The Works of Thomas Jefferson Vol. VIII (in 12 Volumes): Correspondence 1793-1798

Few men stand with as towering a stature in the annals of American legend as THOMAS JEFFERSON (1743-1826). Author of the Declaration of Independence and third president of the United States he ranks as one of the most significant of the United States Founding Fathers his political philosophies continuing to impact the nation to this day. In the late 19th century American biographer PAUL LEICESTER FORD (1865-1902) assembled this collection of Jeffersons most important most influential and most revealing writings. This replica of the 12-volume Federal Edition of 1904 is considered a masterpiece of historical scholarship praised for its attention to detail as well as its objective dispassion toward its subject. Here in Volume VIII discover: - Jeffersons itinerary and chronology 1793-1798 - letters from 1793-1798 to such persons as Eli Whitney Archibald Stuart Edmond Charles Genet Henry Tazewell Edward Rutledge and others - papers including Opinion on Neutral Trade Drafts of the Kentucky Resolutions of 1798 and others.