Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 32 - 1 June 1800 to 16 February 1801

Informationen zum Autor 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 . Zusammenfassung "I have sometimes asked myself whether my country is the better for my having lived at all?" Jefferson muses in this volume. His answer: "I do not know that it is." Required by custom to be "entirely passive" during the presidential campaign, Jefferson, at Monticello during the summer of 1800, refrains from answering attacks on his character, responds privately to Benjamin Rush's queries about religion, and learns of rumors of his own death. Yet he is in good health, harvests a bountiful wheat crop, and maintains his belief that the American people will shake off the Federalist thrall. He counsels James Monroe, the governor of Virginia, on the mixture of leniency and firmness to be shown in the wake of the aborted revolt of slaves led by the blacksmith Gabriel. Arriving in Washington in November, Jefferson reports that the election "is the only thing of which any thing is said here." He is aware of Alexander Hamilton's efforts to undermine John Adams, and of desires by some Federalists to give interim executive powers to a president pro tem of the Senate. But the Republicans have made no provision to prevent the tie of electoral votes between Jefferson and Aaron Burr. Jefferson calls Burr's conduct "honorable & decisive" before prospects of intrigue arise as the nation awaits the decision of the House of Representatives. As the volume closes, the election is still unresolved after six long days of balloting by the House.

Product details

• Authors: Thomas Jefferson, Jefferson Thomas
• Assisted by: Barbara B. Oberg (Editor), Oberg Barbara B. (Editor)
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.12.2005
• EAN: 9780691124896
• ISBN: 978-0-691-12489-6
• No. of pages: 712
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 241 mm x 44 mm
• Series: Papers of Thomas Jefferson; The Papers of Thomas Jefferson
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Essays, feuilletons, literary criticism, interviews; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; USA, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Essays, HISTORY / Essays, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Political leaders & leadership, United States of America, USA, Literary essays, History of the Americas, Political leaders and leadership