The papers of Thomas Jefferson. Retirement series /
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...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Princeton, New Jersey :
Princeton University Press,
2004-
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| Summary: | 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. |
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| Physical Description: | volumes : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 0691121214 9780691121215 0691124906 9780691124902 0691128677 9780691128672 0691135657 9780691135656 0691137714 9780691137711 0691137722 9780691137728 0691149755 9780691149752 0691153183 9780691153186 0691156700 9780691156705 0691160473 9780691160474 0691164118 9780691164113 9780691168296 0691168296 9780691172835 0691172838 9780691177830 069117783X 9780691182346 0691182345 9780691197272 069119727X 9780691207933 0691207933 9780691229256 0691229252 9780691243276 0691243271 |