Seeing Jefferson Anew: In His Time and Ours

Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments These essays were originally presented at a conference held at Rice University on February 23–25, 2007, and entitled ‘‘Thomas Je√erson : In His Time and Ours.’’ Funded by a grant from Lisa Simon of Southern National Bank and matched by an anonymous contribution , the symposium was one of an ongoing series of biennial symposia dedicated to di√erent aspects of Southern history. Our colleagues at the Journal of Southern History, Patricia Dunn Burgess and Francelle L. Blum, were indispensable assistants, as were a large number of our graduate students, who helped in a variety of ways to make the symposium a success. We would also like to thank Ira D. Gruber, Rebecca A. Goetz, and Melissa Kean. Rhonda Ragsdale helped with fact-checking several of the essays. Any significant event on a university campus depends on the assistance of a number of people, and we appreciate the sta√ of the Rice Memorial Center, Rice Catering, and others who helped. Paula Platt, administrator of the Department of History, took care of all the disbursements and accounting and made hotel and flight arrangements, a major contribution to the event. Richard Holway of the University of Virginia Press has been an enthusiastic supporter of the book project since the moment we approached him about it. In fact, every person involved with the book’s production was wonderfully cooperative and helpful: project editor Ruth Steinberg, acquisitions assistant Raennah L. Mitchell, copyeditor Beth Ina, indexer Carolyn C. Sherayko, and de- viii Acknowledgments signer Chris Harrison. And the presenters at the conference—the authors of the essays here collected—have been an absolute delight to work with. They were amenable to our suggestions (which always endears authors to editors), met all deadlines (mirabile dictu), and proved by their essays that there is still something new to say about Thomas Je√erson. ...