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Preface......................................................xxv Introduction..............................................xxxiii 1. "The great Work of Confederation, draggs heavily on"...........1 May 1777-October 1781 * 1777 * Jefferson to Adams 7 Williamsburg, May 16......................4 Adams to Jefferson 7 Philadelphia, May 26......................5 Jefferson to Adams 7 Albemarle in Virginia, August 21..........7 Jefferson to Adams 7 Williamsburg, December 17.................8 * 1780 * Adams to Jefferson * Paris, June 29 ..........................10 * 1781 * Jefferson to Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and John Jay 7 Virginia, October 5 ...............................11 2. "The Subject of a Treaty of Commerce".........................11 June 1784-September 1785 * 1784 * Jefferson to Adams * Boston, June 19 .........................16 Jefferson to Adams * On board the Ceres off Scilly, July 24...................................................17 Jefferson to Adams and Franklin * Paris, October 17...........17 * 1785 * Jefferson to Adams and Franklin * [Paris], March 1............18 Adams to Franklin and Jefferson * Auteuil, March 20...........18 Adams to Jefferson * Auteuil, May 19..........................20 Adams to Jefferson * Montreuil sur mer, May 22................21 Adams to Jefferson * Calais, May 23...........................22 Jefferson to Adams * Paris, May 25............................22 Adams to Jefferson * London, May 27...........................23 Adams to Jefferson * London, May 27...........................24 Adams to Franklin and Jefferson * London, May 29..............25 Jefferson to Adams * Paris, June 2............................26 Adams to Jefferson * London, June 3...........................27 Abigail Adams to Jefferson * London, June 6...................28 Adams to Jefferson * London, June 7...........................31 Franklin and Jefferson to Adams * Passy, June 15..............32 Adams to Franklin and Jefferson * London, June 20.............33 Adams to Franklin and Jefferson * London, June 20.............33 Jefferson to Abigail Adams * Paris, June 21...................33 Jefferson to Adams * Paris, June 22...........................36 Jefferson to Abigail Adams * Paris, July 7....................37 Jefferson to Adams * Paris, July 7............................38 Franklin and Jefferson to Adams * Passy, July 8...............40 Jefferson to Adams * Paris, July 11...........................40 Adams to Jefferson * London, July 16..........................41 Adams to Jefferson * London, July 18..........................42 Adams to Jefferson * London, July 24..........................43 Jefferson to Adams * Paris, July 28...........................44 Jefferson to Adams * Paris, July 31...........................46 Adams to Jefferson * London, August 4.........................48 Jefferson to Adams * Paris August 6...........................49 Adams to Jefferson * London, August 7.........................50 Jefferson to Adams * Paris, August 10.........................52 Jefferson to Adams * Paris, August 17.........................53 Adams to Jefferson * London, August 18........................54 Abigail Adams to Jefferson * London, August 21................55 Adams to Jefferson * London, August 23........................56 Jefferson to Abigail Adams * Paris, September 4...............57 Jefferson to Adams * Paris, September 4.......................58 Jefferson to Adams * Paris, September 4.......................59 Jefferson to Adams * Paris, September 4.......................60 Adams to Jefferson * London, September 4......................60 Abigail Adams to Jefferson * London, September 6..............61 Adams to Jefferson * London, September 11.....................62 Adams to Jefferson * London, September 11.....................63 Adams to Jefferson * London, September 15.....................63 Adams to Jefferson * London, September 16.....................64 Adams to Jefferson * London, September 18.....................65 Jefferson to Adams * Paris, September 19......................65 Jefferson to Adams * Paris, September 24......................65 Jefferson to Adams * Paris, September 24......................68 Jefferson to Abigail Adams * Paris, September 25..............69 3. "As We are poor We ought to be (Economists"...................72 September 1785-February 1786 * 1785 * Adams to Jefferson * London, September 25 ....................75 Adams to Jefferson * London, October 2-5......................75 Adams to Jefferson * London, October 3-5 .....................77 Jefferson to Adams * Paris, October 5 ........................78 Abigail Adams to Jefferson * London, October 7................79 Jefferson to Abigail Adams * Paris, October 11................80 Jefferson to Adams * Paris, October 11........................81 Jefferson to Adams * Paris, October 