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    Jefferson, Thomas and Books

    “I cannot live without books,” Thomas Jefferson declared in a letter to John Adams on June 10, 1815. To the man who had authored the Declaration... Find Out More

  • Jack Jouett’s Ride (1781)
  • Giles B. Jackson (1853–1924)
  • Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson (1824–1863)
  • Luther Porter Jackson (1892–1950)
  • Jacob Rowe Sanctioned in Debate over Two Penny Bill...
  • Louis I. Jaffé (ca. 1888–1950)
  • James II (1633–1701)
  • James River during the Civil War
  • James River Squadron
  • James VI and I (1566–1625)
  • Jamestown 350th Anniversary, 1957
  • Jamestown Settlement, Early
  • Jamestown Ter-Centennial Exposition of 1907
  • Jane (d. 1609 or 1610)
  • Devereux Jarratt (1733–1801)
  • Jefferson Davis’s Imprisonment
  • Letter from Martha Jefferson Randolph to Thomas Jefferson (February...
  • Letter from Thomas Jefferson to Baron Hyde de Neuville...
  • Letter from Thomas Jefferson to Benjamin Banneker (August 30,...
  • Letter from Thomas Jefferson to Benjamin Smith Barton (September...
  • Letter from Thomas Jefferson to Benjamin Vaughan (June 27,...
  • Letter from Thomas Jefferson to Bernard McMahon (January 13,...
  • Letter from Thomas Jefferson to the Danbury Baptist Association...
  • Letter from Thomas Jefferson to Dr. Joseph Priestley (April...
  • Letter from Thomas Jefferson to Dr. Vine Utley (March...
  • Letter from Thomas Jefferson to Edmund Pendleton (August 13,...
  • Letter from Thomas Jefferson to Edward Coles (August 25,...
  • Letter from Thomas Jefferson to Ellen Wayles Randolph Coolidge...
  • Letter from Thomas Jefferson to Ezra Stiles Ely (June...
  • Letter from Thomas Jefferson to Francis Eppes (August 30,...
  • Letter from Thomas Jefferson to Giovanni Fabbroni (June 8,...
  • Letter from Thomas Jefferson to Horatio Gates (February 17,...
  • Letter from Thomas Jefferson to James Madison (May 15,...
  • Letter from Thomas Jefferson to James Monroe (May 20,...
  • Letter from Thomas Jefferson to James Monroe (September 20,...
  • Letter from Thomas Jefferson to Joel Barlow (October 8,...
  • Letter from Thomas Jefferson to John Adams (May 5,...
  • Letter from Thomas Jefferson to John Adams (October 12,...
  • Letter from Thomas Jefferson to John F. Oliveira Fernandes...
  • Letter from Thomas Jefferson to John Holmes (April 22,...
  • Letter from Thomas Jefferson to John Page (May 4,...
  • Letter from Thomas Jefferson to John Stockdale (February 1,...
  • Letter from Thomas Jefferson to John Wayles Eppes (June...
  • Letter from Thomas Jefferson to Joseph Carrington Cabell (February...
  • Letter from Thomas Jefferson to Joseph Coolidge (April 12,...
  • Letter from Thomas Jefferson to Joseph Dougherty (July 31,...
  • Letter from Thomas Jefferson to Thomas Mann Randolph Jr....
  • Letter from Thomas Jefferson to Thomas Mann Randolph Jr....
  • Letter from Thomas Jefferson to the Marquis de Lafayette...
  • Letter from Thomas Jefferson to Martha Jefferson Randolph (April...
  • Letter from Thomas Jefferson to Martha Jefferson Randolph (July...
  • Letter from Thomas Jefferson to Martha “Patsy” Jefferson (November...
  • Letter from Thomas Jefferson to Thomas McKean (March 9,...
  • Letter from Thomas Jefferson to Nicholas Lewis (April 12,...
  • Letter from Thomas Jefferson to Nicolas de Condorcet (August...
  • Letter from Thomas Jefferson to Peter Carr (August 10,...
  • Letter from Thomas Jefferson to Peter Carr (September 7,...
  • Letter from Thomas Jefferson to Richard Richardson (February 17,...
  • Letter from Thomas Jefferson to Samuel Vaughan Jr. (November...
  • Letter from Thomas Jefferson to the Speaker of the...
  • Letter from Thomas Jefferson to Spencer Roane (September 6,...
