Notes: Proposal to grant a pension to Septimia Randolph Meikleham

Reference: 1224

Notes: Points out that extremely generous pensions have been awarded to the widows of Tyler, Polk, Lincoln, and Garfield in the same year one was refused to TJ's last living grandchild.

Reference: 1034

Notes: Describes the tombs of the two men.

Reference: 593

Notes: Detailed description with extracts from TJ's account book from 17911803.

Reference: 128

Notes: Sketch.

Reference: 1630

Notes: The Declaration was not signed on the Fourth as Adams and TJ later remembered, but on August 2, or later in some cases

Reference: 246

Reference: 251

Notes: Positive view of TJ which shows him as more friendly to the British people and more opposed to slavery than he probably was in fact.

Reference: 739

Notes: Survey of TJ's scientific interests.

Reference: 3047

Notes: Analyzes TJ's character in order to prove that he more than anyone else has fostered "the restlessness, the self-assertion, the restiveness under parental control, the diminished reverence for all that is sacred and venerable," etc. which now exists among us.

Reference: 1102

Notes: Rejects the accusation that TJ paid Leland for the mammoth cheese.

Reference: 1005

Notes: Laudatory and rhetorical view of TJ's career.

Reference: 1251

Reference: 1330

Reference: 108

Notes: Slight sketch

Reference: 1171

Notes: Claims the Kentucky Resolutions were the foundation of the Republican organization against the Federalists and the "broad platform of the great Democratic party." Discusses authorship, by TJ then amended by John Breckinridge.

Reference: 1575

Notes: Concludes that TJ's most positive accomplishment as president was to leave the Federalist structures in place; accepts most of the old Federalist charges against TJ as truthful, or mostly so.

Reference: 1703

Notes: John Breckinridge was the mover of the Resolutions, but their authorship is unclear.

Reference: 2065

Reference: 2646

Notes: "His heart was warmed with a love for the whole human race; a bonhomie which fixed your attention the instant he spoke ... his conversational powers capable of discussing moral questions of deepest seriousness, or the lightest themes of humor and fantasy."

Reference: 121

Notes: TJ lobbied in 1821-24 for exemption from duties of all books and other articles generally used in acquiring information.

Reference: 3053

Notes: TJ's career as a legislator was both effective and forward looking; rpt. separately, Lynchburg, 1887. pp. 20.

Reference: 1731

Notes: By "self-consciousness" the author means self-praise; private edition published in 1882.

Reference: 854

Notes: Role of TJ in promoting the Kentucky Resolutions by way of meetings with Wilson Cary Nicholas and the Breckinridges.

Reference: 1915

Notes: TJ as freethinker, the enemy of priestcraft, on pp. 13-22.

Reference: 2420

Notes: The building of Monticello.

Reference: 883

Notes: Abstract of a delivered paper contending that TJ made far more removals than commonly believed, and he increasingly emphasized political opposition as a cause for removal.

Reference: 1833

Notes: Background and authorship, effects of the Resolutions. TJ's draft supports a more radical states rights position than the toned down version of John Breckinridge, and Madison was more restrained yet.

Reference: 2066

Reference: 27

Notes: TJ on pp. 175-358; focuses on years before TJ's presidency and takes his side.

Reference: 1136

Notes: Emphasizes the role of John Breckinridge.

Reference: 2067

Notes: The fate of Monticello after TJ's death and its condition in 1887.

Reference: 1135

Reference: 1577

Notes: Chapter in a companion book to her Poor Boys Who Became Famous; often reprinted.

Reference: 143

Notes: Extensive but unfocused study of TJ and the University.

Reference: 2517

Notes: Discusses the relationship between Randolph, Washington's Attorney General, and TJ; finds that in 16 out of 19 "party divisions" in the Cabinet Randolph voted with TJ.

Reference: 1498

Notes: Review essay on Warfield's The Kentucky Resolution, taking issue with the contention that Breckinridge made radical changes to TJ's original proposal.

Reference: 1653

Notes: This, along with the two volumes appearing in 1890 on TJ's second term, is a masterly account, one of the great works of American historiography, but it must be read carefully because of Adams' prejudices about TJ's character.

Reference: 1341

Notes: TJ as a pioneer in urging the study of language upon philological principles.

Reference: 2528

Notes: Includes 3660 letters by TJ, manuscripts of the Farm Book, Garden ,Book, book of cases, fee book, and much else.

Reference: 4

Notes: Sketch of TJ as horseman, gardener, natural historian.