18........................83 Abigail Adams to Jefferson * London, October 19...............84 Adams to Jefferson * London, October 24.......................85 Abigail Adams to Jefferson * London, October 25...............86 Adams to Jefferson * London, November 1.......................87 Adams to Jefferson * London, November 4.......................88 Adams to Jefferson * London, November 5.......................90 Jefferson to Adams * Paris, November 19.......................94 Jefferson to Abigail Adams * Paris, November 20...............97 Abigail Adams to Jefferson * London, November 24..............99 Jefferson to Adams * Paris, November 27......................100 Adams to Jefferson * London, December 2......................103 Jefferson to Adams * Paris, December 10......................104 Jefferson to Abigail Adams * Paris, December 11..............105 Jefferson to Adams * Paris, December 11......................106 Adams to Jefferson * London, December 13.....................106 Abigail Adams to Jefferson * London, December 20.............108 Adams to Jefferson * London, December 20.....................109 Jefferson to Abigail Adams * Paris, December 27..............110 Jefferson to Adams 7 Paris, December 27......................111 * 1786 * Jefferson to Adams * Paris, January 12.......................112 Jefferson to Adams * Paris, January 12.......................114 Adams to Jefferson * London, January 19 .....................114 Adams to Jefferson * London, January 28 .....................117 Jefferson to Adams * Paris, February 7.......................118 Abigail Adams to Jefferson * London, February................119 Adams to Jefferson * London, February 17.....................121 Adams to Jefferson * London, February 21.....................123 Adams to Jefferson * London, February 25.....................124 4. "Abate the ardor of those pyrates against us"................125 May 1786-January 1787 * 1786 * Jefferson to Adams * Paris, May 11...........................129 Adams to Jefferson * London, May 16 .........................130 Jefferson to Adams * Paris, May 17...........................130 Adams to Jefferson * London, May 23 .........................131 Jefferson to Adams * Paris, May 30...........................132 Jefferson to Adams * Paris, May 30 ..........................132 Adams to Jefferson * London, June 6 .........................133 Jefferson to Adams - Paris, June 16..........................134 Jefferson to Adams * Paris, June 23 .........................135 Adams to Jefferson * London, June 25.........................136 Adams to Jefferson * London, June 26.........................137 Adams to Jefferson * London, June 29.........................138 Adams to Jefferson * London, July 3 .........................138 Jefferson to Adams * Paris, July 9 ..........................140 Jefferson to Adams * Paris, July 11..........................142 Adams to Jefferson London, July 16 .........................144 Abigail Adams to Jefferson * London, July 23.................145 Adams to Jefferson London, July 31 .........................146 Jefferson to Adams * Paris, August 8 ........................148 Jefferson to Abigail Adams * Paris, August 9.................148 Jefferson to Adams * Paris, August 13........................150 Jefferson to Adams * Paris, August 27 .......................151 Adams to Jefferson * London, September 11....................152 Jefferson to Adams * Paris, September 26 ....................154 Jefferson to Adams * Paris, October 23.......................155 Jefferson to Adams * Paris, October 27.......................155 Adatms to Jefferson * London, November 30 ...................156 Jefferson to Abigail Adams * Paris, [Nov.]...................157 Jefferson to Adams * Paris, December 20......................157 Jefferson to Abigail Adams * Paris, December 21..............159 * 1787 * Jefferson to Adams * Paris, January 11.......................159 Jefferson to Adams * Paris, January 19.......................160 Adams to Jefferson * London, January 25 .....................161 5. "The first principle of a good government"...................163 January-October 1787 * 1787 * Abigail Adams to Jefferson * London, January 29..............168 Jefferson to Adams * Paris, February 6.......................169 Jefferson to Adams * Paris, February 14......................171 Jefferson to Adams * Paris, February 20......................171 Adams to Jefferson * London, February 20.....................172 Jefferson to Abigail Adams * Paris, February 22..............172 Jefferson to Adams * Paris, February 23......................174 Jefferson to Adams * Paris, February 28......................175 Adams to Jefferson * London, March 1.........................175 Adams to Jefferson * London, April 18........................177 Abigail Adams to Jefferson * London, June 26.................178 Abigail Adams to Jefferson * London, June 