In this Book
- The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 43: 11 March to 30 June 1804
- Book
- 2018
- Published by: Princeton University Press
After the congressional session ends, Jefferson leaves Washington and goes home to Monticello, where his ailing daughter Mary dies on 17 April. Among the letters of condolence he receives is one from Abigail Adams that initiates a brief resumption of their correspondence. While in Virginia, Jefferson immerses himself in litigations involving land. Back in the capital, he finds that he must reconcile differing opinions of James Madison and Albert Gallatin to settle a claim for diplomatic expenses. He corresponds with Charles Willson Peale about modifications to the polygraph writing machine. He prepares instructions for an expedition to explore the Arkansas and Red Rivers. William Clark and Meriwether Lewis send him maps and natural history specimens from St. Louis. Alexander von Humboldt visits Washington. News arrives that a daring raid led by Stephen Decatur Jr. has burned the frigate Philadelphia to deprive Tripoli of its use. Jefferson is concerned that mediation by Russia or France to obtain the release of the ship’s crew could make the United States appear weak. Commodore Samuel Barron sails with frigates to reinforce the squadron in the Mediterranean. Jefferson appoints John Armstrong to succeed Robert R. Livingston as minister to France and attempts to persuade Lafayette to move to Louisiana. In Paris, Napoleon is proclaimed Emperor of the French. Jefferson has “brought peace to our Country and comfort to our Souls,” John Tyler writes from Virginia.
Table of Contents
- Title Page, Copyright Page
- pp. i-vi
- Acknowledgments
- pp. xiii-xiv
- Editorial Method and Apparatus
- pp. xv-xxvi
- Illustrations
- pp. xliii-l
- Jefferson Chronology
- pp. 1-2
- To William Dunbar, 13 March
- pp. 9-13
- From Charles Willson Peale, 13 March
- pp. 13-14
- From Abram Trigg, 13 March
- pp. 14-15
- From William Findley, [14 March]
- pp. 15-17
- From Thomas Appleton, 15 March
- pp. 19-22
- To John Wayles Eppes, 15 March
- pp. 22-23
- From Albert Gallatin, 15 March
- pp. 23-24
- From Elbridge Gerry, 15 March
- pp. 24-25
- From James Monroe, 15 March
- pp. 25-31
- From John Smith of Ohio, [15 March]
- pp. 32-33
- From Samuel Tupper, 15 March
- pp. 33-34
- From Joseph Barnes, 16 March
- pp. 38-39
- From John Wayles Eppes, 16 March
- pp. 39-40
- From Lafayette, 16 March
- pp. 40-41
- To John Page, 16 March
- pp. 41-42
- From George Reynolds, 17 March
- pp. 42-45
- To William C. C. Claiborne, 18 March
- pp. 45-46
- From Richard Farquhar, 18 March
- pp. 46-48
- To George Jefferson, 18 March
- pp. 48-49
- From Charles Willson Peale, 18 March
- pp. 49-50
- From John Wayles Eppes, 19 March
- pp. 50-51
- From William Kilty, 19 March
- pp. 51-52
- From Henry Moore, 19 March
- pp. 52-53
- From John Francis Renault, 19 March
- pp. 53-54
- From Joseph Crockett, 20 March
- pp. 56-57
- From Henry Dearborn, 20 March
- pp. 57-58
- From Petre Huerne, 20 March
- pp. 58-59
- From John Sibley, 20 March
- pp. 64-65
- From Henry Banks, 22 March
- pp. 67-68
- From Robert Banning, 22 March
- pp. 68-69
- To Stephen Cathalan, Jr., 22 March
