Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Retirement Series, Volume 4 - 18 June 1811 to 30 April 1812

Informationen zum Autor J. Jefferson Looney is editor of The Papers of Thomas Jefferson: Retirement Series ! which is sponsored by the Thomas Jefferson Foundation! Charlottesville! Virginia. Zusammenfassung From the end of the author's presidency until his death, this title includes 581 documents from 18 June 1811 to 30 April 1812. It also takes readings of a solar eclipse; attempts to determine Monticello's longitude; measures Willis Mountain; and calls for a fixed international standard for measures, weights, and coins.

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• Authors: Thomas Jefferson, Jefferson Thomas, J. Jefferson (EDT) Looney
• Assisted by: Thomas Jefferson (Editor), J. Looney (Editor), J. Jefferson Looney (Editor), Looney J. Jefferson (Editor)
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.01.2008
• EAN: 9780691135656
• ISBN: 978-0-691-13565-6
• No. of pages: 800
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 241 mm x 44 mm
• Series: Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Retirement Series; Papers of Thomas Jefferson: Re; Papers of Thomas Jefferson: Retirement Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; USA, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas