The Papers of Thomas Jefferson: Retirement Series: Volume 4
Subtitle: 18 June 1811 to 30 April 1812 (Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Retirement Series)
Contributors: J. Jefferson Looney (Editor)
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: January 3, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 808
ISBN-13: 9780691135656
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; c 1800 to c 1900; History; History - Military / War; History: American; USA; United States - Revolutionary War; American History
Description: The Retirement Series documents Jefferson's written legacy between his return to private life on 4 March 1809 and his death on 4 July 1826. During this period Jefferson founded the University of Virginia and sold his extraordinary library to the nation, but his greatest legacy from these years is the astonishing depth and breadth of his correspondence with statesmen, inventors, scientists, philosophers, and ordinary citizens on topics spanning virtually every field of human endeavor.--From publisher description.