27.................179 Jefferson to Abigail Adams * Paris, July 1...................179 Jefferson to Adams * Paris, July 1...........................180 Abigail Adams to Jefferson * London, July 6..................183 Jefferson to Abigail Adams * Paris, July 10..................184 Abigail Adams to Jefferson * London, July 10.................185 Adams to Jefferson * London, July 10.........................187 Jefferson to Abigail Adams * Paris, July 16..................188 Jefferson to Adams * Paris, July 17..........................189 Jefferson to Adams * Paris, July 23..........................189 Jefferson to Adams * Paris, July 28..........................190 Adams to Jefferson * London, August 25.......................191 Jefferson to Abigail Adams * Paris, August 30................192 Jefferson to Adams * Paris, August 30........................194 Adams to Jefferson * London, September 6.....................196 Abigail Adams to Jefferson * London, September 10............197 Adams to Jefferson * London, September 16....................198 Jefferson to Adams * Paris, September 28.....................199 Jefferson to Abigail Adams * Paris, October 4................201 Adams to Jefferson * London, October 9.......................202 Adams to Jefferson * London, October 28......................203 6. "On... Guard against the immeasurable avarice of Amsterdam".................................................205 November 1787-May 1789 * 1787 * Adams to Jefferson * London, November 10.....................210 Jefferson to Adams * Paris, November 13......................211 Abigail Adams to Jefferson * London, December 5..............213 Adams to Jefferson * London, December 6......................213 Adams to Jefferson * London, December 10.....................214 Abigail Adams to Jefferson * London, December 10............215 Jefferson to Adams * Paris, December 12......................215 Jefferson to Adams * Paris, December 16 .....................216 Adams to Jefferson * London, December 18.....................217 Adams to Jefferson * London, December 25.....................218 Jefferson to Adams * Paris, December 31......................219 * 1788 * Jefferson to Adams * Paris, January 13.......................221 Adams to Jefferson * London, January 31......................221 Jefferson to Abigail Adams * Paris, February 2...............222 Jefferson to Adams * Paris, February 6.......................223 Adams to Jefferson * London, February 12.....................224 Jefferson to Adams * Paris, February 20......................226 Abigail Adams to Jefferson * London, February 21.............226 Abigail Adams to Jefferson * London, February 26.............227 Jefferson to Adams * Paris, March 2..........................228 Adams to Jefferson * The Hague, March 17.....................229 Jefferson to Adams * Paris, August 2-6.......................229 Jefferson to Adams * Paris, December 5.......................231 * 1789 * Adams to Jefferson * Braintree, January 2....................234 Jefferson to Adams * Paris, January 14.......................234 Adams to Jefferson * Braintree, March 1......................236 Jefferson to Adams * Paris, May 10...........................237 7. "The Age of Experiments in Government".......................239 April 1790-March 1801 * 1790 * Jefferson to Adams * New York, April 20......................244 Jefferson to Adams * Philadelphia, November 26...............245 * 1791 * Jefferson to Adams * Philadelphia, April 8...................245 Jefferson to Adams * Philadelphia, July 17...................245 Adams to Jefferson * Braintree, July 29......................247 Jefferson to Adams * Philadelphia, August 30.................250 Jefferson to Adams * Philadelphia, November 25...............252 * 1793 * Jefferson to Adams * Philadelphia, March 1...................252 * 1794 * Adams to Jefferson * Philadelphia, April 4...................253 Jefferson to Adams * Monticello, April 25....................253 Adams to Jefferson * Philadelphia, May 11....................254 Adams to Jefferson * Philadelphia, November 21...............255 * 1795 * Adams to Jefferson * Philadelphia, February 5................256 Jefferson to Adams * Monticello, February 6..................257 Jefferson to Adams * Monticello, May 27......................258 * 1796 * Adams to Jefferson * Philadelphia, January 31...............258 Jefferson to Adams * Monticello, February 28................259 Adams to Jefferson * Philadelphia, April 6..................261 Jefferson to Adams * Monticello, December 28................262 * 1801 * Adams to Jefferson * Washington, February 20................263 Jefferson to Adams * Washington, March 8....................264 Adams to Jefferson * Quincy, March 24.......................264 8. "Faithfull are the wounds of a Friend"......................265 May-October 1804 * 1804 * Abigail Adams to Jefferson * Quincy, May 20.................268 Jefferson to Abigail Adams * Washington, June 13............269 Abigail Adams to Jefferson * Quincy, July 1.................271 Jefferson to Abigail Adams * Washington, July 22............274 Abigail Adams to Jefferson * Quincy, August 18..............276 Jefferson to Abigail Adams * Monticello, September 11.......278 Abigail Adams to Jefferson * Quincy, October 25.............280
