Authors: Thomas Jefferson

1789–1825

Letter from Thomas Jefferson to Thomas Law (1814)

“Thomas Jefferson to Thomas Law, 13 June 1814,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://teachingamericanhistory.org/w119. Dear Sir,—The copy of your Second Thoughts on Instinctive Impulses, with the letter accompanying it, was received just

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1789–1825

Annual Message to Congress (1808)

Thomas Jefferson, “Thomas Jefferson, November 8, 1808,” in Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Thomas Jefferson, 1808, The Thomas Jefferson Papers at the Library of Congress: Series

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1789–1825

Annual Message to Congress (1807)

Thomas Jefferson, “Thomas Jefferson, October 27, 1807, Annual Message,” in Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Thomas Jefferson, 1807, The Thomas Jefferson Papers at the Library of

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1789–1825

Annual Message to Congress (1806)

Thomas Jefferson, “Thomas Jefferson to Congress, December 2, 1806,” in Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Thomas Jefferson, 1806, The Thomas Jefferson Papers at the Library of

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1789–1825

Annual Message to Congress (1805)

Thomas Jefferson, “Thomas Jefferson to Congress, December 3, 1805, Address,” in Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Thomas Jefferson, 1805, The Thomas Jefferson Papers at the Library

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1789–1825

Annual Message to Congress (1804)

Thomas Jefferson, “Thomas Jefferson, November 8, 1804, Annual Message, Draft and Printed Copy,” in Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Thomas Jefferson, 1804, The Thomas Jefferson Papers

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Annual Message to Congress (1802)

Thomas Jefferson, “Thomas Jefferson, December 15, 1802, Annual Message,” in Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Thomas Jefferson, 1802, The Thomas Jefferson Papers at the Library of

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1787–1789

Notes on the State of Virginia: Query 17

Thomas Jefferson, Notes on the State of Virginia (London: John Stockdale, 1787), 261-270. https://teachingamericanhistory.org/hldk. QUERY 17: The different religions received into that state? The first settlers in this country were emigrants from

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