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Books about Thomas Jefferson:

• An Epitome of the Life and Character of Thomas Jefferson (Wilmington, DE: Printed by J. Wilson, 1800), by John James Beckley (HTML at Evans TCP)
• Thomas Jefferson: Fighter for Freedom and Human Rights (previously published as "The Way of an Eagle"; New York: F. Ungar Pub. Co., c1961), by Sonia Medvedeva Daugherty, illust. by James Daugherty (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Heritage of Jefferson (New York: Workers School, 1943), by Claude G. Bowers, Earl Browder, and Francis Franklin (PDF at flvc.org)
• The Domestic Life of Thomas Jefferson, Compiled From Family Letters and Reminiscences, by His Great-Granddaughter (New York: Harper and Bros., 1871), by Sarah N. Randolph (page images and uncorrected OCR text at MOA)
• Jefferson (New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, c1926), by Albert Jay Nock (PDF at mises.org)
• Autobiography, by Thomas Jefferson
  • HTML at Virginia
  • HTML at Bibliomania
• The Life and Times of Thomas Jefferson (New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1903), by Thomas E. Watson
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust
• Life of Thomas Jefferson (revised electronic edition), by B. L. Rayner, ed. by Eyler Coates (HTML at Virginia)
• Thomas Jefferson: A Character Sketch, by Edward Sylvester Ellis (Gutenberg text)
• Thomas Jefferson as an Architect and a Designer of Landscapes (Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1913), by W. A. Lambeth and Warren H. Manning
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust
• Garden Book (manuscript and transcription; written 1766-1824), by Thomas Jefferson (HTML and page images with commentary at masshist.org)
• The Bloom of Monticello (Richmond, VA: Whittet and Shepperson, 1926), by Elizabeth Hatcher Sadler
  • illustrated HTML at Celebration of Women Writers
  • page images at HathiTrust
• Famous Presidents: Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Lincoln, Grant (Boston et al.: Educational Pub. Co., c1903), by Helen M. Campbell (page images at HathiTrust)
• Six Historic Americans: Paine, Jefferson, Washington, Franklin, Lincoln, Grant, the Fathers and Saviors of Our Republic, Freethinkers (New York: Truth Seeker Co., ca. 1906), by John E. Remsburg
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust
• Thomas Jefferson and the National Capital (National Park Service source book series #4; Washington, GPO, 1946), ed. by Saul Kussiel Padover, contrib. by Thomas Jefferson (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Little Journeys to the Homes of American Statesmen, by Elbert Hubbard (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)

• A Calendar of the Jefferson Papers of the University of Virginia (2006), by University of Virginia Library (frame-dependent HTML at Virginia)

• A Further Checklist of the Separate Editions of Jefferson's Notes on the State of Virginia (Charlottesville: Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia, 1950), by Coolie Verner (page images at HathiTrust)
• Thomas Jefferson, 1981-1990: An Annotated Bibliography, ed. by Frank Shuffelton (searchable HTML at Virginia)
• Thomas Jefferson: A Comprehensive, Annotated Bibliography of Writings About Him (1826-1980), ed. by Frank Shuffelton (searchable HTML at Virginia)

• The Literary Bible of Thomas Jefferson: His Commonplace Book of Philosophers and Poets (Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press; Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, 1928), by Thomas Jefferson, ed. by Gilbert Chinard (page images at HathiTrust)

• Jefferson and His Colleagues: A Chronicle of the Virginia Dynasty, by Allen Johnson (Gutenberg text)

• Intellectual Life in Jefferson's Virginia, 1790-1830 (Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, c1964), by Richard Beale Davis (PDF at Tennessee)

• A Calendar of the Jefferson Papers of the University of Virginia (2006), by University of Virginia Library (frame-dependent HTML at Virginia)

• Jefferson-Hemings Scholars Commission Report on the Jefferson-Hemings Matter (2001), by Jefferson-Hemings Scholars Commission
  • PDF files at waybackmachine.org
  • PDF files at archive.org

• Jefferson-Hemings Scholars Commission Report on the Jefferson-Hemings Matter (2001), by Jefferson-Hemings Scholars Commission
  • PDF files at waybackmachine.org
  • PDF files at archive.org

• Clotel, or The President's Daughter: A Narrative of Slave Life in the United States (London: Partridge and Oakley, 1853), by William Wells Brown (illustrated HTML and TEI with commentary at UNC)
• Clotelle (Boston: J. Redpath, 1864), by William Wells Brown (page images and uncorrected OCR text at Indiana)
• Clotelle, or, The Colored Heroine (Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1867), by William Wells Brown (page images and uncorrected OCR text at Indiana)
• Clotelle, or The Colored Heroine, by William Wells Brown (Gutenberg text)

• A Calendar of the Jefferson Papers of the University of Virginia (2006), by University of Virginia Library (frame-dependent HTML at Virginia)

• A Further Checklist of the Separate Editions of Jefferson's Notes on the State of Virginia (Charlottesville: Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia, 1950), by Coolie Verner (page images at HathiTrust)

Books by Thomas Jefferson:

• Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826: Autobiography
  • HTML at Virginia
  • HTML at Bibliomania
• Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826: Cod and Whale Fisheries: Report of Hon. Thomas Jefferson, Secretary of State, on the Subject of Cod and Whale Fisheries, Made to the House of Representatives, February 1, 1791; Also, Report of Lorenzo Sabine, Esq., on the Principal Fisheries of the American Seas (short Jefferson/State report, and longer Sabine report; 1872), also by Lorenzo Sabine, contrib. by United States Department of State
  • multiple formats at Google
  • page images at HathiTrust
• Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826, trans.: A Commentary and Review of Montesquieu's Spirit of Laws, by Antoine Louis Claude Destutt de Tracy (HTML at econlib.org)
• Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826, contrib.: Constitution, Jefferson's Manual, and Rules of the House of Representatives of the United States, by United States House of Representatives (partial serial archives)
• Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826, contrib.: Copy of a Letter from Benjamin Banneker, to the Secretary of State, With His Answer (Philadelphia: D. Lawrence, 1792), by Benjamin Banneker
  • HTML at UMD
  • HTML at Evans TCP
• Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826, contrib.: A Declaration by the Representatives of the United States of America, in General Congress Assembled (Philadelphia: Printed by John Dunlap, 1776), by United States
  • page image at Yale
  • page image at loc.gov
  • page image with commentary at masshist.org
  • George Washington's copy (bottom cut off; black and white scan): page images at loc.gov
  • transcription: HTML at Evans TCP
• Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826, contrib.: A Declaration by the Representatives of the United States of America, in General Congress Assembled (Newport, RI: Printed by S. Southwick, 1776), by United States
  • with note of Rhode Island Assembly ratification, dated July 12: multiple formats at archive.org
  • without note of Rhode Island Assembly ratification: multiple formats at archive.org
  • without note of Rhode Island Assembly ratification: HTML at Evans TCP
• Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826, contrib.: Declaration, by the Representatives of the United States of America, in General Congress Assembled (believed to be one of the Gill, Powars and Willis printings, 1776), by United States (page image at digitalcommonwealth.org)
• Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826, contrib.: A Declaration by the Representatives of the United States of America, in General Congress Assembled (Salem, MA: Printed by E. Russell, 1776), by United States (page image at masshist.org)
• Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826, contrib.: Declaration of Independence, by United States (multiple editions)
• Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826, contrib.: Declaration of Independence, by United States (HTML and images with commentary at archives.gov)
• Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826, contrib.: Declaration of Independence, by United States (Gutenberg text)
• Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826, contrib.: Eine Erklärung durch die Repräsentanten der Bereinigten Staaten von America, im General-Congress Versammelt (first translation of the Declaration of Independence; in German; Philadelphia: Steiner and Cist, 1776; with added commentary in German and English), by United States (page images and HTML at Wayback Machine)
• Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826: Garden Book (manuscript and transcription; written 1766-1824) (HTML and page images with commentary at masshist.org)
• Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826, contrib.: History of the Expedition Under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark, to the Sources of the Missouri, Thence Across the Rocky Mountains and Down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean (2 volumes; Philadelphia: Bradford and Inskeep; New York: Abm. H. Inskeep, 1814), by Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, and Nicholas Biddle, ed. by Paul Allen
  • both volumes: page images at HathiTrust
  • Volume I: Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML
  • Volume I: multiple formats at archive.org
  • volume I: page images at LOC
  • Volume II: Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML
  • Volume II: multiple formats at archive.org
  • volume II: page images at LOC
• Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826, contrib.: How the President, Thomas Jefferson, and Doctor Benjamin Waterhouse Established Vaccination as a Public Health Procedure (New York: The author, 1936), by Robert H. Halsey, also contrib. by Benjamin Waterhouse (page images at HathiTrust)
• Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826: The Jefferson Bible: The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth Extracted Textually from the Gospels, ed. by Eyler Robert Coates (HTML at angelfire.com)
• Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826: The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth Extracted Textually from the Gospels (HTML at nothingistic.org)
• Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826: The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth Extracted Textually from the Gospels (St. Louis, Chicago, and New York: N. D. Thompson Publishing Co., c1902) (HTML with commentary at sacred-texts.com)
• Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826: Life, Sayings and Words of Jesus, Selected and Arranged by Thomas Jefferson, Father of Democracy and Writer of the Declaration of Independence, Illustrated With Scenes From the Life of Christ and Containing a Collection of Best Beloved Hymns and Anthems (Cleveland and New York: World Pub. Co., c1940), ed. by Douglas E. Lurton (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826: The Literary Bible of Thomas Jefferson: His Commonplace Book of Philosophers and Poets (Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press; Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, 1928), ed. by Gilbert Chinard (page images at HathiTrust)
• Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826, contrib.: Manifesto da Independencia dos Estados Unidos d'America (in Portuguese; Lisbon: Na Typ. Morandiana, 1821), by United States (page images at JSTOR)
• Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826: A Manual of Parliamentary Practice for the Use of the Senate of the United States (Washington: Davis and Force, 1820) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826: Message from the President of the United States, Communicating Discoveries Made in Exploring the Missouri, Red River, and Washita, by Captains Lewis and Clark, Doctor Sibley, and Mr. Dunbar, With a Statistical Account of the Countries Adjacent (New York: Printed by Hopkins and Seymour, 1806) (Javascript-dependent page images at americanjourneys.org)
• Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826: Notes on the State of Virginia (multiple editions, annotated; 2014), ed. by John O'Brien and Brad Pasanek (multimedia at jefferson-notes.org)
• Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826: Selected writings and commentary (HTML at Virginia)
• Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826, contrib.: The Speeches, Addresses, and Messages of the Several Presidents of the United States at the Openings of Congress and at Their Respective Inaugurations; Also, the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution of the United States, and Washington's Farewell Address to His Fellow-Citizens (Philadelphia: R. Desilver, 1825), also contrib. by George Washington, John Adams, James Madison, James Monroe, and John Quincy Adams (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826: A Summary View of the Rights of British America: Set Forth in Some Resolutions Intended for the Inspection of the Present Delegates of the People of Virginia, Now in Convention (first edition; Williamsburg: Printed by C. Rind, 1774)
  • page images and HTML with commentary at monticello.org
  • multiple formats at archive.org
• Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826: A Summary View of the Rights of British America: Set Forth in Some Resolutions Intended for the Inspection of the Present Delegates of the People of Virginia, Now in Convention (Philadelphia: Reprinted by J. Dunlap, 1774)
  • HTML at Evans TCP
  • multiple formats at archive.org
• Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826: A Summary View of the Rights of British America: Set Forth in Some Resolutions Intended for the Inspection of the Present Delegates of the People of Virginia, Now in Convention (with an added preface by "Tribunus", attributed to Lee; London: Reprinted for G. Kearsly, 1774), contrib. by Arthur Lee (page images at HathiTrust)
• Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826: A Summary View of the Rights of British America: Set Forth in Some Resolutions Intended for the Inspection of the Present Delegates of the People of Virginia, Now in Convention (with an added preface by "Tribunus", attributed to Lee; second edition; London: Reprinted for G. Kearsly, 1774), contrib. by Arthur Lee (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826, contrib.: Thomas Jefferson and the National Capital (National Park Service source book series #4; Washington, GPO, 1946), ed. by Saul Kussiel Padover (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826: Thomas Jefferson on Politics and Government, ed. by Eyler Robert Coates (HTML at Virginia)
• Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826, contrib.: The True Republican: Containing The Inaugural Addresses, Together With the First Annual Addresses and Messages of All the Presidents of the United States, from 1789 to 1845, Together With Their Farewell Addresses (Philadelphia: W.A. Leary, 1846), ed. by Jonathan French, also contrib. by George Washington, John Adams, James Madison, James Monroe, John Quincy Adams, Andrew Jackson, Martin Van Buren, William Henry Harrison, John Tyler, and James K. Polk
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust
• Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826, contrib.: The Unanimous Declaration of the Thirteen United States of America (Baltimore: Printed by Mary Katharine Goddard, 1777), by United States
  • page image at masshist.org
  • page image and HTML at loc.gov
• Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826: The Writings of Thomas Jefferson (definitive edition, 20 volumes; Washington: Thomas Jefferson Memorial Association, 1905-1907), ed. by Albert Ellery Bergh (page images at HathiTrust)

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