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Cover Title Page Copyright Contents Autobiography A Summary View of the Rights of British America Notes on the State of Virginia

1. Boundaries of Virginia 2. Rivers 3. Sea Ports 4. Mountains 5. Cascades 6. Productions mineral, vegetable and animal 7. Climate 8. Population 9. Military force 10. Marine force 11. Aborigines 12. Counties and towns 13. Constitution 14. Laws 15. Colleges, buildings, and roads 16. Proceedings as to Tories 17. Religion 18. Manners 19. Manufactures 20. Subjects of commerce 21. Weights, Measures and Money 22. Public revenue and expences 23. Histories, memorials, and state-papers

Public Papers

Resolutions of Congress on Lord North's Conciliatory Proposal (1775) Draft Constitution for Virginia (1776) Revisal of the Laws: Drafts of Legislation

A Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom (1777, 1779) A Bill for Proportioning Crimes and Punishments (1778, 1779) A Bill for the More General Diffusion of Knowledge (1778) A Bill Declaring Who Shall Be Deemed Citizens of this Commonwealth (1779)

Report on Government for Western Territory (1784) Observations on the Whale-Fishery (1788) Plan for Establishing Uniformity in the Coinage, Weights, and Measures (1790) Opinion on the Constitutionality of a National Bank (1791) Opinion on the French Treaties (1793) Report on the Privileges and Restrictions on the Commerce of the United States in Foreign Countries (1793) Draft of the Kentucky Resolutions (1798) Report of the Commissioners for the University of Virginia (1818) Memorial on the Book Duty (1821) Prom the Minutes of the Board of Visitors, University of Virginia (1822-1825) Draft Declaration and Protest of the Commonwealth of Virginia, on the Principles of the Constitution of the United States of America, and on the Violations of them (1825)

Addresses, Messages, and Replies

Response to the Citizens of Albemarle First Inaugural Address To Elias Shipman and Others, a Committee of the Merchants of New Haven First Annual Message To Messrs. Nehemiah Dodge and Others, a Committee of the Danbury Baptist Association, in the State of Connecticut Third Annual Message Second Inaugural Address Sixth Annual Message Special Message on the Burr Conspiracy Special Message on Gun-Boats Eighth Annual Message To the Inhabitants of Albemarle County, in Virginia Indian Addresses

To Brother John Baptist de Coigne To Brother Handsome Lake To the Brothers of the Choctaw Nation To the Chiefs of the Cherokee Nation To the Wolf and People of the Mandan Nation

Miscellany

Reply to the Representations of Affairs in America by British Newspapers (1784) Answers and Observations for Démeunier's Article on the United States in the Encyclopédie Methodique (1786)

1. From Answers to Démeunier's First Queries, January 24, 1786

The Confederation Broils among the states

2. From Observations on Démeunier's Manuscript, June 22, 1786

Indented servants Crimes and punishments The Society of the Cincinnati Populating the continent

3. To Jean Nicolas Démeunier, June 26, 1786

Thoughts on English Prosody (1786) Travel Journals

A Tour to some of the Gardens of England (1786) Memorandums on a Tour from Paris to Amsterdam, Strasburg, and back to Paris (1788) Travelling notes for Mr. Rutledge and Mr. Shippen (1788)

The Anas (1791-1806)--Selections

Explanations, February 4, 1818 Conversations with the President, 1792-1793 "Liberty warring on herself," August 20, 1793 Conversations with Aaron Burr, 1804-1806

Notes on Professor Ebeling's Letter of July 30, 1795 A Memorandum (Services to My Country) [c. 1800] A Memorandum (Rules of Etiquette) [c. November, 1803] Epitaph [1826]