Reference: 448

Reference: 1111

Notes: The development of the University idea and Francis Walker Gilmer's role as TJ's friend and agent. Interesting but outdated.

Reference: 3351

Notes: “Of the first three Presidents Thomas Jefferson had, perhaps, the most lovable personality.”

Reference: 1201

Notes: TJ planned for the bell and clock

Reference: 1211

Notes: TJ's preference for a weak government led to anarchism, but an interfering government is the problem today. TJ thought Americans were mentally and morally qualified for self-government; maybe then, not now.

Reference: 2473

Notes: Not only was Paine Junius, he also wrote the Declaration, or so it says here.

Reference: 1456

Reference: 1342

Notes: Describes TJ's 1776 proposal.

Reference: 1611

Notes: Discursive, unfocused.

Reference: 2873

Notes: The Purchase as TJ's accomplishment.

Reference: 1781

Notes: Favors acquisition of papers now in the possession of Sarah N. Randolph and gives a short list.

Reference: 1217

Notes: Separate printing of Chambers' Encyclopedia entry.

Reference: 1279

Notes: Described TJ's 1784 committee report on a form of temporary government for the Northwest Territory.

Reference: 1379

Notes: Uncritical sketch of TJ's education, his interest in the classics, and early days at the Univ. of Virginia. Nothing of value on his literary art or practice.

Reference: 2603

Notes: Biographical sketch playing off general praise against specific criticism.

Reference: 703

Notes: TJ's contempt of Marshalrs opinions; claims that Marshalrs associate justices usually agreed with him.

Reference: 1906

Notes: TJ a democratic model for young Americans, as opposed to Hamilton.

Reference: 981

Notes: Appeared earlier in WIDE AWAKE, 26(March 1888), 249-59. Conventional sketch.

Reference: 1240

Notes: Uses extracts from TJ's account books in a discussion of his private life.

Reference: 450

Notes: 5 letters attesting in general terms to his esteem for TJ

Reference: 275

Reference: 532

Notes: Prints a draft of TJ's proposed constitution of 1776 for Virginia; this document does not, however, invalidate the role of George Mason.

Reference: 1937

Notes: Reprints certificate of Tyler from the Richmond Enquirer of Sept. 10, 1805, defending TJ's conduct as governor.

Reference: 2038

Reference: 28

Notes: Describes George Long's account of visits with TJ in 1825.

Reference: 732

Notes: The best early account of TJ's interest in Anglo-Saxon.

Reference: 2877

Notes: Address delivered before the Mary Washington Chapter, D.A.R.; laudatory biographical oration.

Reference: 802

Reference: 741

Notes: Balanced account of TJ's life: "Jeffersonism is modern America."

Reference: 1067

Notes: Miscellaneous notes by a descendant.

Reference: 1151

Notes: Letters are listed under the names of TJ's correspondents.

Reference: 29

Reference: 407

Notes: Discusses TJ's early revisions of the Notes.

Reference: 2795

Notes: Sketch with underlying Federalist bias.

Reference: 713

Notes: Discusses the weather observations of TJ and the Rev. James Madison; points out that July 4, 1776 was relatively cool, not sweltering as some authors claim.

Reference: 3050

Notes: Survey; rpt. American Architect and Building News. 47(January 19, 1895), 28-35.

Reference: 3178

Notes: Reprinted in Mere Literature. Boston, 1896. 196-99. "Jefferson was not a thorough American because of the strain of French philosophy that permeated and weakened all his thought."

Reference: 1306

Notes: In spring of 1825 he saw TJ shop in Charlottesville; takes a Hamiltonian view of his life.

Reference: 1188

Notes: TJ's design for a university prompted reforms in established schools and became the model for the state land grant schools. The University of Virginia has fallen on hard times, however, and does not fulfill its promise. Printed separately, Paris: Armand Colin, 1895. pp. 86.

Reference: 2553

Reference: 30

Notes: Prints letter of October 28, 1795 to James Madison.

Reference: 449

Notes: Commentary on TJ's correspondence.

Reference: 515

Notes: Similar material in Illustrious Americans, ed. Hale. Philadelphia: International Publishing, 1896. 115-30.

Reference: 514

Notes: A lecturer on spiritualism praises TJ for freedom from secturianism.

Reference: 2403

Notes: Notes TJ's meteorological apparatus at Monticello, describes his record-keeping; TJ was the first American to describe the phenomenon of temperature inversion.

Reference: 3214

Notes: Balanced and standard account of events.