9. "Whether you or I were right Posterity must judge"..........283 January 1812-June 1813 * 1812 * Adams to Jefferson * Quincy, January 1......................290 Jefferson to Adams * Monticello, January 21.................290 Jefferson to Adams * Monticello, January 23.................292 Adams to Jefferson * Quincy, February 3.....................293 Adams to Jefferson * Quincy, February 10....................296 Jefferson to Adams * Monticello, April 20...................298 Adams to Jefferson * Quincy, May 1..........................300 Adams to Jefferson * Quincy, May 3..........................302 Adams to Jefferson * Quincy, May 21.........................304 Jefferson to Adams * Monticello, June 11....................305 Adams to Jefferson * Quincy, June 28........................308 Adams to Jefferson * Quincy, October 12.....................311 Jefferson to Adams * Monticello, December 28................315 * 1813 * Adams to Jefferson * Quincy, January 26.....................320 Jefferson to Adams * Monticello, May 27.....................323 Adams to Jefferson * Quincy, May 29.........................325 Adams to Jefferson * Quincy, June 10........................326 Adams to Jefferson * Quincy, June 11........................328 Adams to Jefferson * Quincy, June 14........................329 Jefferson to Adams * Monticello, June 15....................331 Adams to Jefferson * Quincy, June 25........................333 Jefferson to Adams * Monticello, June 27....................335 Adams to Jefferson * Quincy, June 28........................338 10: "Belief ... the assent of the mind to an intelligible proposition"............................................341 June-December 1813 * 1813 * Adams to Jefferson Quincy, June 30........................346 Adams to Jefferson * Quincy, July [3].......................349 Adams to Jefferson * Quincy, July 9.........................350 Adams to Jefferson * Quincy, July 12........................352 Adams to Jefferson * Quincy, July 13........................354 Adams to Jefferson * Quincy, July 15........................357 Adams to Jefferson * Quincy, July 16........................359 Adams to Jefferson * Quincy, July 18........................361 Adams to Jefferson * Quincy, July 22........................362 Adams to Jefferson * Quincy, August 9.......................364 Adams to Jefferson * Quincy, August [14?]...................365 Jefferson to Abigail Adams * Monticello, August 22..........366 Jefferson to Adams * Monticello, August 22..................367 Adams to Jefferson * Quincy, September 2....................370 Adams to Jefferson * Quincy, September 14...................372 Adams to Jefferson * Quincy, September 15...................375 Abigail Adams to Jefferson * Quincy, September 20...........377 Adams to Jefferson * Quincy, September 22...................378 Adams to Jefferson * Quincy, September [i.e., October 4] .........................................380 Jefferson to Adams * Monticello, October 12.................383 Jefferson to Adams * Monticello, October 28.................387 Adams to Jefferson * Quincy, November 12....................392 Adams to Jefferson * Quincy, November 14....................394 Adams to Jefferson * Quincy, November 15....................397 Adams to Jefferson * Quincy, December 3-13..................402 Adams to Jefferson * Quincy, December 19....................406 Adams to Jefferson * Quincy, December 25....................409 11. "The Eighteenth Century ... most honourable to human Nature".................................................414 January 1814-May 1816 * 1814 * Jefferson to Adams * Monticello, January 24.................421 Adams to Jefferson * Quincy, February [-March 3]............426 Jefferson to Adams * Monticello, May 18 ....................430 Jefferson to Adams * Monticello, July 5.....................430 Adams to Jefferson * Quincy, July 16 .......................434 Adams to Jefferson * Quincy, October 28.....................439 Adams to Jefferson * Quincy, December 11....................440 Adams to Jefferson * Quincy, December 20....................441 * 1815 * Jefferson to Adams * Monticello, June 10....................441 Adams to Jefferson * Quincy, June 19........................443 Adams to Jefferson * Quincy, June 20........................445 Adams to Jefferson * Quincy, June 22........................446 Adams to Jefferson and Thomas McKean * Quincy, July 30.....................................................451 Jefferson to Adams * Monticello, August 