The Writings of Thomas Jefferson, Vol. 8 (of 9) / Being His Autobiography, Correspondence, Reports, Messages, Addresses, and Other Writings, Official and Private
A collection of Thomas Jefferson's autobiographical, official, and private writings, the eighth volume of nine. It gathers letters, reports, messages, and addresses that illuminate the early American republic, diplomacy, and political thought. It is worth listening to as a primary historical source and a window into an influential figure.
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Cover of the original edition (Project Gutenberg, public domain).
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Opening of the book
Transcriber's Note: Inconsistent hyphenation and spelling in the original document have been preserved. Obvious typographical errors have been corrected. Inconsistent or incorrect accents and spelling in passages in French, Latin and Italian have been left unchanged. The Table of Contents references a Special Message dated Mar. 21, 1804. The corresponding entry itself is dated Mar. 20. Accents in the table showing the geographical locations of the Indian confederacies seem to indicate pronunciation. The section starting "Logan's family" has no closing quotation mark. The section starting "An act of" has no closing quotation mark. Prevôté and vicomté should possibly not have accents. Soree. Ral-bird should possibly be Sora. Rail-bird. bueltas y tortuosidades should possibly be vueltas y tortuosidades. Cypriores should possibly be Cypriéres. Aligators should possibly be Alligators. [Sidenote: 43*] is missing. Part II ends with an unfinished sentence, and an incomplete address. It has been left as printed. The dated sidenote "1778, Sept. 5." is out of order, and may be an error.
The following possible inconsistencies/printer errors/ archaic spellings/different names for different entities were pointed out by the proofers, and left as printed: Chippewas and Chippawas Muskingum and Muskinghum Rappahanoc, Rappahannoc, Rappahànoc Duponçeau and Duponceau Pawtomac, Potomac, Potomak, Powtomac, Pottawatomies, Powtawatamies, Powtewatamy Monongalia, Monongahela Mississippi, Missisipi Miller, Millar Maudan, Mandan levee and levée THE WRITINGS OF
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