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by Merrill D. Peterson. 1072 pgs.

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Contributors:

   Merrill D. Peterson

Publisher:

   Oxford University Press

Place of Publication:

  London  

Publication Year:

  1975
Subjects:   Jefferson, Thomas,--1743-1826, Presidents--United States--Biography
Table of contents
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Beginnings in Albemarle 3
A Williamsburg Education 10
Student of Law 16
Lawyer, Builder, Husband 20
Manner of the Man 28
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The Burgessess, May 1769 32
Troubled Virginia 37
Enlightenment--Democracy--Nationality 45
Empire Theory and the American Cause 69
Congress and the Declaration of Independence 79
Philosophy of the Declaration 92
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From Philadelphia to Williamsburg 97
The Virginia Constitution 100
In the House of Delegates 107
Lands 113
Crime and Punishment 124
Religion 133
Education 145
Other Reforms 152
At Monticello 158
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State of the State 166
The Case of Governor Hamilton 174
Against the Southern Thrust 183
Invasion 203
Censure and Vindication 236
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Agony at Monticello 241
The Notes on Virginia 247
The Vagabond Congress 265
National Cornerstones 273
A Strategy of Trade 288
Passage to Europe 293
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Seasoning in Paris 297
Commercial Diplomacy 303
Negotiating with France 314
The Vaunted Scene 330
To the Bastille 370
Hail and Farewell 385
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The Reluctant Nominee 390
Agenda in New York 395
Conflict in Philadelphia 419
Struggles with Hamilton 446
The Ordeal of Neutrality 479
Epilogue of Diplomacy 507
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Return to Felicity 518
Farming 523
Monticello Renewed 538
Adams and Jefferson 543
Science and Politics 576
The Terror of '98 590
The Election of 1800 625
Verdict in the House 642
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Inauguration 652
Reconciliation and Reform 660
President, Congress, Court 681
Men in the White House 702
Louisiana! 745
Unquiet Empire 789
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Inauguration 801
Trials of Foreign Policy 805
The Burr Conspiracy 841
The Embargo 874
Failure and Triumph
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In Retirement 922
Kaleidoscope in Twilight 929
Founding the University 961
Unquiet Sage 988
Death in Jubilee 1005
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Select Bibliography 1011
Index 1049
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