- pp. 69-70
- From Albert Gallatin, [22 March]
- pp. 70-71
- To the Senate, 22 March
- pp. 71-72
- From Thomas Watkins, 22 March
- pp. 73-74
- From Caspar Wistar, 22 March
- pp. 74-75
- From Israel B. Parshall, 23 March
- pp. 77-78
- From Henry Dearborn, 24 March
- pp. 78-79
- To the Senate, [24 March]
- pp. 81-82
- From Joseph Barnes, 25 March
- pp. 86-90
- To William A. Burwell, 26 March
- pp. 94-95
- From Albert Gallatin, [26 March]
- pp. 96-97
- From James Jackson, 26 March
- pp. 99-100
- From William Kennedy, 26 March
- pp. 100-101
- From Meriwether Lewis, 26 March
- pp. 101-103
- From Matthew Lyon, 26 March
- pp. 103-105
- From Henry Moore, 26 March
- pp. 105-106
- From John Smith of Ohio, 26 March
- pp. 106-107
- From Joseph Anderson and Others, [27 March]
- pp. 107-108
- To John Barnes, 27 March
- p. 109
- From Overton Carr, 27 March
- pp. 109-110
- From Nicholas Fitzhugh, 27 March
- pp. 111-112
- From John Rhea, 27 March
- p. 113
- To the Senate, 27 March
- pp. 113-114
- To Caspar Wistar, 27 March
- pp. 114-115
- From Albert Gallatin, 28 March
- pp. 120-122
- From James Mease, 28 March
- pp. 123-126
- From Thomas Mann Randolph, 28 March
- pp. 125-126
- From Nicholas Herbemont, 29 March
- pp. 129-130
- To Jones & Howell, 29 March
- pp. 130-131
- From Benjamin H. Latrobe, 29 March
- pp. 131-137
- From Ninian Pinkney, 29 March
- pp. 137-138
- To William C. C. Claiborne, 30 March
- pp. 138-139
- From Henry Dearborn, 30 March
- pp. 138-139
- To Nicholas Fitzhugh, 30 March
- pp. 139-140
- To Lafayette, 30 March
- pp. 140-141
- To Charles Willson Peale, 30 March
- pp. 141-142
- From John Archer, 31 March
- pp. 142-143
- To Henry Banks, 31 March
- p. 143
- To William Henry Harrison, 31 March
- pp. 145-146
- To Benjamin H. Latrobe, 31 March
- pp. 146-147
- From John Page, 31 March
- pp. 148-149
- To Cato West, 31 March
- p. 149
- To Henry Dearborn, 1 April
- pp. 149-150
- From Benjamin H. Latrobe, 1 April
- pp. 150-151
- From Méry, 1 April
- pp. 151-152
- From John Francis Vacher, 3 April
- pp. 153-158
- From Joseph Yznardi, Sr., 3 April
- pp. 159-160
- From Arthur Lee, 5 April
- pp. 175-176
- From James Madison, 5 April
- pp. 176-177
- From Thomas Munroe, 5 April
- pp. 177-178
- From William Few, 6 April
- pp. 178-179
- From Albert Gallatin, 7 April
- pp. 180-181
- From Ephraim Kirby, 7 April
- pp. 181-182
- To Ninian Pinkney, 7 April
- pp. 182-183
- To Henry Dearborn, 8 April
- pp. 183-184
- From Gideon Granger, 8 April
- pp. 184-185
- From John Barnes, 9 April
- pp. 185-186
- From Joseph Hinckley, 9 April
- pp. 186-187
- To Benjamin H. Latrobe, 9 April
- pp. 187-188
- To James Madison, 9 April
- pp. 188-189
- From James Madison, 9 April
- pp. 190-192
- From Caesar A. Rodney, 9 April
- pp. 195-196
- To Ephraim Kirby, 10 April
- pp. 198-199
- From Oliver Phelps, 10 April
- pp. 200-203
- To Thomas Storm, 10 April
- pp. 204-205
- From Madame de Tessé, 10 April
- pp. 205-208
- From Herman Hendrik Damen, 11 April
- pp. 208-210
- From Henry Dearborn, 12 April
- pp. 212-214
- From Albert Gallatin, 12 April
- pp. 214-217
- From John Page, 12 April
- pp. 218-220
- From John Binns, 13 April
- pp. 220-221
- From Isaac Coffin, 13 April
- pp. 221-222
