Authors: Thomas Jefferson

1787–1789

Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom

“An Act for establishing religious Freedom.” Encyclopedia Virginia, Primary Documents. https://teachingamericanhistory.org/96jb. Whereas Almighty God hath created the mind free; that all attempts to influence it by temporal punishments or burthens, or by

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Inaugural Address (1805)

Thomas Jefferson, Inaugural Address Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/202013 PROCEEDING, fellow citizens, to that qualification which the constitution requires before my entrance

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1789–1825

Annual Message to Congress (1803)

Thomas Jefferson, “Thomas Jefferson, October 17, 1803, Annual Message,” in Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Thomas Jefferson, 1803, The Thomas Jefferson Papers at the Library of

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1789–1825

Opinion on the French Treaties

“IV. Opinion on the Treaties with France, 28 April 1793,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://teachingamericanhistory.org/vmoe. I PROCEED, in compliance with the requisition of the President, to give an opinion in writing

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1764–1787

Notes on the State of Virginia: Query 15

Thomas Jefferson, Notes on the State of Virginia (London: John Stockdale, 1787), 249-258. https://teachingamericanhistory.org/i1an. Query 15: The colleges and public establishments, the roads, buildings, &c.? The college of William and Mary is

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