Reference: 2058

Notes: The foundation of the Jeffersonian doctrine is distrust; its ruling sentiment antagonism; its inevitable tendency, disintegration." Links TJ to Hobbes; Mayflower Compact was written after the body politic existed.

Reference: 2459

Notes: Circular offering for sale copies of the separate printing of Ford's edition of TJ's Notes.

Reference: 3438

Notes: Laudatory rhetoric linking TJ with the present day Democratic Party and not the Republicans or Populists.

Reference: 1252

Notes: Brief introduction followed by correspondence relevant to the TJ-Callender relationship, including letters from Callender to TJ, letters to and from Madison, Monroe, and Abigail Adams. Rpt. Brooklyn Historical Printing Club, 1897. pp. 45.

Reference: 1613

Notes: General discussion of TJ's geographical interests.

Reference: 2832

Notes: Compares what purports to be TJ's rough draft and the fair copy of the Resolutions.

Reference: 1608

Reference: 660

Notes: The Democratic Party needs to reassert TJ's principles, especially when it opposes as now a party of class, sectional and private interests.

Reference: 1054

Notes: TJ made the New England system of schools coherent; claims that "very soon these organized state systems will federalize at Washington in a great National University."

Reference: 3200

Notes: The election of 1800 was a victory for the separation of church and state, thanks to TJ's rational religion.

Reference: 2414

Notes: Extremely partisan account of parties in the U.S., repeating with undiminished enthusiasm old Federalist charges against TJ; see pp. 9-52.

Reference: 1878

Notes: Testimonials to TJ from Democratic political leaders; also words and music to William T. Whelan's "the Jeffersonian Banner."

Reference: 1854

Reference: 410

Notes: Focus is on TJ's official duties and on his consultations with the moderate revolutionaries; ends with his leaving at the outbreak of the revolution, unaware of how violent it will become.

Reference: 1675

Reference: 980

Notes: On the "money problem," the tariff, and civil service.

Reference: 1901

Notes: "This continent has been supremely honored.... If Jefferson's political philosophy was right, then we are right."

Reference: 2399

Notes: TJ's personality and character a mystery; claims TJ was a greater man than Hamilton, although the latter may have been a better executive officer. TJ's flaw was suspicion; his were not "the direct, vigorous methods that have usually characterized Southern men," but he was "an eighteenth-century Matthew Arnold ... A Democracy of Sweetness and Light was what Jefferson wished to see established in this country."

Reference: 2031

Notes: Discusses the conditions of TJ's composition of the Declaration, the response it evoked then and later, especially critical response, and its literary quality. Finds the accusations of lack of originality and of historical falsification beside the point and claims the document is original because of TJ's own peculiar genius.

Reference: 3364

Reference: 208

Notes: Claims that Monroe with the concurrence of TJ and Madison intended the Monroe Doctrine to set out a policy allying the U.S. and Britain as guarantors of South American independence against the Holy Alliance. 'Into the Venezuelan question the Monroe Doctrine, as originally intended, never entered."

Reference: 1499

Notes: Uncritical antiquarianism, but useful

Reference: 365

Notes: An address calling for the continued teaching of the "fundamental political philosophy of Mr. Jefferson."

Reference: 2659

Notes: Juvenile, with apocryphal anecdotes. Another edition, Chicago: University Association, 1898. pp.112

Reference: 408

Notes: Despite the title, little on TJ, who as author of the Kentucky Resolution "heresy" is made responsible for the Secession.

Reference: 1643

Notes: "The applications for office during Jefferson's administration prove beyond dispute that prevailing public sentiment on the subject of appointments and removals was in favor of their being made for political reasons. Jefferson recognized and followed this sentiment, and he achieved a popularity which increased instead of diminishing."

Reference: 1700

Notes: "Young Folks Library of Choice Literature."

Reference: 746

Notes: Reproduces seven portraits with commentary.

Reference: 2858

Notes: Argues that Burr was the victim, first of TJ's political intrigue to keep him from a second term as vice-president, then again of TJ's "vindictive persecution" in the matter of the treason trials.

Reference: 1715

Notes: Frequently reprinted. TJ offers "an almost ideal example of simplicity, moderation and brotherly kindness."

Reference: 567

Notes: Juvenile

Reference: 560

Notes: The bank controversy of 1791 led to the establishment of the Republican party as TJ discovered serious differences with Hamilton. William McClay was not, as a descendant has claimed, the party's founder, but he may have been the "original Democrat."

