Jefferson by Boles, John B. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Page Copyright Table of Contents Dedication Epigraph A Note on Capitalization Introduction PART I: COLONIAL VIRGINIA, 1743–1770

1 “A Hard Student” 2 Young Legislator

PART II: REVOLUTIONARY AMERICA, 1771–1784

3 “Inspire Us with Firmness” 4 “These Are Our Grievances” 5 “Pen of the American Revolution” 6 Revolutionary Lawmaker 7 The Fight for Independence 8 A Congress “Little Numerous, but Very Contentious”

PART III: PARIS, 1784–1790

9 “On the Vaunted Scene of Europe” 10 At Home in Paris 11 Tourist 12 “A Powerful Obstacle… to Emancipation” 13 “Liberty Is to Be Gained by Inches”

PART IV: PHILADELPHIA AND NEW YORK CITY, 1790–1801

14 From Paris to New York 15 Jefferson Versus Hamilton 16 The Specter of the French Revolution 17 “Totally Absorbed in My Rural Occupations” 18 The Vice Presidency 19 “Reign of Witches” 20 An Attempt to “Strangle the Election”

PART V: WASHINGTON, DC, 1801–1809

21 Political Faith and Presidential Style 22 “We Are Acting for All Mankind” 23 “Louisiana for a Song” 24 “Steadily in Her Course” 25 The Collapse of Political Consensus 26 “War, Embargo, or Nothing”

PART VI: MONTICELLO, 1809–1826

27 “Returning to the Scenes of My Birth and Early Life” 28 “We Ought Not to Die Before We Have Explained Ourselves” 29 Living with Paradox 30 One Last Crusade 31 The Sage of Monticello

Postscript Acknowledgments About the Author Also by John B. Boles List of Abbreviations in Notes Bibliographical Essay Notes Index