The complete online text of Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 1 by Thomas Jefferson.

Dubbed the "sage of Monticello " and the "godfather of American invention," Thomas Jefferson created a variety of practical devices, notably the dumbwaiter, lazy Susan, folding campstool, folding ladder and music stand, portable copying press, portable w...

Thomas Jefferson's universally acknowledged importance as a statesman has tended to overshadow his very substantial contributions to American literature. He was the penman of the American Revolution who, more than any other single person, created the cha...

Thomas Jefferson's universally acknowledged importance as a statesman has tended to overshadow his very substantial contributions to American literature. He was the penman of the American Revolution who, more than any other single person, created the cha...

The Papers of Thomas Jefferson: Retirement Series. Volume 1: 4 March to 15 November 1809. Edited by J. Jefferson Looney. (Princeton, NJ., and Oxford, Eng.: Princeton University Press, 2004. Pp. [1 ], 729. $99.50, ISBN 0-691-12121-4.) The inaugural volume of The Papers of...

The Papers of Thomas Jefferson. Volume 32: 1 June 1800 to 16 February 1801. Edited by Barbara B. Oberg and others. (Princeton, N.J., and Oxford: Princeton University Press, c. 2005. Pp. xl, 677. $99.50, ISBN 0-691-12489-2.) When the present volume begins, Thomas Jefferson,...