Letters

John Harvie, January 14, 1760: A youth of sixteen John Page, December 25, 1762: Old Coke and young ladies John Page, May 25, 1766: A visit to Annapolis Thomas Turpin, February 5, 1769: The study of law Robert Skipwith, with a List of Books, August 3, 1771: A gentleman's library Charles McPherson, February 25, 1773: The sublime Ossian William Small, May 7, 1775: News from Boston John Randolph, August 25, 1775: Reconciliation or independence Edmund Pendleton, August 13, 1776: Saxons, Normans, and land tenure Edmund Pendleton, August 26, 1776: The Virginia Constitution John Adams, May 16, 1777: First letter to Adams Giovanni Fabbroni, June 8, 1778: "the favorite passion of my soul" David Rittenhouse, July 19, 1778: "a true whig in science" Patrick Henry, March 27, 1779: War and humanity J. P. G. Muhlenberg, January 31, 1781: The traitor Arnold Lafayette, March 10, 1781: Welcome to the Marquis George Washington, May 28, 1781: Appeal to the Commander in Chief James Monroe, May 20, 1782: Limits of public duty Chastellux, November 26, 1782: "A single event..." Martha Jefferson, November 28, 1783: Advice to a young daughter George Rogers Clark, December 4, 1783: The Mammoth and Western exploration Martha Jefferson, December 11, 1783: More advice Chastellux, January 16, 1784: American "politics & poverty" George Washington, March 15, 1784: Western commerce George Washington, April 16, 1784: The Society of the Cincinnati Dr. Philip Turpin, April 28, 1784: Hot-air balloons Richard Price, February 1, 1785: "nil desperandum" Chastellux, June 7, 1785: On American degeneracy James Monroe, June 17, 1785: Some thoughts on treaties Abigail Adams, June 21, 1785: Royal scandal and third-rank birds Virginia Delegates in Congress, July 12, 1785: A statue of Washington Peter Carr, August 19, 1785: "An honest heart... a knowing head" John Jay, August 23, 1785: Commerce and sea power James Madison, with a List of Books, September 1, 1785: Books for a statesman Chastellux, September 2, 1785: Climate and American character James Madison, September 20, 1785: "this beautiful art". Abigail Adams, September 25, 1785: Mars and Minerva Charles Bellini, September 30, 1785: The vaunted scene G. K. van Hogendorp, October 13, 1785: British hostility, American commerce John Banister, Jr., October 15, 1785: On European education James Madison, October 28, 1785: Property and natural right Archibald Stuart, January 25, 1786: "Our confederacy... the nest" William Buchanan and James Hay, January 26, 1786: A Roman temple for Virginia James Madison, February 8, 1786: The Notes, Houdon, and the Encyclopedie John Page, May 4, 1786: British arts and British hatred John Adams, July 11, 1786: War on Barbary George Wythe, August 13, 1786: "a crusade against ignorance" Thomas Mann Randolph, Jr., August 27, 1786: Education of a future son-in-law Ezra Stiles, September 1, 1786: Archaeology, Ledyard, a new invention Maria Cosway, October 12, 1786: "Dialogue between my Head & my Heart" St. John de Crèvecoeur, January 15, 1787: Homer, New Jersey farmers, and the wheel Edward Carrington, January 16, 1787: "The people are the only censors..." James Madison, January 30, 1787: Rebellion, secession, and diplomacy Anne Willing Bingham, February 7, 1787: "the empty bustle of Paris" Abigail Adams, February 22, 1787: "a little rebellion now and then" Madame de Tessé, March 20, 1787: The Maison Carrée Lafayette, April 11, 1787: The rewards of travel Martha Jefferson, May 21, 1787: "the grand recipe for felicity" John Adams, July 1, 1787: Affairs of diplomacy Maria Cosway, July 1, 1787: "a peep... into Elysium" Peter Carr, with Enclosure, August 10, 1787: "the homage of reason" John Adams, August 30, 1787: Revolt of the Nobles Buffon, October 1, 1787: A moose from New Hampshire William S. Smith, November 13, 1787: The new Constitution John Adams, November 13, 1787: More on the Constitution James Madison, December 20, 1787: Objections to the Constitution Alexander Donald, February 7, 1788: A strategy on ratification Maria Cosway, April 24, 1788: "a son of nature" Anne Willing Bingham, May 11, 1788: "Amazons and Angels" The Rev. James Madison, July 19, 1788: "the crumbs of science" St. John de Crèvecoeur, August 9, 1788: "a monopoly of despotism" George Washington, December 4, 1788: Commerce, war, and revolution Richard Price, January 8, 1789: Convening the Estates General John Trumbull, February 15, 1789: Bacon, Locke, and