To His Excellency Thomas Jefferson: Letters to a President

McLaughlin, Jack;Jefferson, Thomas

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ISBN 10: 0393030164 ISBN 13: 9780393030167

Published by W. W. Norton, New York, 1991

Language: English

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Title

To His Excellency Thomas Jefferson: Letters to a President

Publisher

W. W. Norton, New York

Publication Date

1991

Language

English

ISBN 10

0393030164

ISBN 13

9780393030167

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

First Edition.

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Very Good

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Very Good

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Letters written to Thomas Jefferson while he was president, as well as his replies, offer insight into life in early nineteenth-century America

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Editor McLaughlin has collected and briefly comments upon unsolicited letters from the American public to Jefferson during his presidency (1801-09). Uncovering this material while researching his recent Jefferson and Monticello: The Biography of a Builder ( LJ 4/15/88; an LJ "Best Book of 1988"), McLaughlin contends that these previously unpublished letters reflect the social history of the laboring class. He divides the book into sections about politics, patronage, literature, debt and justice, inventions, health, and letters from youth, women, lunatics, and lovers. Though he has unearthed some fascinating letters, McLaughlin provides little historical context and uncritically equates the unkown letter writers with the laboring class, which he never defines. Recommended for scholars in the field.
- David Szatmary, Univ. of Washington, Seattle
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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