- To Gibson & Jefferson, 13 April
- pp. 222-223
- From Paul Alliot, 14 April
- pp. 224-230
- To John Condit, 14 April
- p. 231
- From Henry Dearborn, 14 April
- pp. 231-232
- From Sylvanus Bourne, 15 April
- pp. 238-239
- From William C. C. Claiborne, 15 April
- pp. 239-241
- To William Dunbar, 15 April
- pp. 242-243
- To Albert Gallatin, 15 April
- pp. 243-244
- To James Madison, 15 April
- pp. 245-247
- From James Madison, 15 April
- pp. 247-249
- To John Page, 15 April
- p. 249
- From Albert Gallatin, 16 April
- pp. 250-251
- To William C. C. Claiborne, 17 April
- pp. 253-254
- To Henry Dearborn, 17 April
- pp. 254-255
- From Levi Lincoln, 17 April
- pp. 255-256
- From Levi Lincoln, 17 April
- pp. 256-259
- From John Freeman, [18 April]
- pp. 259-261
- From John Loder, Jr., 18 April
- pp. 261-262
- From Robert Patterson, 18 April
- pp. 262-263
- From Henry Dearborn, 19 April
- pp. 263-264
- From Albert Gallatin, 19 April
- pp. 264-265
- From Étienne Lemaire, 19 April
- pp. 265-266
- From James Madison, 19 April
- pp. 266-268
- From John Brown, 20 April
- pp. 269-270
- From Ephraim Kirby, 20 April
- pp. 272-274
- From Richard Napier, 20 April
- pp. 287-288
- From John D’Antignac, 21 April
- pp. 288-289
- Notes on Lease to Richard Gamble, 22 April
- pp. 290-291
- To Charles Willson Peale, 23 April
- pp. 293-295
- From Thomas Rodney, 23 April
- pp. 295-296
- From Guertin Lacoudre, 24 April
- pp. 299-301
- From Michael Krafft, 24 April
- pp. 301-302
- From James Madison, 24 April
- pp. 302-305
- From Stephen Cathalan, Jr., 25 April
- pp. 306-308
- From Gideon Granger, 26 April
- pp. 313-315
- From Francis Mulligan, 26 April
- pp. 315-316
- From James Scott, 26 April
- pp. 316-317
- From George Cornell, [before 27 April]
- pp. 317-319
- To Paul Alliot, 27 April
- p. 320
- To Albert Gallatin, 27 April
- pp. 324-325
- To James Madison, 27 April
- pp. 326-327
- To Wilson Cary Nicholas, 27 April
- pp. 327-328
- To Robert Smith, 27 April
- pp. 328-329
- From William Hollis, 28 April
- pp. 329-330
- From Volney, 28 April
- pp. 332-334
- To Michael Krafft, 29 April
- pp. 334-335
- From Benjamin H. Latrobe, 29 April
- pp. 335-341
- From John Lithgow, 29 April
- pp. 341-342
- From Charles Willson Peale, 29 April
- pp. 342-345
- From William C. C. Claiborne, 1 May
- pp. 346-348
- From Ephraim Kirby, 1 May
- pp. 348-351
- From John Barnes, 2 May
- p. 352
- From Wilson Cary Nicholas, [2 May]
- pp. 352-353
- From William A. Burwell, 3 May
- pp. 353-354
- From Philip Carrigain, Jr., 3 May
- pp. 354-355
- From William C. C. Claiborne, 3 May
- pp. 356-357
- From Albert Gallatin, 3 May
- pp. 357-358
- To George Jefferson, 3 May
- pp. 358-359
- To Wilson Cary Nicholas, 3 May
- pp. 359-360
- To Albert Gallatin, 4 May
- pp. 361-362
- From Richard T. Hanson, [on or before 4 May]
- pp. 362-363
- VII. Bill in Chancery, 5 May
- pp. 383-392
- From Pierre Samuel Du Pont de Nemours, 5 May
- pp. 392-394
- From Louis Pio, 6 May
- pp. 394-395
- From Paul Alliot, 7 May
- pp. 396-397
- From John Coles, 7 May
- pp. 397-398
- From Volney, 7 May
- pp. 398-399
- To George Jefferson, 8 May
- pp. 399-400
- To Craven Peyton, 8 May
- p. 401
- From John Vaughan, 8 May
- pp. 401-402
