The Writings of Thomas Jefferson (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781720580690)

The Writings of Thomas Jefferson. Thomas Jefferson (April 13 1743 - July 4, 1826) was an American Founding Father who was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence and later served as the third President of the United States from 1801 to 1809. Previously, he had been elected the second Vice President of the United States, serving under John Adams from 1797 to 1801. He was a proponent of democracy, republicanism, and individual rights motivating American colonists to break from Great Britain and form a new nation; he produced formative documents and decisions at both the state and national level. Containing His Autobiography, notes on Virginia, Parliamentary Manual, Official Papers, messages and addresses, and other writings, official and private, now collected and published in their entirety for the first time including all of the original manuscripts, deposited in the department of state and published in 1853 by order of the joint committee of congress

Author: Andrew a. Lipscomb, Thomas Jefferson
ISBN-10: 1720580693
ISBN-13: 9781720580690
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 06/01/2018
Pages: 178
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.94lbs
Size: 11.02h x 8.50w x 0.38d