  • Letter from Thomas Jefferson to the Virginia Delegates in...
  • Letter from Thomas Jefferson to George Washington (May 28,...
  • Letter from Thomas Jefferson to George Washington (October 26,...
  • Letter from Thomas Jefferson to William DuVal (December 4,...
  • Letter from Thomas Jefferson to William DuVal (July 17,...
  • Letter from Thomas Jefferson to William DuVal (June 14,...
  • Letter from Thomas Jefferson to William DuVal (June 19,...
  • Letter from Thomas Jefferson to William DuVal (June 22,...
  • Letter from Thomas Jefferson to William Preston (June 15,...
  • Letter from Thomas Jefferson to William Short (January 18,...
  • Letter from Thomas Jefferson to Thomas Worthington (November 29,...
  • Letter from Thomas Jefferson to George Wythe, with Enclosure...
  • Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)
  • Jefferson, Thomas and Architecture
  • Jefferson, Thomas and Books
  • Jefferson, Thomas and Gardening
  • Jefferson, Thomas and His Family
  • Jefferson, Thomas and the Practice of Law
  • Jefferson, Thomas and Religion
  • Jefferson, Thomas as Governor of Virginia
  • Thomas Jefferson’s Acceptance Speech for the Position of Governor;...
  • Thomas Jefferson’s Argument in Howell v. Netherland (1770)
  • “Mr. Jefferson’s Blooded Stock”; an excerpt from The Private...
  • Thomas Jefferson’s Election to a Second Term as Governor;...
  • Thomas Jefferson’s Election to Governor; an excerpt from the...
  • “Mr. Jefferson’s Family”; an excerpt from The Private Life...
  • Thomas Jefferson’s First Inaugural Address (March 4, 1801)
  • Excerpt from Thomas Jefferson’s Garden Book (1769)
  • Thomas Jefferson’s Instructions to Meriwether Lewis (June 20, 1803)
  • Jefferson’s Mound Archaeological Site
  • “Mr. Jefferson’s Personal Appearance and Habits”; an excerpt from...
  • “Mr. Jefferson’s Servants”; an excerpt from The Private Life...
  • Edmund Jenings (1659–1727)
  • Will F. Jenkins (1896–1975)
  • Letter from Paul Jennings to Dolley Madison (April 23,...
  • Paul Jennings (1799–1874)
  • “Jno. H. Davis” from the Roanoke Daily Times (July...
  • John Nickson Runs Away (1687)
  • John Quincy Adams Diary, volume 37 (May 6, 1828)
  • John Smith and Pocahontas in England; an excerpt from...
  • “John Smith,” from The History of the Worthies of...
  • John Smith’s Letter to Queen Anne; an excerpt fromThe...
  • John White Returns to Roanoke; an excerpt from “The...
  • John White’s Change of Plans; an excerpt from “The...
  • Henry Johnson (1842–1922)
  • Excerpts from Twenty-Eight Years a Slave by Thomas L....
  • Joseph E. Johnston (1807–1891)
  • Mary Johnston (1870–1936)
  • Johnston, Memoranda of Conversations with General Robert E. Lee...
  • Benjamin F. Jones (d. after 1911)
  • James Richard Jones (d. after August 20, 1902)
  • Peter K. Jones (ca. 1834–1895)
  • Robert G. W. Jones (July 10, 1826–by March 15,...
  • Rufus Sibb Jones (ca. 1834–July 17, 1897)
  • Sarah Garland Boyd Jones (1866–1905)
  • William H. Jordan (1860 or 1861–d. after 1889)
  • Journal Entry by William Clark (November 7, 1805)
  • The Journal of Ebenezer Hazard in Virginia (1777)
  • “Journal of the House of Delegates of the Commonwealth...
  • Journals of the Continental Congress (March 29, 1779)
  • "Judge Lynch and His Victims," Richmond Planet ...
  • "Judge Lynch!," Roanoke Times (February 12, 1892)
  • Oney Judge (ca. 1773–1848)
  • Judges of the Supreme Court of Virginia
  • Judgment Against Carrie Buck (April 13, 1925)
  • Judgment Against Richard and Mildred Loving (January 6, 1959)
  • Juneteenth
  • Justice and Execution; an excerpt from “Relation of Virginia,...
  • Justices of the United States Supreme Court from Virginia
  • Justifying Eugenics; an excerpt from The Biological Relationship of...

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