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Jefferson in his own time : a biographical chronicle of his life, drawn from recollections, interviews, and memoirs by family, friends, and associates /
"In this volume, Kevin J. Hayes collects thirty accounts of Thomas Jefferson written by his granddaughters, visiting dignitaries, fellow politicians, and others who knew him as a family man, public servant, intellectual, and institution builder. The letters and reminiscences of those who knew J...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Iowa City :
University of Iowa Press,
©2012.
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| Colección: | Writers in their own time (University of Iowa Press)
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Chronology
- Francois Jean, Marquis de Chastellux, [A conversation always varied and interesting]
- Abigail Adams Smith, [A man of great sensibility and parental affection] (1784-1785)
- Francois Alexandre Frederic, duc de la Rochefoucauld-Liancourt, [A stock of information not inferior to that of any man]
- Samuel Harrison Smith, [Fourth of July at the president's mansion] (1801 and 1803)
- Samuel L. Mitchill, [Visiting the president's mansion] (1802-1803)
- John Quincy Adams, [Large stories] (1804-1809)
- Joseph Story, [The marks of intense thought and perseverance]
- Margaret Bayard Smith, [The habitation of philosophy and virtue] (1809 and 1837)
- John Edwards Caldwell, The sage of Monticello
- John Melish, Interview with Mr. Jefferson
- Philip Mazzei, [An Italian friend remembers Virginia and France]
- George Ticknor, [Man of the Mountain]
- Francis Hall, Monticello
- Adam Hodgson, [A philosophical legislator]
- Daniel Webster, Memorandum of Mr. Jefferson's conversations
- Bernhard, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, [From the University of Virginia to Monticello]
- John Bernard, Recollections of President Jefferson
- Martha Jefferson Randolph, [A father's grief, a daughter's memories]
- Virginia J. Randolph Trist, [Fond memories from a grandaughter]
- John Trumbull, [Of art and religion]
- Augustus J. Foster, [A visionary who loved to dream eyes wide open]
- Daniel Pierce Thompson, [Talking with Jefferson: two accounts] (1841 and 1863)
- Francis T. Brooke, [A man of easy and ingratiating manners]
- Robley Dunglison, [The last days of Thomas Jefferson]
- Ellen W. Randolph Coolidge, [What Jefferson was like as a grandfather] (ca. 1856)
- Thomas Jefferson Randolph, [The life and death of Thomas Jefferson] (ca. 1857)
- Edmund Bacon, [Daily life at Monticello]
- Henry Tutwiler, Thomas Jefferson
- George Long, [Jefferson and the boy professor].