| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
xxviii, 322 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Contents |
A society of would-be country squires -- An upcountry prince -- The education of a philosopher -- The young revolutionary -- The crucible of revolution -- "Whence he might contemplate the whole universe" -- "The hated occupations of politics" -- The revolutionary takes command -- "In a state of almost total incapacity -- "A prisoner released from his chains" -- "Elevated above the mass of mankind" -- "When I expect to settle my grandchildren" -- "The shock of an earthquate" -- Old friends reunited -- At war again -- "This enterprise is for the young" -- "When I reflect that God is just" -- A library for "the American statesman" -- Jeff Randolph takes a wife -- The realm of "sobriety and cool reason" -- "To witness the death of all our companions" -- "The eternal preservation of-- republican principles" -- The indulgent patriarch -- The "yellow children" of the mountaintop -- "Something very great and very new" -- Struggling "all our lives with debt & difficulty" -- Blood in the streets of Charlottesville -- Fire, sickness, drought, and storm -- A philosophe's faith -- "We shall have every religious man in Virginia against us" -- The death knell of the Union -- The "hideous evil" of slavery -- "Ah, Jefferson!" "Ah, Lafayette!" -- "More than patience could endure" -- "Take care of me when dead-- " -- "An inspiration from the realms of bliss" -- "I have given my whole life to my country" -- "Is it the fourth?" |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Subject |
Monticello (Va.) -- History -- 19th century.
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Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 -- Homes and haunts -- Virginia -- Albemarle County.
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Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.
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Presidents -- Retirement -- United States -- Case studies.
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Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 -- Family.
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Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 -- Friends and associates.
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Albemarle County (Va.) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
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Plantation life -- Virginia -- Albemarle County -- History -- 19th century.
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Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
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Ex-presidents -- United States -- Biography.
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| ISBN |
1400060796 (alk. paper) |
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9781400060795 (alk. paper) |
| Standard No. |
AU@ 000041681820 |
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