Thomas Jefferson Letters (copies) Inventory (#861)

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Manuscripts Department
CB#3926, Wilson Library
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27514-8890
Phone: 919/962-1345
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Manuscripts Department Staff
Date Completed
1932-1957
Encoded by
Lynn Holdzkom
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Descriptive Summary Including Abstract

Title
Thomas Jefferson Letters (copies) Inventory (#861) 1784-1824.
Creator
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.
Extent
14 items
Repository
Southern Historical Collection
Abstract
Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), president of the United States, 1801-1809; governor of Virginia, 1779-1781; U.S. minister to France, 1785-1789; U.S. secretary of state, 1790-1793; vice-president of the United States, 1797-1801; after retirement from presidency, lived at plantation Monticello near Charlottesville, Albemarle County, Va.; instrumental in founding University of Virginia, 1819. Miscellaneous reproductions of Thomas Jefferson letters include the following. Handwritten transcription of letter, 25 June 1823, from Thomas Jefferson declining an invitation to participate in the celebration of the approaching anniversary of the nation's birth. Photostats, chiefly letters, 1790, 1797, 1804, 1807, 1814, and 1824, from Jefferson to his daughter, Martha Jefferson Randolph, to Elizabeth H. Trist, to Nicholas Philip Trist, and to Thomas Mann Randolph, concerning family matters, political turmoil, his desire to return to Monticello, and the University of Virginia. Several short social notes written by Jefferson in Paris, 1784-1789, are also included. Handwritten copy and typed copy of letter, 24 April 1791, from Jefferson at Philadelphia to his daughter at Monticello about gardening and clothing. Photostat of letter from Monticello, 9 May 1817, in which Jefferson described plans for the building and grounds of the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. Typed copy of a letter, 6 December 1813, from Jefferson to Baron Friederich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt thanking him for astronomical observations and atlases relating to Latin American countries and discussing the future of those countries and mentioning other issues.
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Administrative Information

Access
No restrictions.
Usage Restrictions
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Provenance
Received from various sources as described below.
Processing Note
Collections 374-z (addition of 1932) and 1164-z (additions of 1946-1957) were merged into this collection in February 2001. Several items, the originals of which are known to be elsewhere, were also deaccessioned at that time.
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Online Catalog Terms

Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859.
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826--Correspondence.
Monticello (Va.).
Paris (France)--Social life and customs--19th century.
Presidents--United States --Correspondence.
Randolph, Martha Jefferson, 1772-1836.
Randolph, Thomas M. (Thomas Mann), 1768-1828.
Trist, Elizabeth House, d. 1828.
Trist, Nicholas Philip, 1800-1874.
United States--Politics and government--1783-1865.
University of Virginia--History--19th century.
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Biographical Note

Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), president of the United States, 1801-1809; governor of Virginia, 1779-1781; U.S. minister to France, 1785-1789; U.S. secretary of state, 1790-1793; vice-president of the United States, 1797-1801; after retirement from presidency, lived at plantation Monticello near Charlottesville, Albemarle County, Va.; instrumental in founding University of Virginia, 1819.

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Collection Overview

Handwritten transcription of letter, 25 June 1823, from Thomas Jefferson to John Winn, William C. Rives, David M. Railey, John M. Railey, John Ormond, Horace Branham, and George W. Nichols declining an invitation to participate in the celebration of the approaching anniversary of the nation's birth. Photostats, chiefly letters, 1790, 1797, 1804, 1807, 1814, and 1824, from Jefferson to his daughter, Martha Jefferson Randolph, to Elizabeth H. Trist, to Nicholas Philip Trist, and to Thomas Mann Randolph, concerning family matters, political turmoil, his desire to return to Monticello, and the University of Virginia. Several short social notes written by Jefferson in Paris, 1784-1789, are also included. Handwritten copy and typed copy of letter, 24 April 1791, from Jefferson at Philadelphia to his daughter at Monticello about gardening and clothing. Photostat of letter from Monticello, 9 May 1817, in which Jefferson described plans for the building and grounds of the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. Typed copy of a letter, 6 December 1813, from Jefferson to Baron Friederich Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt thanking him for astronomical observations and atlases relating to Latin American countries and discussing the future of those countries; blaming English policy for the United States' having to exterminate Native Americans instead of amalgamating them peacefully; asking forgiveness for the late Zebulon Montgomery Pike for borrowing from Humbolt's work without acknowledgement; and saying that he did not know the reason for the delay in publishing material relating to Meriwether Lewis's journeys and discoveries; with slight mention of William Clark and Joseph Corria de Serra, Portuguese minister to the United States.

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Description

Thomas Jefferson Letters, 1784-1824.
18 items.
Arrangement: by adddition.
Reproductions of letters from Thomas Jefferson as detailed below.
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Addition of 1932
1 item.
Lent for copying by Jane Randolph Macdonell of San Francisco, Calif.
No restrictions.
Handwritten transcription of letter, 25 June 1823, from Thomas Jefferson to John Winn, William C. Rives, David M. Railey, John M. Railey, John Ormond, Horace Branham, and George W. Nichols declining an invitation to participate in the celebration of the approaching anniversary of the nation's birth.
   Folder 1
Accession of 1932
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Addition of 1944
10 items.
Lent for copying by Mrs. Harry Randolph Burke of Alexandria, Va.
No restrictions.
Photostats, chiefly letters, 1790, 1797, 1804, 1807, 1814, and 1824, from Jefferson to his daughter, Martha Jefferson Randolph, to Elizabeth H. Trist, to Nicholas Philip Trist, and to Thomas Mann Randolph, concerning family matters, political turmoil, his desire to return to Monticello, and the University of Virginia. Several short social notes written by Jefferson in Paris, 1784-1789, are also included.
   Folder 2
Addition of 1944
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Additions of 1944-1957
4 items.
Lent for copying or sent by various sources.
No restrictions.
Additions lent for reproduction or sent to the Manuscripts Department by various sources as detailed below.
   Folder 3
Handwritten copy and typed copy of letter, 24 April 1791, from Jefferson at Philadelphia to his daughter at Monticello about gardening and clothing (copied by J. G. de Roulhac Hamilton from the original in the possession of Cecil Shine of South Jacksonville, Fla., in 1944).
Photostat of letter from Monticello, 9 May 1817, in which Jefferson described plans for the building and grounds of the University of Virginia in Charlottesville (sent by Roy Armstrong of Chapel Hill, N.C., in October 1946).
Typed copy of a letter, 6 December 1813, from Jefferson to Baron Friederich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt thanking him for astronomical observations and atlases relating to Latin American countries and discussing the future of those countries; blaming English policy for the United States' having to exterminate Native Americans instead of amalgamating them peacefully; asking forgiveness for the late Zebulon Montgomery Pike for borrowing from Humbolt's work without acknowledgement; and saying that he did not know the reason for the delay in publishing material relating to Meriwether Lewis's journeys and discoveries; with slight mention of William Clark and Joseph Corria de Serra, Portuguese minister to the United States (sent by D. W. Heinemann in 1957).

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