Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 30
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Aaron Burr
Adjournment
Alexander Spotswood
Alien and Sedition Acts
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American Philosophical Society
Aristocracy
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Benjamin Lincoln
British Influence
Burr (novel)
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Charles Cotesworth Pinckney
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Declaration of war
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Gazette of the United States
General Government
Habeas corpus
Henry Knox
His Family
Hostility
I Wish (manhwa)
Impeachment
Invasion of England (1326)
James Garrard
James T. Callender
Jay Treaty
Jeffersonian democracy
Joel Barlow
John Breckinridge (U.S. Attorney General)
John Wise (clergyman)
Legislature
Letter of marque
Luther Martin
Martha Jefferson Randolph
Mary Jefferson Eppes
Newspaper
Ohio Company
Old Tobacco
Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours
Politique
Presidency of George Washington
President of the United States
Proclamation
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Radicalism (historical)
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Robert Yates (politician)
Roman Republic
Salutation
Sarah Franklin Bache
Secretary at War
Sedition
Society of United Irishmen
Sons of Liberty
St. George Tucker
Tax
Tench Coxe
The Congressman
The Papers of James Madison
The Philosopher
Thomas Cresap
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson Randolph
Timothy Pickering
Tories (British political party)
Treaty
Whigs (British political party)
Wolfe Tone
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- ISBN 9780691094984
- Weight: 1304g
- Dimensions: 152 x 235mm
- Publication Date: 26 Jan 2003
- Publisher: Princeton University Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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During the thirteen months covered by this volume, Thomas Jefferson spent more than half of his time in Philadelphia serving as vice president under President John Adams and presiding over a Senate that was dominated by his political opponents, the Federalists. Debates in Congress took place against a backdrop of bitter partisan rivalry, characterized most famously by the near-brawl on the floor of the House between Matthew Lyon and Roger Griswold. Congress and the nation waited, in a "state of extraordinary suspense," for dispatches from the American envoys in France. When the accounts of the XYZ Affair became public, the nation prepared for war. Two days after the Alien Friends Act was signed into law Jefferson left for Monticello, stopping at Montpelier to convey the latest news to James Madison. Disheartened and frustrated by the Alien and Sedition Acts, Jefferson penned the famous resolutions adopted in November by the Kentucky legislature. He kept his authorship a secret, however, seeking to avoid any appearance of "rashness" by Republicans.
This endeavor reflected his struggle to make sense of the political direction of the nation in times he could neither comprehend nor accept. Jefferson continued to engage in scientific pursuits and fulfill his role as a promoter of American science and learning. He was reelected to the presidency of the American Philosophical Society, to which he presented his paper on the moldboard plow. He corresponded on American Indian languages, astronomy, and the Anglo-Saxon language. He longed for Monticello, and, as Jefferson had learned before, his property fell into neglect when he was away on public business. Renovations to the house slowed, supplies for the nailery were disrupted, and he had to arrange for the sale of his crops through intermediaries. With the prices of wheat low, he was drawn back into financial dependence on tobacco.
Barbara B. Oberg, Senior Research Scholar and Lecturer with the Rank of Professor at Princeton University, is General Editor of "The Papers of Thomas Jefferson".
