WritingsAutobiography--A summary view of the rights of British America--Notes on the State of Virginia--Public papers-Addresses, messages, and replies-Miscellany--Letters. |
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User Review - speaker43 - LibraryThingThis is a must have for any Jefferson fan. It contains an excellent compilation of his letters. Because he published nothing other than his Notes on the State of Virginia, one has to read his letters in order to understand his thinking. Read full review
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User Review - AnneDenney - LibraryThingWhat can be more interesting in terms of history as well as autobiography than reading letters and essays, notes and musings of great men, preserved to teach generations to come. This series is very well edited and beautifully bound, and we are looking forward to using these in homeschooling too. Read full review
Contents
Autobiography i | 8 |
Boundaries of Virginia | 127 |
Rivers | 129 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Writings Library of America, ISSN 0000-0051 |
| Author | Thomas Jefferson |
| Editor | Merrill D. Peterson |
| Publisher | Literary Classics of the U.S., 1984 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Sep 18, 2008 |
| ISBN | 094045016X, 9780940450165 |
| Length | 1600 pages |
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