ABBREVIATIONS

Adams-Jefferson Letters The Adams-Jefferson Letters: The Complete Correspondence between Thomas Jefferson and Abigail and John Adams, ed. Lester J. Cappon (1959; rept. Chapel Hill, N.C., 1987).

Anas The Complete Anas of Thomas Jefferson, ed. Franklin B. Sawvel (New York, 1903).

Bergh The Writings of Thomas Jefferson, ed. Albert Ellery Bergh. 20 vols. (Washington, D.C., 1907).

Extracts Jefferson’s Extracts from the Gospels, ed. Dickinson W. Adams (Princeton, N.J., 1983).

Family Letters The Family Letters of Thomas Jefferson, ed. Edwin Morris Betts and James Adam Bear, Jr. (Columbia, Mo., 1966).

Ford The Works of Thomas Jefferson, ed. Paul Leicester Ford. 12 vols. (New York, 1905).

Inner Jefferson Andrew Burstein, The Inner Jefferson: Portrait of a Grieving Optimist (Charlottesville, 1995).

Malone Dumas Malone, Jefferson and His Time. 6 vols. (Boston, 1948–81).

Memorandum Books Jefferson’s Memorandum Books: Accounts, with Legal Records and Miscellany, 1767–1826, eds. James A. Bear, Jr. and Lucia C. Stanton (Princeton, N.J., 1997).

Notes on Virginia Thomas Jefferson, Notes on the State of Virginia, ed. David Waldstreicher (New York, 2002).

Portable Jefferson The Portable Thomas Jefferson, ed. Merrill D. Peterson (New York, 1975).

PTJ-Boyd Papers of Thomas Jefferson, ed. Julian P. Boyd, et. al. 30 vols. to date. (Princeton, N.J., 1950–).

Randall Henry S. Randall, The Life of Thomas Jefferson. 3 vols. (New York, 1858).

Sowerby Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson, compiled by E. Millicent Sowerby. 5 vols. (Washington, D.C., 1952–59).

TJP-Huntington Thomas Jefferson Papers, Huntington Library, San Marino, Calif.

TJP-LC Thomas Jefferson Papers, Library of Congress.

TJP-MHS Thomas Jefferson Papers, Massachusetts Historical Society.

TJP-WM Thomas Jefferson Papers, Tucker-Coleman Collection, College of William & Mary.

TJP-ViU Thomas Jefferson Papers, University of Virginia.

 

I have examined Jefferson’s correspondence in his hand, generally on microfilm, in order to discern cross-outs and substitutions, and other indications of deliberation in the writing process. Whenever possible, I have cross-checked to see if a cited letter has been published, and have either cited both original and printed sources, or the printed source alone. Unpublished letters are indicated, of course, by the collection to which they belong. I have made an effort at consistency in displaying Jefferson’s orthography and capitalization: He begins sentences with lower case letters, except for the pronoun “I”. I have begun Jefferson’s sentences with capitalization, for ease in reading.