Newton Francis Hopkinson, March 13, 1789: "neither federalist nor antifederalist" James Madison, March 15, 1789: A bill of rights Joseph Willard, March 24, 1789: Science and liberty John Jay, May 9, 1789: A report from Versailles Rabout de St. Etienne, with Draft of a Charter of Rights, June 3, 1789: A charter for France Diodati, August 3, 1789: "the first chapter... of European liberty" James Madison, September 6, 1789: "the earth belongs to the living" Madame d'Enville, April 2, 1790: Adieu to France John Garland Jefferson, June 11, 1790: Reading the law Mary Jefferson, June 13, 1790: Whippoorwills and strawberries Samuel Vaughan, Jr., November 27, 1790: Rice from Timor and Africa Martha Jefferson Randolph, December 23, 1790: "a scolding letter" George Mason, February 4, 1791: A heretical sect Ebenezer Hazard, February 18, 1791: Monuments of the past The Rev. William Smith, February 19, 1791: Memories of Franklin Major L'Enfant, April 10, 1791: Capitol on the Potomac Charles Carroll, April 15, 1791: A note on Indian policy The President of the United States (George Washington), May 8, 1791: Burke, Paine, and Mr. Adams Thomas Mann Randolph, June 5, 1791: A northern tour John Adams, July 17, 1791: Breach of a friendship Benjamin Banneker, August 30, 1791: Hope for "our black brethren" Archibald Stuart, December 23, 1791: Strengthening the state governments The President of the United States (George Washington), May 23, 1792: "a stepping stone to monarchy" Lafayette, June 16, 1792: "the monster aristocracy" Thomas Paine, June 19, 1792: The Rights of Man The President of the United States (George Washington), September 9, 1792: The conflict with Hamilton The U.S. Minister to France (Gouverneur Morris), December 30, 1792: "The will of the nation" William Short, January 3, 1793: Paean to the French Revolution. James Madison, March 24, 1793: Peaceable coercion James Madison, May 19, 1793: The gallant Genet James Madison, June 9, 1793: The debt of service Mrs. Church, November 27, 1793: "my family, my farm, and my books" Tench Coxe, May 1, 1794: "lucerne and potatoes" James Madison, December 28, 1794: Whiskey rebels and democratic societies John Taylor, December 29, 1794: Farming François D'Ivernois, February 6, 1795: The Geneva Academy James Madison, April 27, 1795: Abjuring the presidency Jean Nicolas Démeunier, April 29, 1795: A nail-maker Mann Page, August 30, 1795: Rogues and a treaty George Wythe, January 16, 1796: The laws of Virginia John Adams, February 28, 1796: "an age of experiments" Philip Mazzei, April 24, 1796: "the boisterous sea of liberty" James Madison, with Enclosure to John Adams, January 1, 1797: An entente with Adams Elbridge Gerry, May 13, 1797: "perfectly neutral and independent" Thomas Pinckney, May 29, 1797: Peace and commerce Martha Jefferson Randolph, June 8, 1797: Domestic affections John Taylor, June 4, 1798: Patience and the reign of witches Philip Nolan, June 24, 1798: Wild horses Samuel Smith, August 22, 1798: Sufferance of calumny Elbridge Gerry, January 26, 1799: A profession of political faith Thomas Lomax, March 12, 1799: "The spirit of 1776" William Green Munford, June 18, 1799: Freedom of mind Edmund Randolph, August 18, 1799: Common law and the will of the nation Dr. Joseph Priestley, January 18, 1800: Ideas for a university Dr. Joseph Priestley, January 27, 1800: "a sublime luxury" John Breckinridge, January 29, 1800: The 18th Brumaire Bishop James Madison, January 31, 1800: Illuminatism Gideon Granger, August 13, 1800: "a few plain duties" Dr. Benjamin Rush, September 23, 1800: "I have sworn upon the altar of God..." William Dunbar, January 12, 1801: "Philosophical vedette" at a distance John Dickinson, March 6, 1801: The revolution of 1800 Dr. Joseph Priestley, March 21, 1801: Something new under the sun Moses Robinson, March 23, 1801: Wisdom and patriotism Elbridge Gerry, March 29, 1801: Reconciliation and reform The U.S. Minister to France (Robert R. Livingston), September 9, 1801: "free ships make free goods" James Monroe, November 14, 1801: Interchangeable parts The Governor of Virginia (James Monroe), November 24, 1801: African colonization P. S. Dupont de Nemours, January 18, 1802: Limits of the practicable Anne Cary, Thomas Jefferson, and Ellen Wayles Randolph, March 2, 1802: "to be loved by every body" General Thaddeus Kosciusko, April 2, 1802: The progress of reform The U.S. Minister to France (Robert R. Livingston), April 