Collection Summary
Title | Thomas Jefferson papers, 1606-1943 |
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Span Dates | 1606-1943 |
Bulk Dates | (bulk 1775-1826) |
ID No. | MSS27748 |
Creator | Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 |
Extent | 25,000 items ; 225 containers plus 9 oversize ; 90 linear feet ; 65 microfilm reels |
Language | Collection material in English |
Location | Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. |
Summary | United States president, vice president, and secretary of state; diplomat, architect, inventor, planter, and philosopher. Correspondence, official statements and addresses, including a rough draft of the Declaration of Independence, plantation and personal accounts, notebook, fee book, case book, garden book, farm book, calculations of interest, records of early Virginia laws and history and other writings on political, legal, educational, and scientific matters, newspaper clippings, and other papers. |
Finding Aid Permalink | Cite or bookmark this finding aid as: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms008069 |
LCCN Permalink | LC Online Catalog record for this collection: http://lccn.loc.gov/mm76027748 |