Reference: 1666

Notes: Useful note describing this and 5 other copies in TJ's hand; claims this mss. is a copy of the original rough draft made on or about June 27, 1776.

Reference: 1672

Reference: 3120

Notes: Chatty account; see also pp. 41-74 for accounts of Pantops, Lego, Shadwell, and Edgehill.

Reference: 813

Notes: Suggests TJ was more interested in keeping European "despotisms" out of America than in annexing Cuba.

Reference: 1892

Notes: TJ the "father of American Democracy."

Reference: 1027

Notes: The Univ. is a monument to TJ's wisdom, particularly in preserving the distance between the church and the state in the direction of the Univ.

Reference: 3059

Notes: TJ at first was sympathetic to Genet perhaps because he was not aware of "the ulterior designs of France to hold Louisiana and detach the West."

Reference: 2036

Notes: TJ would not crucify mankind on a cross of gold, nor would he increase the permanent army, or attempt to make subjects of the Filipinos. "The Renaissance of Jeffersonian principles is at hand."

Reference: 2160

Notes: Tributes to TJ from leading Democrats.

Reference: 1855

Notes: Examines responses to the Resolutions by state legislatures and in the press; responses were in terms of party division, and neither side perceived the constitutional implications. TJ and Madison are scarcely mentioned.

Reference: 1358

Notes: "He was far more the father of the second republican party than of the democracy.

Reference: 1400

Reference: 190

Notes: "Where Jefferson stood then, William Jennings Bryan stands now." Draws parallels.

Reference: 1402

Reference: 2757

Notes: Discusses letters written over nearly a fifty year period.

Reference: 299

Notes: Focus on Genet, by a descendent who defends his behavior, and criticizes TJ.

Reference: 474

Notes: "Inaugural-Dissertation zur Bewerbung um die Doctorwurde bei der hohen philosophischen Facultat der Universitat." Covers TJ's political involvement in the early 1790's.

Reference: 1560

Notes: Juvenile.

Reference: 232

Notes: "This is a commercial age and we are a commercial people," so TJ would not have flinched at the cry of imperialism. A reply to William Jennings Bryan's article in the North American Review, item 2178.

Reference: 2223

Notes: Illustrated with circa 1895 photographs; sketch of TJ's life at Monticello.

Reference: 482

Reference: 1533

Notes: Brief description of and extracts from letters and papers presents to the MHS.

Reference: 308

Notes: Note; minor.

Reference: 3204

Notes: Brief account of Marbury v. Madison and the Burr trial.

Reference: 1907

Notes: Numerous photographic illustrations, ca. 1899, of Monticello; descriptive text.

Reference: 951

Notes: Campaign rhetoric.

Reference: 1922

Notes: Describes in some detail TJ's "Whether Christianity Is a Part of the Common Law" and his subsequent opinion on this.

Reference: 2154

Reference: 685

Notes: Juvenile fiction.

Reference: 2647

Notes: Fanciful portrait of TJ in despair, unaware of the Treaty of Ghent; blames the war on him.

Reference: 146

Notes: TJ's statements on practically everything, referenced to the Washington edition of 1853-54 and the Ford edition of 1892-97. An after-dinner speaker's delight.

Reference: 2229

Notes: Ford inquires about the authenticity of a letter known only in a late transcription.

Reference: 452

Notes: Short biography, followed by a selection of TJ's writings arranged alphabetically by topic.

Reference: 454

Notes: Gossipy account of diplomatic affairs.

Reference: 1615

Notes: Argues that since the Declaration by intention advanced accepted ideas, it is not an isolated document and must be interpreted in company with other state papers, e.g. the Virginia Bill of Rights, etc. Concludes the Declaration is a political, not a social, statement.

Reference: 1530

Notes: Argues that TJ was a deist who derived most of his ideas in France; his deism has become the official dogma of the state college systems, from which "this nation will get the sources of its ruin."

Reference: 2310

Notes: Focus is on TJ's involvement with the University.

Reference: 3049

Notes: Note on the first printed versions of the Declaration.

Reference: 1671

Notes: Notices the Old South Lectures for 1900, first of which was "Thomas Jefferson, the First Nineteenth-Century President." Reviews TJ's career as president favorably.

Reference: 814

Notes: TJ's policy prevented a revival of federalism, but it also federalized his own party. Suggests TJ "tried to make all classes democratic," but Jackson appealed to class interest.

Reference: 1848

Notes: In the series "Beacon Biographies of Eminent Americans."

Reference: 1274

Notes: Conventional sketch.

Reference: 1144

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