The Family Letters of Thomas Jefferson

By Edwin M. Betts

Book Overview

Thomas Jefferson was a prolific letter writer; it has been estimated that he wrote and received as many as fifty thousand letters. The letters here are not limited strictly to family matters but deal with local events in Paris, Philadelphia, New York, Washington, and Albemarle County, Virginia, or wherever the correspondents happened to be.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081391096X
• ISBN13: 9780813910963
• Release Date: March 1986
• Publisher: University of Virginia Press
• Length: 506 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.6" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher