Thomas Jefferson - Writings

Writings

  • A Summary View of the Rights of British America (1774)
  • Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms (1775)
  • Memorandums taken on a journey from Paris into the southern parts of France and Northern Italy, in the year 1787
  • Notes on the State of Virginia (1781)
  • Plan for Establishing Uniformity in the Coinage, Weights, and Measures of the United States A report submitted to Congress (1790)
  • Manual of Parliamentary Practice for the Use of the Senate of the United States (1801)
  • Autobiography (1821)
  • Jefferson Bible, or The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth

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