Jefferson: Architect of American Liberty PDF
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Copyright Copyright © 2017 by John B. Boles Published by Basic Books, an imprint of Perseus Books, LLC, a subsidiary of Hachette Book Group, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. For information, address Basic Books, 1290 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10104. Books published by Basic Books are available at special discounts for bulk purchases in the United States by corporations, institutions, and other organizations. For more information, please contact the Special Markets Department at Perseus Books, 2300 Chestnut Street, Suite 200, Philadelphia, PA 19103, or call (800) 810-4145, ext. 5000, or e-mail [email protected]. Interior book design by Cynthia Young Library of Congress Control Number: 2017934233 ISBN: 978-0-465-09468-4 (hardcover) ISBN: 978-0-465-09469-1 (e-book) E3- 20170315-JB-NF Contents Cover Title Page Copyright Dedication Epigraph A Note on Capitalization Introduction PART I: COLONIAL VIRGINIA, 1743–1770 1 “A Hard Student” 2 Young Legislator PART II: REVOLUTIONARY AMERICA, 1771–1784 3 “Inspire Us with Firmness” 4 “These Are Our Grievances” 5 “Pen of the American Revolution” 6 Revolutionary Lawmaker 7 The Fight for Independence 8 A Congress “Little Numerous, but Very Contentious” PART III: PARIS, 1784–1790 9 “On the Vaunted Scene of Europe” 10 At Home in Paris 11 Tourist 12 “A Powerful Obstacle… to Emancipation” 13 “Liberty Is to Be Gained by Inches” PART IV: PHILADELPHIA AND NEW YORK CITY, 1790–1801 14 From Paris to New York 15 Jefferson Versus Hamilton 16 The Specter of the French Revolution 17 “Totally Absorbed in My Rural Occupations” 18 The Vice Presidency 19 “Reign of Witches” 20 An Attempt to “Strangle the Election” PART V: WASHINGTON, DC, 1801–1809 21 Political Faith and Presidential Style 22 “We Are Acting for All Mankind” 23 “Louisiana for a Song” 24 “Steadily in Her Course” 25 The Collapse of Political Consensus 26 “War, Embargo, or Nothing” PART VI: MONTICELLO, 1809–1826 27 “Returning to the Scenes of My Birth and Early Life” 28 “We Ought Not to Die Before We Have Explained Ourselves” 29 Living with Paradox 30 One Last Crusade 31 The Sage of Monticello Postscript Acknowledgments About the Author Also by John B. Boles List of Abbreviations in Notes Bibliographical Essay Notes Index For Parker, Bailey, Sonia, and Nicolas “grandchildren… furnish me great resources of happiness.” —T J C T , HOMAS EFFERSON TO HARLES HOMSON D 25, 1808 ECEMBER Watercolor of west front of Monticello. By Jane Pittman Braddick Peticolas, 1825. Source: Thomas Jefferson Foundation at Monticello. Used by permission.
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