The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 45: 11 November 1804 to 8 March 1805 (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780691203652)

A definitive scholarly edition of the correspondence and papers of Thomas Jefferson

This volume opens soon after the start of the second session of the Eighth Congress and ends a few days after the session closes. During the period, Jefferson receives twice as many documents as he writes. He sits for portraits by Charles F vret de Saint-M min and Rembrandt Peale. The nation endures an extreme winter. William Dunbar begins to send information from the exploration of the Ouachita River. Acts of Congress create new territories and give Orleans Territory an assembly and a path to statehood. The Senate ratifies a treaty to acquire an estimated 50 million acres of land from the Sac and Fox tribes. Levi Lincoln resigns, Robert Smith asks to succeed him as attorney general, and Jefferson seeks a new secretary of the navy. Jefferson and vice-presidential candidate George Clinton receive 162 electoral ballots against 14 for their opponents, Charles Cotesworth Pinckney and Rufus King. Napoleon is crowned emperor of the French, and Spain declares war on Great Britain. The Senate acquits Samuel Chase of eight articles of impeachment. Jefferson prepares his inaugural address and is sworn into office for his second term on 4 March. He refuses to consider serving a third term.

Author: Thomas Jefferson
ISBN-10: 0691203652
ISBN-13: 9780691203652
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Language: English
Published: 03/16/2021
Pages: 864
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.90lbs
Size: 9.50h x 6.40w x 2.20d