The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 47: 6 July to 19 November 1805

Jefferson returns to Monticello for the summer, visits Poplar Forest, and plans the development of Bedford County. James Hubbard, an enslaved worker, escapes but is captured in Fairfax County. Jefferson considers alliance with Great Britain to force a resolution with Spain but chooses to negotiate with France for the purchase of Florida. He drafts bills to organize the militia and meets with Creek leaders.

Format: Hardback
Length: 808 pages
Publication date: 21 November 2023
Publisher: Princeton University Press

Jefferson returns to Monticello for the summer, planning the development of Poplar Forest in Bedford County. James Hubbard, a young enslaved worker, escapes but is captured in Fairfax County. James Hemings, another slave who has fled, rejects attempts to persuade him to return and disappears. Receiving news of the end of the conflict with Tripoli, Jefferson states that it is "a small war in fact, but big in principle." He devotes much of his attention to relations with Spain, considering an alliance with Great Britain to force a resolution but ultimately negotiating with France for the purchase of Florida and settling disputes with Spain. He drafts bills to organize the militia by age and create a naval militia. Lewis and Clark's specimens arrive, and Jefferson calculates that the United States has recently acquired cessions of over 9 million acres of land from Native Americans. He meets with visiting Creek leaders and states that Patrick Henry was "the greatest orator that ever lived" but "avaricious & rotten hearted."

Jefferson returns to Monticello for the summer, planning the development of Poplar Forest in Bedford County. James Hubbard, a young enslaved worker, escapes but is captured in Fairfax County. James Hemings, another slave who has fled, rejects attempts to persuade him to return and disappears. Receiving news of the end of the conflict with Tripoli, Jefferson states that it is "a small war in fact, but big in principle." He devotes much of his attention to relations with Spain, considering an alliance with Great Britain to force a resolution but ultimately negotiating with France for the purchase of Florida and settling disputes with Spain. He drafts bills to organize the militia by age and create a naval militia. Lewis and Clark's specimens arrive, and Jefferson calculates that the United States has recently acquired cessions of over 9 million acres of land from Native Americans. He meets with visiting Creek leaders and states that Patrick Henry was "the greatest orator that ever lived" but "avaricious & rotten hearted."

Weight: 1298g
Dimension: 166 x 243 x 50 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780691248172