The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 41: 11 July to 15 November 1803

by Barbara B. Oberg and Thomas Jefferson

The Louisiana Purchase dominates the months covered in this volume. Jefferson departs for Monticello to enjoy a needed respite after the busy three and a half months he has just spent in the nation's capital. Shortly before leaving Washington, he has a last meeting with his cabinet, after which he issues a proclamation to reconvene Congress on 17 October, three weeks early. It is the "great and weighty" business of the French government's stunning...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691164207
• ISBN13: 9780691164205
• Release Date: January 2015
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 856 Pages
• Weight: 3.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.3" x 6.3" x 9.4"