- To William A. Burwell, 9 May
- pp. 402-403
- To John Lithgow, 10 May
- p. 404
- From Albert Gallatin, 11 May
- pp. 409-411
- From William Henry Harrison, 12 May
- pp. 413-414
- From Peter Kuhn, Jr., 12 May
- pp. 414-415
- From François Navoni, 12 May
- pp. 417-421
- From James S. Smith, 12 May
- pp. 421-422
- From Aaron Vail, 12 May
- p. 422
- From John Dawson, 13 May
- p. 423
- From William Dunbar, 13 May
- pp. 423-425
- From Michael Fortune, [before 14] May
- pp. 425-426
- To Martha Jefferson Randolph, 14 May
- pp. 427-428
- From Thomas Rodney, 14 May
- pp. 428-435
- From William West, 14 May
- pp. 435-436
- From Jean Louis Fernagus de Gelone, 15 May
- pp. 436-438
- To Wilson Cary Nicholas, 15 May
- pp. 438-439
- To John Beckley, 16 May
- p. 443
- From Joseph Clay, 17 May
- pp. 447-448
- From Edward Richards, 17 May
- pp. 448-450
- From Robert Smith, 18 May
- pp. 456-457
- To John Vaughan, 18 May
- p. 457
- From Dabney Carr, 19 May
- pp. 457-458
- From Abigail Adams, 20 May
- pp. 458-459
- From William C. C. Claiborne, 20 May
- pp. 460-461
- To John Barnes, 21 May
- p. 461
- From Jean Frignet de Fermagh, 21 May
- pp. 461-462
- To Henry Fry, 21 May
- pp. 462-463
- To Charles Willson Peale, 21 May
- pp. 464-465
- From Thomas Storm, 21 May
- pp. 469-470
- From Edmund Searcy, 22 May
- pp. 471-472
- To John Barnes, 23 May
- p. 472
- From John Devereux DeLacy, 23 May
- pp. 473-474
- To Dabney Carr, 24 May
- p. 476
- To Lewis Deblois, 24 May
- pp. 476-477
- To James Dinsmore, 24 May
- pp. 477-478
- From Alexander von Humboldt, 24 May
- pp. 478-482
- From Charles Willson Peale, 24 May
- pp. 482-483
- From Thomas Rodney, 24 May
- pp. 483-484
- From Thomas Appleton, 25 May
- pp. 485-486
- From Joseph Nourse, 25 May
- pp. 487-488
- From John Page, 25 May
- p. 488
- From William Scales, 25 May
- pp. 489-490
- To John Armstrong of New York, 26 May
- pp. 490-491
- From William Lee, 26 May
- p. 492
- From George Leaycraft, 27 May
- pp. 494-495
- From Levi Lincoln, 27 May
- pp. 495-496
- From Thomas Munroe, 27 May
- pp. 496-498
- From Arthur Fenner, 28 May
- pp. 499-500
- From William Henry Harrison, 28 May
- pp. 500-501
- To Thomas Munroe, 28 May
- pp. 501-502
- From Benjamin Rush, 28 May
- pp. 502-503
- From Thomas Seymour, 28 May
- pp. 503-504
- Memorandum on Appointments, 29 May
- pp. 506-507
- From John Vaughan, 29 May
- pp. 508-509
- To Albert Gallatin, 30 May
- pp. 510-511
- From Albert Gallatin, 30 May
- pp. 511-513
- To Samuel Barron, 31 May
- pp. 514-515
- From Martha Jefferson Randolph, 31 May
- pp. 517-518
- Notes on Edward Turner, [before 1 June]
- pp. 519-520
- From Henry Dearborn, 1 June
- pp. 520-523
- From William Dunbar, 1 June
- pp. 523-524
- From John Page, 1 June
- pp. 525-526
- From John Forbes, 2 June
- p. 528
- From William C. C. Claiborne, 3 June
- pp. 529-531
- To Henry Dearborn, 3 June
- pp. 531-532
- From Charles Willson Peale, [3 June]
- pp. 532-533
- To John Wayles Eppes, 4 June
- pp. 534-535
- From John Hill, 4 June
- pp. 535-536
- From Caspar Wistar, 4 June
- pp. 538-539
- To Isaac Briggs, 5 June
- p. 539
- From Nathaniel Chapman, 6 June
- pp. 541-542
- To Henry Dearborn, 6 June
- pp. 542-543
- From Albert Gallatin, 7 June
- pp. 544-546
- From Bentinck Hastings, 7 June
- pp. 547-548
- To Caspar Wistar, 7 June
- pp. 548-549
- To John Page, 8 June
- p. 551
- From Theodorus Bailey, 9 June
- pp. 551-552
- From Henry Fry, 9 June
- pp. 552-553
- To Mustafa Baba, Dey of Algiers, 9 June
- pp. 557-559
- From Robert Smith, 9 June
- pp. 559-560
- From JFGirod & Chol, 10 June
- pp. 561-564
- From John Tyler, 10 June
- pp. 564-567
- To Isaac Briggs, 11 June
- p. 568
- To Joseph Donath, 11 June
- pp. 568-569
- From Albert Gallatin, 11 June
- pp. 569-570
- To Thomas Mann Randolph, 11 June
- pp. 571-572
- To Henry Sheaff, 11 June
- pp. 572-573
- To Albert Gallatin, 12 June
- pp. 574-575
- Opinion on the Edward Stevens Claim, 12 June
- pp. 575-578
- To Abigail Adams, 13 June
- pp. 578-580
- To James Dinsmore, 13 June
- pp. 581-582
- From John Wayles Eppes, 14 June
- pp. 582-584
- To Albert Gallatin, 14 June
- pp. 584-585
- From Albert Gallatin, 14 June
- pp. 585-587
- From William C. Jenckes, 14 June
- pp. 587-588
- To Alexander I, Emperor of Russia, 15 June
- pp. 590-592
- From William C. C. Claiborne, 15 June
- pp. 592-593
- From Philip Mazzei, 15 June
- pp. 595-560
- To Robert Smith, 15 June
- pp. 602-603
- To Archibald Thweatt, 15 June
- pp. 603-604
- From James W. Wallace, [before 16 June]
- pp. 604-605
- From Theodorus Bailey, 16 June
- pp. 605-606
- From Thomas Rodney, 16 June
- pp. 608-609
- From Amos Stoddard, 16 June
- pp. 609-610
- To Henry Fry, 17 June
- p. 611
- From Thomas Worthington, 17 June
- pp. 613-614
- From John Page, 18 June
- pp. 614-615
- From Francis Peyton, 18 June
- pp. 616-617
- From Joseph Donath, 20 June
- pp. 619-620
- To Gibson & Jefferson, 20 June
- pp. 620-621
- From John Innes, 20 June
- pp. 621-622
- From Lafayette, 20 June
- p. 622
- From Levi Lincoln, 20 June
- pp. 623-624
- To Theodorus Bailey, 21 June
- pp. 625-626
- To John Page, 21 June
- p. 627
- From William Keteltas, 22 June
- pp. 628-632
- From “An American Citizen,” [23 June]
- pp. 632-634
- From Albert Gallatin, 23 June
- pp. 635-638
- To James Dinsmore, 24 June
- pp. 638-639
- From William Henry Harrison, 24 June
- pp. 640-642
- To Levi Lincoln, 24 June
- pp. 642-643
- From Charles Willson Peale, 24 June
- pp. 644-646
- From Levi Lincoln, 25 June
- pp. 646-650
- From Philip Mazzei, 25 June
- pp. 650-652
- To John Page, 25 June
- pp. 652-653
- From John Page, 25 June
- pp. 653-654
- From Joel Barlow, 26 June
- pp. 654-655
- From William C. C. Claiborne, 26 June
- pp. 655-656
- To Albert Gallatin, 27 June
- pp. 658-659
- From Albert Gallatin, 27 June
- pp. 659-660
- From Alexander von Humboldt, 27 June
- pp. 660-661
- To Lafayette, 27 June
- pp. 661-663
- From Charles Willson Peale, 28 June
- pp. 663-664
- From William Thornton, 28 June
- pp. 664-665
- To John Tyler, 28 June
- pp. 666-667
- From David Leonard Barnes, 29 June
- pp. 667-668
- To Henry Dearborn, 29 June
- pp. 669-670
- To Bishop James Madison, 29 June
- pp. 670-671
- To Napoleon, Emperor of the French, 29 June
- pp. 671-672
- Memorandum from Thomas Munroe, 30 June
- pp. 675-676
- From Levi Shepherd & Sons, [30 June]
- pp. 676-678
- Appendix IV: Letters Not Found
- pp. 691-694
- Appendix V: Financial Documents
- pp. 695-696