18, 1802: The affair of Louisiana Benjamin H. Latrobe, November 2, 1802: Dry-docking the navy Thomas Cooper, November 29, 1802: "a noiseless course"1109 The Special Envoy to France (James Monroe), January 13, 1803: Crisis on the Mississippi Benjamin Hawkins, February 18, 1803: Civilization of the Indians Governor William H. Harrison, February 27, 1803: Machiavellian benevolence and the Indians Dr. Joseph Priestley, April 9, 1803: Jesus, Socrates, and others Dr. Benjamin Rush, with a Syllabus, April 21, 1803: The morals of Jesus Instructions to Captain Lewis, June 20, 1803: Expedition to the Pacific Sir John Sinclair, June 30, 1803: A national agricultural society The Earl of Buchan, July 10, 1803: Peace founded on interest Pierre J. G. Cabanis, July 12, 1803: Philosophy and blasted hopes John C. Breckinridge, August 12, 1803: The Louisiana Purchase Wilson Cary Nicholas, September 7, 1803: A constitutional amendment Dr. Joseph Priestley, January 29, 1804: Jesus, Louisiana, and Malthus Jean Baptiste Say, February 1, 1804: Malthus and the New World Abigail Adams, June 13, 1804: Grief and grievances Judge John Tyler, June 28, 1804: Freedom of the press Larkin Smith, November 26, 1804: "the office of hangman" Littleton Waller Tazewell, January 5, 1805: Blueprint of the University John Taylor, January 6, 1805: The two-term precedent C. F. de C. Volney, February 8, 1805: Climate, fevers, and the polygraph C. F. de C. Volney, February 11, 1806: News of Captain Lewis Joel Barlow, February 24, 1806: A National Academy The Emperor Alexander, April 19, 1806: Courting Alexander Dr. Edward Jenner, May 14, 1806: A tribute of gratitude Barnabas Bidwell, July 5, 1806: Schism and the majority leadership William Hamilton, July, 1806: Gardens for Monticello John Dickinson, January 13, 1807: Discontents in the West William Waller Hening, January 14, 1807: Laws of Virginia Governor William C. C. Claiborne, February 3, 1807: Lessons of the Burr Conspiracy William Branch Giles, April 20, 1807: The Burr trial John Norvell, June 14, 1807: History, Hume, and the press George Hay, June 20, 1807: A subpoena for the President. Dr. Caspar Wistar, June 21, 1807: "unlearned views of medicine" Robert Fulton, August 16, 1807: Torpedoes and submarines Rev. Samuel Miller, January 23, 1808: Religious freedom Dr. Thomas Leib, June 23, 1808: "subjects for a mad-house" Lacépède, with a Catalogue, July 14, 1808: Bones for the National Institute Monsieur Sylvestre, July 15, 1808: Ploughs Thomas Jefferson Randolph, November 24, 1808: Education of a grandson Dr. Benjamin Waterhouse, December 1, 1808: Sowing the upland rice James Monroe, January 28, 1809: "last trial for peace" John Hollins, February 19, 1809: The republic of science Henri Gregoire, February 25, 1809: The Negro race P. S. Dupont de Nemours, March 2, 1809: "a prisoner, released from his chains" Mrs. Samuel H. Smith, March 6, 1809: A parting blessing Horatio G. Spafford, May 14, 1809: The potato and Harper's Ferry John Wyche, May 19, 1809: Circulating libraries P. S. Dupont de Nemours, June 28, 1809: "the spirit of manufacture" John W. Campbell, September 3, 1809: An edition of writings Dr. Benjamin S. Barton, September 21, 1809: Indian vocabularies Samuel Kercheval, January 19, 1810: American Quakerism John Garland Jefferson, January 25, 1810: Nepotism and the republic Cæsar A. Rodney, February 10, 1810: Prostration of reason Governor John Langdon, March 5, 1810: "the book of Kings" Messrs. Hugh L. White and Others, May 6, 1810: "an academical village" The President of the United States (James Madison), May 13, 1810: A plan for the Merinos John Tyler, May 26, 1810: Schools and "little republics" William Duane, August 12, 1810: Hume and Montesquieu John B. Colvin, September 20, 1810: A law beyond the Constitution Dr. Benjamin Rush, January 16, 1811: Relations with Adams John Lynch, January 21, 1811: "the seeds of civilization" A. L. C. Destutt de Tracy, January 26, 1811: The executive office Alexander von Humboldt, April 14, 1811: The Latin American revolutions Charles Willson Peale, August 20, 1811: "a young gardener" Dr. Robert Patterson, November 10, 1811: Reprise: weights, measures, and coins John Adams, January 21, 1812: Reconciliation John Adams, June 11, 1812: Concerning the Indians General Thaddeus Kosciusko, June 28, 1812: War with England John Melish, January 13, 1813: "a radical difference of political principle" Madame de Staël, May 