The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 1: 1760 to 1776
Jun 2018 · The Papers of Thomas Jefferson Book 1 · Princeton University Press
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A definitive scholarly edition of the correspondence and papers of Thomas Jefferson
Among the fresh contributions made by the documents in Volume 1, which covers the years 1760–1776, are the following: new light on the Declaration of Independence, hitherto unpublished material; full assessment of the part played by Jefferson in the drafting of the Virginia Constitution; full presentation of his efforts in 1776 to disestablish the Church of Virginia and to establish religious toleration; complete presentation of bills and statutes drawn by Jefferson in 1776 in the beginning of his great legislative reforms by which he hoped to “eradicate every fibre of aristocracy”; settlement of the disputed authorship of the Declaration of the Causes and Necessity for Taking Up Arms; and first publication of Jefferson’s comments on Franklin’s Plan of Union, 1775.
Among the fresh contributions made by the documents in Volume 1, which covers the years 1760–1776, are the following: new light on the Declaration of Independence, hitherto unpublished material; full assessment of the part played by Jefferson in the drafting of the Virginia Constitution; full presentation of his efforts in 1776 to disestablish the Church of Virginia and to establish religious toleration; complete presentation of bills and statutes drawn by Jefferson in 1776 in the beginning of his great legislative reforms by which he hoped to “eradicate every fibre of aristocracy”; settlement of the disputed authorship of the Declaration of the Causes and Necessity for Taking Up Arms; and first publication of Jefferson’s comments on Franklin’s Plan of Union, 1775.
A definitive scholarly edition of the correspondence and papers of Thomas Jefferson
Among the fresh contributions made by the documents in Volume 1, which covers the years 1760–1776, are the following: new light on the Declaration of Independence, hitherto unpublished material; full assessment o...
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Julian P. Boyd (1903–1980) was professor of history at Princeton University and inaugural editor of The Papers of Thomas Jefferson.
Julian P. Boyd (1903–1980) was professor of history at Princeton University and inaugural editor of The Papers of Thomas Jefferson.
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