Letter from Thomas Jefferson to Henri Gregoire (1809)
“From Thomas Jefferson to Henri Grégoire, 25 February 1809,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://teachingamericanhistory.org/sp9l. Dear Sir, — I have received the favor of your letter of August 17th, and with it […]
Letter from Thomas Jefferson to Samuel Kercheval (1816)
Source: “Proposals to Revise the Virginia Constitution: I. Thomas Jefferson to “Henry Tompkinson” (Samuel Kercheval), 12 July 1816,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/03-10-02-0128-0002. SIR, — I duly received your favor of June […]
Letter from Thomas Jefferson to Benjamin Banneker (1791)
“From Thomas Jefferson to Benjamin Banneker, 30 August 1791,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://teachingamericanhistory.org/fa98. SIR, — I thank you sincerely for your letter of the 19th instant and for the Almanac […]
Inaugural Address (1801)
Source: Thomas Jefferson, First Inaugural Address, 4 March 1801, Founders Online, National Archives, https://goo.gl/B616RD. Friends & Fellow Citizens, Called upon to undertake the duties of the first executive office of […]
Draft of the Kentucky Resolutions
“I. Jefferson’s Draft, [before 4 October 1798],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://teachingamericanhistory.org/0zd8. 1. Resolved, That the several States composing the United States of America, are not united on the principle of […]
Opinion on the Constitutionality of a National Bank
“Opinion on the Constitutionality of the Bill for Establishing a National Bank, 15 February 1791,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://teachingamericanhistory.org/cj18. The Bill for establishing a National Bank undertakes among other things: […]
Notes on the State of Virginia: Query 13
Thomas Jefferson, Notes on the State of Virginia (London: John Stockdale, 1787), 191-214. https://teachingamericanhistory.org/oe73. Query 13: THE constitution of the state, and its several charters? . . . The executive powers are […]
Preamble to “A Bill for the More General Diffusion of Knowledge”
“79. A Bill for the More General Diffusion of Knowledge, 18 June 1779,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://teachingamericanhistory.org/fv6p. Whereas it appeareth that however certain forms of government are better calculated than […]
Letter from Thomas Jefferson to John Taylor (1816)
“Thomas Jefferson to John Taylor, 28 May 1816,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://teachingamericanhistory.org/p26x. DEAR SIR, On my return from a long journey and considerable absence from home, I found here the […]
Letter from Thomas Jefferson to Edward Coles (1814)
“Thomas Jefferson to Edward Coles, 25 August 1814,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://teachingamericanhistory.org/zflr. DEAR SIR,– Your favour of July 31, was duly received, and was read with peculiar pleasure. The sentiments […]