24, 1813: Tyrants of land and sea John Adams, June 15, 1813: Light and liberty and the parties John Wayles Eppes, June 24, 1813: Debt, taxes, banks, and paper Isaac McPherson, August 13, 1813: No patents on ideas John Waldo, August 16, 1813: A "ductile and copious" language John Adams, October 12, 1813: The code of Jesus John Adams, October 28, 1813: The natural aristocracy Alexander von Humboldt, December 6, 1813: "a hemisphere to itself" Madame de Tessé, December 8, 1813: War and botanical exchanges Dr. Walter Jones, January 2, 1814: The character of Washington Dr. Thomas Cooper, February 10, 1814: Christianity and the common law Dr. John Manners, February 22, 1814: Classification in natural history N. G. Dufief, April 19, 1814: The censorship of books Thomas Law, June 13, 1814: The moral sense John Adams, July 5, 1814: Bonaparte and Plato Edward Coles, August 25, 1814: Emancipation and the younger generation Peter Carr, September 7, 1814: A system of education Samuel H. Smith, September 21, 1814: A library for Congress William Short, November 28, 1814: A just but sad war Lafayette, February 14, 1815: War, revolution, and restoration George Watterston, May 7, 1815: Library classification Benjamin Austin, January 9, 1816: Manufactures Charles Thomson, January 9, 1816: "a real Christian" John Adams, January 11, 1816: Your prophecy and mine Joseph C. Cabell, February 2, 1816: The ward system John Adams, April 8, 1816: "Hope in the head... Fear astern" P. S. Dupont de Nemours, April 24, 1816: "constitutionally and conscientiously democrats" Corrèa da Serra, April 26, l8l6: Captain Lewis's papers John Taylor, May 28, 1816: The test of republicanism Samuel Kercheval, July 12, 1816: Reform of the Virginia constitution Mrs. Samuel H. Smith, August 6, 1816: "never an infidel, if never a priest" Tristam Dalton, May 2, 1817: Horizontal ploughing Lafayette, May 14, 1817: Era of good feelings François de Marbois, June 14, 1817: "the flatteries of hope" Nathaniel Burwell, March 14, 1818: Female education Wells and Lilly, April 1, 1818: The classical press Nathaniel Macon, January 12, 1819: Inflation and demoralization Dr. Vine Utley, March 21, 1819: Habits of "a hard student" Samuel Adams Wells, May 12, 1819: Setting the record straight John Brazier, August 24, 1819: The value of classical learning Judge Spencer Roane, September 6, 1819: Limits to judicial review Nathaniel F. Moore, September 22, 1819: Greek pronunciation William Short, with a Syllabus, October 31, 1819: "I too am an Epicurean" John Holmes, April 22, 1820: "a fire bell in the night" William Short, August 4, 1820: Jesus and the Jews John Adams, August 15, 1820: The University, neology, and materialism Thomas Ritchie, December 25, 1820: Judicial subversion Albert Gallatin, December 26, 1820: The Missouri question Francis Eppes, January 19, 1821: Bolingbroke and Paine General James Breckinridge, February 15, 1821: The University and the schools Jedidiah Morse, March 6, 1822: A dangerous example Dr. Benjamin Waterhouse, June 26, 1822: A Unitarian Creed Justice William Johnson, October 27, 1822: Seriatim opinions and the history of parties Dr. Thomas Cooper, November 2, 1822: Religion and the University John Adams, April 11, 1823: Calvin and cosmology Justice William Johnson, June 12, 1823: The Supreme Court and the Constitution John Adams, September 4, 1823: "rivers of blood must yet flow" John Adams, October 12, 1823: "The best letter that ever was written..." The President of the United States (James Monroe), October 24, 1823: The Monroe Doctrine Jared Sparks, February 4, 1824: A plan of emancipation Dugald Stewart, April 26, 1824: Professors from abroad Major John Cartwright, June 5, 1824: Saxons, constitutions, and a case of pious fraud William Ludlow, September 6, 1824: The progress of society Lafayette, October 9, 1824: Return of the hero Thomas Jefferson Smith, February 21, 1825: Counsel to a namesake Henry Lee, May 8, 1825: The object of the Declaration of Independence The Honorable J. Evelyn Denison, M.P., November 9, 1825: The Anglo-Saxon language Ellen Randolph Coolidge, November 14, 1825: A gift to a granddaughter William Branch Giles, December 26, 1825: Consolidation! James Madison, February 17, 1826: "Take care of me when dead" James Heaton, May 20, 1826: Nunc dimittis on slavery Roger C. Weightman, June 24, 1826: Last letter: Apotheosis of liberty

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