-1824) Transcribes copy of letter of Oct. 18, 1818 in re repair of telescope. General physical description: 9 3/4" x 7 3/4"
B J35.78 Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Letter to [Joseph-Leonard] Poirey	March 8, 1819	11x8-1/2	Box 3	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Monticello, Xerox of A.L.S. 1p. Concerns payment for services. Recounts delays in getting the act of Congress authorizing payment. Mentions Lafayette. General physical description: 11x8-1/2
B J35.22 Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Letter to M. [John] Lavel	June 4, 1819	7 3/4" x 9 1/2"	Box 3	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Monticello, A.L.S. 1p. Relative to a volume of Grimm. General physical description: 7 3/4" x 9 1/2"
B J35.p Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Letter to Robert Patterson	July 4, 1819	10" x 8"	Box 3	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Monticello, A.L. in 3d P. 1p. and add. (see T. Jefferson. Letters to Robert Patterson, 1805-1824) Sends letter and remittance to Mr. Davenport. General physical description: 10" x 8"
B J35.x19 Fabbroni, Leopoldo Pelli. Letter to Thomas Jefferson, Monticello	February 3, 1823	12-1/2x8-1/2	Box 3	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Florence, Italy, L. 2p. In French. Draft. (see Jefferson Papers.) Death of his father, Giovanni Fabroni. General physical description: 12-1/2x8-1/2 Access digital object: https://diglib.amphilsoc.org/islandora/object/text:251942/
B J35.38 Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Letter to Franklin Bache	April 10, 1824	9 3/4" x 7 3/4"	Box 3	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Monticello, A.L.S. 1p. and add., end. Relative to appointment as professor at the University [of Virginia]. General physical description: 9 3/4" x 7 3/4"
B J35.39 Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Letter to Franklin Bache	May 17, 1824	9 3/4" x 7 3/4"	Box 3	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Monticello, A.L.S. 1p. and add., end. Acknowledges volume of chemistry; comments on its applications to the utilities of life; makes favorable comparison with discoveries of illustrious ancestor [B. Franklin]. Draft of letter in L.C. General physical description: 9 3/4" x 7 3/4"
B J35.p Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Letter to Robert Patterson	May 17, 1824	9 3/4" x 7 3/4"	Box 3	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Monticello, A.L.S. 1p. and add. (see T. Jefferson. Letters to Robert Patterson, 1805-1824) Enclosed letter and pamphlet from the Baron de Ferrusac to be referred to the APS. General physical description: 9 3/4" x 7 3/4"
B J35.x13 Brown, Samuel, 1769-1830. Letter to [Thomas] Jefferson	May 30, 1824	9 3/4" x 8"	Box 3	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Phila., A.L.S. 1p. and add., end. Recommends Dr. [Franklin] Bache for the chair of Chemistry at the University of Virginia. General physical description: 9 3/4" x 8"
B J35.2 Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Letter to [David] Shriver	December 21, 1824		Box 3	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
acknowledges receipt of pamphlet and map on the canal uniting the eastern and western waters. A.L. in 3d P. 1p. 0. Photostat. Original in possession of Henry Shriver. Presented by J. Alexis Shriver, see accompanying letter for further details.
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Letter to James Madison	February 22, 1825	1 page(s)	Box 3	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Monticello. Reporting progress in hiring faculty for the University of Virginia, which was to open classes that year, but noting that "for the Professorship of law I am almost in despair." Other Descriptive Information: Accession M2011-08. Donated on September 13, 2011, by John Nichols Loeb in memory of his parents, Robert Frederick Loeb and Emily Guild Nichols Loeb.
B J35.17 Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Letter to the Rev. Mr. Hatch	March 16, 1825	8" x 4 3/4"	Box 3	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Monticello, A.N. in 3d P. 1p. and add. Relative to the course of study for his grandsons, Benjamin and Lewis. General physical description: 8" x 4 3/4"
B J35ca Campbell, William J., -1931. Catalogue of engraved portraits of Thomas Jefferson...	1889	6 1/2 x 4	: LH-MV-E-14	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
2 vols. 3 ms. vols. ca.500p. Includes also one vol. "Points of Interest about Portraits of Thomas Jefferson." 1. Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. I. Assoc.: Campbell, William J. II. Assoc.: Campbell, William M. General physical description: 6 1/2 x 4
B J35.g Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Commonplace book	March 20, 1943	11x8-1/2	: LH-MV-E-2	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Typescript. 284p.and covering letter: G. Chinard to R.S. Morris; Unpublished part of: Chinard, ed. T. Jefferson. Commonplace book... Presented by R.S. Morris, as suggested in above letter, by G. Chinard; 1944. General physical description: 11x8-1/2
B J35.28 Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Letter to Mr. Rittenhouse	Monday morning	7 3/4" x 5"	Box 3	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
A.L. in 3d P. 1p. and add. Sends certain books; asks for return of others. General physical description: 7 3/4" x 5"
B J35.cL Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. [Commonplace book]	Undated			Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Photostat of A.D. pp.1-114, 137 [i.e. 228p.] F. From original in Library of Congress. Presented by Dr. Gilbert Chinard, 1946. Unlocated, missing since 1947. See Subject File.
B J35.f Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Farm book...ed. by Edwin M. Betts	Undated	11" x 8 1/2"	: LH-MV-E-2	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Typescript 1381p. Original ms. of volume prepared by Dr. Betts and published as Vol. 35. of APS Memoirs. Presented by Dr. Betts, June 1954. General physical description: 11" x 8 1/2"
B J35.27 Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. [List of slaves at Poplar Forest and Bear Creek, giving clothing and blankets needed]	Undated	4 1/2" x 7 1/2"	Box 3	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
A.D. 4p. General physical description: 4 1/2" x 7 1/2" Access digital object: https://diglib.amphilsoc.org/islandora/object/text:252067/
B J35.70 Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Notes for the biography of George Wythe	Undated	11x8-1/2	Box 3	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Xerox of A.D. 3p. Emphasizes Wythe's part in the Stamp Act crisis and the Revolutionary War. Presented by Herbert R. Strauss; May 1972. General physical description: 11x8-1/2
B J35.51 no.37 Miscellaneous notes concerning the rights of the New England colonies	Undated	16 page(s)	Box 3	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item