The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 19: January 1791 to March 1791
By Thomas Jefferson and Julian P. Boyd
()
About this ebook
Volume 19, covering the final critical weeks of the First Congress, reveals Washington and Jefferson in the closest and most confidential relationship that existed at any time during their official careers. It opens with the proclamation announcing the exact location of the Federal District, an unexplained choice made in the utmost secrecy by the President in consultation with the Secretary of State some weeks before Washington toured the upper Potomac in an ostensible journey to inspect rival sites and to encourage competition for the location of the national capital. It includes the politically related question of the chartering of the Bank of the United States, on which Jefferson delivered his famous opinion challenging its constitutionality.
But the conflict with Hamilton over the Bank, important as it was, did not bring the two men on the public stage as contestants. Instead, the first focusing of public attention on the breach in the administration occurred with the publication of Jefferson's report on the whale and cod fisheries. This widely disseminated report is here presented in a context showing that, after Hamilton declined to cooperate in reciprocating the favors France had granted to American trade, Jefferson deliberately and publicly challenged the Hamiltonian opposition. In unusually blunt language, his report called for commercial retaliation against Great Britain, thus causing a sensation both in the ... ministry.
This volume shows Jefferson's concern over the growing discontent in the South and West over fiscal and other policies of the national government, his resistance to interested promotion of consular appointments in business circles, his grappling with the political and constitutional questions concerning the admission of Kentucky and Vermont, his involvement in the political consequences of the death of Franklin that affected even the proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, his cautious relationship with Tench Coxe as a source of statistical information which the Secretary of the Treasury failed to supply, and his report to Washington on a judicial appointment that brought on both embarrassment and constitutional questions. Once Congress had dispersed, Jefferson was able to turn his attention to long-neglected private concerns and to the correspondence that gave him most satisfaction, that with the family at Monticello.
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson was the 3rd president of the United States. William Peden is professor emeritus of English at the University of Missouri.
Read more from Thomas Jefferson
Foundations of Freedom: Common Sense; The Declaration of Independence; The Articles of Confederation; The Federalist Papers; The U.S. Constitution Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Jefferson Bible Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe U.S. Constitution with The Declaration of Independence and The Articles of Confederation Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Jefferson on Freedom: Wisdom, Advice, and Hints on Freedom, Democracy, and the American Way Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Quotable Jefferson Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The U.S. Constitution: Anti-Federalist Edition Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe American Revolution: From the Rejection of the Stamp Act Until the Final Victory: Complete History of the Uprising; Including Key Speeches and Documents of the Epoch: First Charter of Virginia, Mayflower Compact, The Stamp Act, Continental Association, Declaration of Independence Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Autobiography of Thomas Jefferson Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Jefferson Bible (Illustrated Edition): The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Jefferson Bible: The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Jefferson Bible [annotated]: Original Old English Version and Modern Updates to The Jefferson Bible Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Jefferson Bible (Rediscovered Books): The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Memoirs & Correspondence of Thomas Jefferson (Vol. 1-4): Including Other Papers Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsNotes on the State of Virginia (Barnes & Noble Digital Library) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Founding Documents of American Democracy Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsNotes on the State of Virginia (Barnes & Noble Library of Essential Reading) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Jefferson Bible: The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Letters of Lafayette and Jefferson Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Declaration of Independence & United States Constitution – Including Bill of Rights and Complete Amendments: The Principles on Which Our Identity as Americans Is Based (With The Federalist Papers & Inaugural Speeches of George Washington, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Complete Works: Autobiography, Correspondence, Messages, Speeches and Other Official and Private Writings Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Related to The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 19
Titles in the series (43)
The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 13: March 1788 to October 1788 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 3: June 1779 to September 1780 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 2: January 1777 to June 1779 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 1: 1760 to 1776 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 12: August 1787 to March 1788 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 23: 1 January-31 May 1792 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 6: May 1781 to March 1784 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 16: November 1789 to July 1790 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 4: October 1780 to February 1781 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 8: February 1785 to October 1785 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 15: March 1789 to November 1789 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 5: February 1781 to May 1781 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 9: November 1785 to June 1786 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 10: June 1786 to December 1786 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 28: 1 January 1794 to 29 February 1796 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 7: March 1784 to February 1785 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 17: July 1790 to November 1790 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 11: January 1787 to August 1787 