10 [-11]............452 Adams to Jefferson * Quincy, August 24......................454 Adams to Jefferson * Quincy, November 13....................456 * 1816 * Jefferson to Adams * Monticello, January 11.................458 Adams to Jefferson * Quincy, February 2.....................461 Adams to Jefferson * Quincy, March 2........................464 Jefferson to Adams * Monticello, April 8....................466 Adams to Jefferson * Quincy, May 3..........................469 Adams to Jefferson * Quincy, May 6..........................472 12. "The advantages of education ... on the broad scale".......475 August 1816-December 1819 * 1816 * Jefferson to Adams * Monticello, August 1...................483 Adams to Jefferson * Quincy, August 9.......................485 Adams to Jefferson * Quincy, September 3....................487 Adams to Jefferson * Quincy, September 30...................489 Jefferson to Adams * Monticello, October 14.................490 Adams to Jefferson * Quincy, November 4.....................493 Jefferson to Adams * Poplar Forest, November 25.............495 Adams to Jefferson * Quincy, December 12....................499 Abigail Adams to Jefferson * Quincy, December 15............500 Adams to Jefferson * Quincy, December 16....................500 * 1817 * Jefferson to Abigail Adams * Monticello, January 11.........503 Jefferson to Adams * Monticello, January 11.................505 Adams to Jefferson * Quincy, February 2.....................506 Adams to Jefferson * Quincy, April 19.......................508 Abigail Adams to Jefferson * Quincy, April 29...............511 Jefferson to Adams * Monticello, May 5......................512 Jefferson to Abigail Adams * Monticello, May 15.............514 Adams to Jefferson * Quincy, May 18.........................515 Adams to Jefferson * Quincy, May 26.........................516 Adams to Jefferson * Quincy, July 15........................518 Jefferson to Adams * Poplar Forest, September 8.............519 Adams to Jefferson * Quincy, October 10.....................521 * 1818 * Adams to Jefferson * Quincy, January 28.....................522 Jefferson to Adams * Monticello, May 17.....................523 Adams to Jefferson * Quincy, May 29.........................525 Adams to Jefferson * Quincy, July 18........................527 Jefferson to Adams * Monticello, October 7..................528 Adams to Jefferson * Quincy, October 20.....................528 Jefferson to Adams * Monticello, November 13................529 Adams to Jefferson * Quincy, December 8.....................530 Adams to Jefferson * Quincy, December 30....................531 * 1819 * Jefferson to Adams * Monticello, January 19.................531 Adams to Jefferson * Quincy, January 29.....................532 Adams to Jefferson * Quincy, February 13....................533 Adams to Jefferson * Quincy, February 19....................534 Adams to Jefferson * Quincy, February 24....................534 Adams to Jefferson * Quincy, March 2........................535 Jefferson to Adams * Monticello, March 21...................536 Adams to Jefferson * Quincy, April 2........................539 Jefferson to Adams * Monticello, May 15.....................540 Adams to Jefferson * Quincy, May 21.........................540 Adams to Jefferson * Quincy, May 27.........................541 Adams to Jefferson * Quincy, June 22........................542 Jefferson to Adams * Monticello, July 9.....................543 Adams to Jefferson * Quincy, July 21........................545 Adams to Jefferson * Quincy, July 28........................546 Jefferson to Adams * Monticello, November 7.................546 Adams to Jefferson * Quincy, November 23....................547 Jefferson to Adams * Monticello, December 10................548 Adams to Jefferson * Quincy, December 21....................550 13. "Calms succeeding the storm which our Argosy... so stoutly weathered"...................................552 January 1820-April 1826 * 1820 * Adams to Jefferson * Quincy, January 20.....................559 Adams to Jefferson * Quincy, February 21....................560 Jefferson to Adams * Monticello, March 14...................561 Adams to Jefferson * Quincy, May 12.........................563 Jefferson to Adams * Monticello, August 15..................565 * 1821 * Jefferson to Adams * Monticello, January 22.................569 Adams to Jefferson * Quincy, February 3.....................571 Adams to Jefferson * Quincy, May 19.........................572 Adams to Jefferson * Quincy, August 20......................573 Jefferson to Adams * Monticello, September 12...............574 Adams to Jefferson * Quincy, September 24...................576 * 1822 * Jefferson to Adams * Monticello, June 1.....................577 Adams to Jefferson * Quincy, June 11........................579 Jefferson to Adams * Monticello, June 27....................580 Adams to Jefferson * Quincy, July 12........................581 Adams to Jefferson * Quincy, October 15.....................582 Jefferson to Adams * Monticello, November 1.................584 Adams to Jefferson * Quincy, December 2.....................585 * 1823 * Adams to Jefferson * Quincy, February 10....................587 Jefferson to Adams * Monticello, February 25................588 Adams to Jefferson * Quincy, March 10.......................590 Jefferson to Adams * Monticello, April 11...................591 Adams to Jefferson * Quincy, August 15......................594 Jefferson to Adams * Monticello, September 4................596 Adams to Jefferson * Quincy, September 18...................598 Jefferson to Adams * Monticello, October 12.................599 Adams to Jefferson * Quincy, November 10....................601 Adams to Jefferson * Quincy, December 29....................602 * 1824 * Jefferson to Adams * Monticello, July 11 .................. 603 Adams to Jefferson * Quincy, July 24 ...................... 603 Adams to Jefferson * Quincy, November 15 .................. 604 * 1825 * Jefferson to Adams * Monticello, January 8 .................605 Adams to Jefferson * Quincy, January 22 ....................606 Adams to Jefferson * Quincy, January 23 ....................607 Jefferson to Adams * Monticello, February 15................608 Adams to Jefferson * Quincy, February 25....................609 Adams to Jefferson * Quincy, April 19.......................610 Adams to Jefferson * Quincy, December 1.....................611 Jefferson to Adams * Monticello, December 18................612 * 1826 * Adams to Jefferson * Quincy, January 14 ....................613 Jefferson to Adams * Monticello, March 25...................613 Adams to Jefferson * Quincy, April 17.......................614 Index.......................................................615
JOHN ADAMS frontispiece Master Brown painted Jefferson's portrait in London in 1786 and this portrait of Adams in 1788. Jefferson had tried to prevail on Adams, through Adams's son-in-law, William Stephens Smith, to sit for his por- trait. Jefferson was collecting pictures of "principal American characters" and must not be disappointed of Mr. Adams's." Although Adams could spare little time, by early March of 1788 Brown was at last "busy about the pictures "--the portrait of Adams and a copy of the Jefferson. They were completed during that summer and delivered to Jefferson in August or September through the good offices of Trumbull. TJ to William Ste- phens Smith, Oct. 23, 1786, Boyd, X, 479; TJ to Smith, Feb. 2, 1788, ibid., XII, 558 ;John Trumbull to TJ, March 6, 1788, ibid., 647; John Trumbull to TJ, Aug. 15, 1788, ibid., XIII, 519; TJ to John Trumbull, Sept. 10, 1788, ibid., 597. (Courtesy of the Boston Athenaeum) ABIGAIL ADAMS facing page 138 This portrait by Ralph Earl was painted in England about 1785. A native of Massachusetts, Earl lived in England from 1778 until the summer or fall of 1785. Mrs. Adams may have sat for him not long after her arrival in London in May 1785. (Courtesy of the New York State Historical Asso- ciation, Cooperstown, New York) ADAMS HOUSE facing page 139 The house in Quincy, Massachusetts, was drawn by Sarah Apthorp in 1822. On the back of the drawing are the following two inscriptions: "S. Hull Adams says Drawn in 1822 by Sarah Apthorp, Quincy" and "Mrs. Anger from her friend Sarah Apthorp, Medford, August 9th, 1838." (Courtesy of the Adams National Historic Site, Quincy, Massachusetts, National Park Service, Department of the Interior) MONTICELLO facing page 17 Mrs. William Thornton, wife of Dr. William Thornton, Jefferson's architect friend, painted this watercolor of the west front of Monticello ca. 1804. She refers in her inscription to the house as "of brick, but in unfinished state." The northwest outbuilding (on the left), sometimes re- ferred to as the law office, or Colonel Randolph's study, was not actually completed until about 1809. Its appearance in the drawing indicates that Mrs. Thornton may have had access to a plan of the building. James A. Bear, Jr., Old Pictures of Monticello: An Essay in Historical Iconography (Charlottesville, Va., 1957), 9. (Courtesy of Mrs. Charles F. Harrison, Leesburg, Virginia) THOMAS JEFFERSON facing page 171 Although the exact date of this plaster bust by Jean Antoine Houdon is not known, Houdon was represented in the Paris Salon in the summer of 1789 by a plaster bust of "M. Sesserson, envoy des Stats de la Virginie." In his study of "The Life Portraits of Jefferson and their Replicas," Fiske Kimball describes Houdon's bust as "a work of the highest quality.... This is the Jefferson of the French Revolutionary era, with eye of fire, filled with enthusiasm for the rights of man." (American Philosophical Society, Proceedings, 85 [1944], 505). (Courtesy of the New York His- torical Society)ILLUSTRATIONS
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