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1 online resource (818 pages) |
Contents |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Editorial Method and Apparatus; Illustrations; Jefferson Chronology; To William Bache, 1 July; To Charles Bulfinch, 1 July; To Mary Jefferson Eppes, 1 July; From Albert Gallatin, with Jefferson's Notes, [1 July]; To John Steele, 1 July; From John Steele, 1 July; From William Tatham, 1 July; From Henry Dearborn, 2 July; To Mary Jefferson Eppes, 2 July; To Albert Gallatin, 2 July; From Albert Gallatin, [2 July]; From Philip Key, 2 July; To Martha Jefferson Randolph, 2 July; From Thomas Whitney, 2 July; From Thomas Newton, Jr., 3 July |
Summary |
Volume 38 opens on 1 July 1802, when Jefferson is in Washington, and closes on 12 November, when he is again there. For the last week of July and all of August and September, he resides at Monticello. Frequent correspondence with his heads of department and two visits with Secretary of State James Madison, however, keep the president abreast of matters of state. Upon learning in August of the declaration of war by Mawlay Sulayman, the sultan of Morocco, much of the president's and the cabinet's attention is focused on that issue, as they struggle to balance American diplomatic efforts with re |
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Print version record |
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Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 -- Correspondence
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Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 fast |
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Presidents -- United States -- Correspondence
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Politics and government
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Presidents
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United States -- Politics and government -- 1809-1817 -- Sources
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United States -- Politics and government -- 1817-1825 -- Sources
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United States
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Personal correspondence
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Sources
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Electronic book
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Author |
Oberg, Barbara B
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ISBN |
9781400840038 |
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1400840031 |
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