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Papers of Thomas Jefferson: Retirement Ser.: Papers of Thomas Jefferson: Retirement Series, Volume 14 : 1 February to 31 August 1819 by Thomas Jefferson (2018, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherPrinceton University Press
ISBN-10069117783X
ISBN-139780691177830
eBay Product ID (ePID)24038659388
Product Key Features
Number of Pages784 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NamePapers of Thomas Jefferson: Retirement Series, Volume 14 : 1 February to 31 August 1819
Publication Year2018
SubjectUnited States / 19th Century, Presidents & Heads of State
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaBiography & Autobiography, History
AuthorThomas Jefferson
SeriesPapers of Thomas Jefferson: Retirement Ser.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.9 in
Item Weight44.2 Oz
Item Length9.6 in
Item Width6.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN2004-048327
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Edition23
Series Volume Number14
Volume NumberVol. 14
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal973.46092
SynopsisThe 637 documents in this volume span 1 February to 31 August 1819. As a founding member of the University of Virginia Board of Visitors, Jefferson helps to obtain builders for the infant institution, responds to those seeking professorships, and orchestrates the establishment of a classical preparatory school in Charlottesville. In a letter to Vine Utley, Jefferson details his daily regimen of a largely vegetarian diet, bathing his feet in cold water each morning, and horseback riding. Continuing to indulge his wide-ranging intellectual interests, Jefferson receives publications on the proper pronunciation of Greek and discusses the subject himself in a letter to John Adams. Jefferson also experiences worrying and painful events, including hailstorm damage at his Poplar Forest estate, a fire in the North Pavilion at Monticello, the illness of his slave Burwell Colbert, and a fracas in which Jefferson's grandson-in-law Charles Bankhead stabs Jefferson's grandson Thomas Jefferson Randolph on court day in Charlottesville. Worst of all, Jefferson's financial problems greatly increase when the bankruptcy of his friend Wilson Cary Nicholas leaves Jefferson responsible for $20,000 in notes he had endorsed for Nicholas.
LC Classification NumberE302
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