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 14: October 1788 to March 1789 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 21: Index, Vols. 1-20 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 18: 4 November 1790 to 24 January 1791 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 22: 6 August-31 December 1791 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 31: 1 February 1799 to 31 May 1800 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 26: 11 May-31 August 1793 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 19: January 1791 to March 1791 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 24: 1 June-31 December 1792 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 38: 1 July to 12 November 1802 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 37: 4 March to 30 June 1802 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 32: 1 June 1800 to 16 February 1801 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 27: 1 September to 31 December 1793 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Related ebooks
Colorado: A History of the Centennial State, Fourth Edition Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsColorado: A History of the Centennial State, Fifth Edition Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsProverbs: A Commentary Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5What Is Man? and Other Philosophical Writings Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Sartor Resartus: The Life and Opinions of Herr Teufelsdröckh in Three Books Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsInscribing the Time: Shakespeare and the End of Elizabethan England Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHorace Greeley: Champion of American Freedom Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Justices of the Peace 1679 - 1760 Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5A Literary Guide to Washington, DC: Walking in the Footsteps of American Writers from Francis Scott Key to Zora Neale Hurston Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsProse Immortality, 1711-1819 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDays of Gold: The California Gold Rush and the American Nation Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Republic Afloat: Law, Honor, and Citizenship in Maritime America Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSlave Narratives Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe: The Stoke Newington Edition Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Chaucer and His Readers: Imagining the Author in Late-Medieval England Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Picky Eagle: How Democracy and Xenophobia Limited U.S. Territorial Expansion Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Selected Literary Letters of Paul Laurence Dunbar Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe American Jesuits: A History Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFrom Ancient Rome to Colonial Mexico: Religious Globalization in the Context of Empire Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Companion to Piers Plowman Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Jordanus de Nemore, de Numeris Datis: A Critical Edition and Translation Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDictionary Of World Literature - Criticism, Forms, Technique Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Artistic Ambassadors: Literary and International Representation of the New Negro Era Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCornplanter: Chief Warrior of the Allegany Senecas Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHistoric Spots in California: Fifth Edition Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Generation of Revolutionaries: Nikolai Charushin and Russian Populism from the Great Reforms to Perestroika Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsOrigins of Democratic Culture: Printing, Petitions, and the Public Sphere in Early-Modern England Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Retirement Series, Volume 8: 1 October 1814 to 31 August 1815 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Retirement Series, Volume 7: 28 November 1813 to 30 September 1814 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Political Biographies For You
Mein Kampf Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life (Revised Edition) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Slash Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Unhinged: An Insider's Account of the Trump White House Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Devil's Chessboard: Allen Dulles, the CIA, and the Rise of America's Secret Government Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Disloyal: A Memoir: The True Story of the Former Personal Attorney to President Donald J. Trump Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Beautiful Things: A Memoir Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Because They Hate: A Survivor of Islamic Terror Warns America Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Malcolm X: A Graphic Biography Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Fear: Trump in the White House Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The First Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill George Washington Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Story of the Trapp Family Singers Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Dead Wrong: Straight Facts on the Country's Most Controversial Cover-Ups Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Letter to a Bigot: Dead But Not Forgotten Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Watergate: A New History Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Benjamin Franklin: An American Life Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Five Presidents: My Extraordinary Journey with Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, and Ford Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Lincoln Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill America's 16th President--and Why It Failed Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Man Who Killed Kennedy: The Case Against LBJ Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Profiles in Courage: Deluxe Modern Classic Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Autobiography of Calvin Coolidge Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Putin's People: How the KGB Took Back Russia and Then Took On the West Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5American Values: Lessons I Learned from My Family Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Threat: How the FBI Protects America in the Age of Terror and Trump Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Washington: The Indispensable Man Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Related categories
Reviews for The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 19
0 ratings0 reviews