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The Writings of Thomas Jefferson, Vol. 8

by Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)

149 chapters, about 202,000 words. The text is in the public domain in the United States and comes from Project Gutenberg.

Chapters

1. Chapter 1 400 words
2. BOOK III--PART III. REPLIES TO PUBLIC ADDRESSES. 400 words
3. BOOK III.--Part IV. INDIAN ADDRESSES. 300 words
4. INAUGURATION ADDRESS.--MARCH 4, 1801. 1,900 words
5. FIRST ANNUAL MESSAGE.--DECEMBER 8, 1801. 3,200 words
6. SECOND ANNUAL MESSAGE.--DECEMBER 15, 1802. 2,200 words
7. SPECIAL MESSAGE.--JANUARY 28, 1802.[1] 300 words
8. SPECIAL MESSAGE.--FEBRUARY 24, 1803. 100 words
9. THIRD ANNUAL MESSAGE.--OCTOBER 17, 1803. 2,300 words
10. SPECIAL MESSAGE.--OCTOBER 21, 1803. 200 words
11. SPECIAL MESSAGE.--NOVEMBER 4, 1803. 300 words
12. SPECIAL MESSAGE.--DECEMBER 5, 1803. 300 words
13. SPECIAL MESSAGE.--JANUARY 16, 1804. 400 words
14. FOURTH ANNUAL MESSAGE.--NOVEMBER 8, 1804. 2,100 words
15. SECOND INAUGURAL ADDRESS.--MARCH 4, 1805. 2,100 words
16. FIFTH ANNUAL MESSAGE.--DECEMBER 3, 1805. 2,900 words
17. SPECIAL MESSAGE.--JANUARY 13, 1806. 1,200 words
18. SPECIAL MESSAGE--JANUARY 17, 1806. 400 words
19. SPECIAL MESSAGE.--FEBRUARY 3, 1806. 200 words
20. SPECIAL MESSAGE.--FEBRUARY 19, 1806. 500 words
21. SPECIAL MESSAGE.--MARCH 20, 1806. 200 words
22. SPECIAL MESSAGE.--APRIL 14, 1806. 300 words
23. SIXTH ANNUAL MESSAGE.--DECEMBER 2, 1806. 2,900 words
24. SPECIAL MESSAGE--DECEMBER 3, 1806. 300 words
25. SPECIAL MESSAGE.--JANUARY 22, 1807. 2,500 words
26. SPECIAL MESSAGE.--JANUARY 28, 1807. 100 words
27. SPECIAL MESSAGE.--JANUARY 31, 1807. 200 words
28. SPECIAL MESSAGE.--FEBRUARY 10, 1807. 1,100 words
29. SEVENTH ANNUAL MESSAGE.--OCTOBER 27, 1807. 2,600 words
30. SPECIAL MESSAGE.--JANUARY 20, 1808. 1,000 words
31. SPECIAL MESSAGE.--JANUARY 30, 1808. 300 words
32. SPECIAL MESSAGE.--JANUARY 30, 1808. 400 words
33. SPECIAL MESSAGE.--FEBRUARY 4, 1808. 500 words
34. SPECIAL MESSAGE.--FEBRUARY 19, 1808. 300 words
35. SPECIAL MESSAGE.--FEBRUARY 25, 1808. 200 words
36. SPECIAL MESSAGE.--MARCH 7, 1808. 500 words
37. SPECIAL MESSAGE.--MARCH 17, 1808. 200 words
38. SPECIAL MESSAGE.--MARCH 18, 1808. 200 words
39. SPECIAL MESSAGE.--MARCH 22, 1808. 600 words
40. EIGHTH ANNUAL MESSAGE.--NOVEMBER 8, 1808. 2,700 words
41. SPECIAL MESSAGE.--DECEMBER 30, 1808. 200 words
42. REPLIES TO PUBLIC ADDRESSES. 300 words
43. TO WILLIAM JUDD, ESQUIRE, CHAIRMAN. 300 words
44. TO THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE. 1,000 words
45. TO MESSRS. THOMAS, ELLICOT, AND OTHERS. 400 words
46. TO CAPTAIN JOHN THOMAS. 300 words
47. TO HIS EXCELLENCY GOVERNOR SMITH. 200 words
48. TO THE LEGISLATURE OF VERMONT. 1,300 words
49. TO MESSRS. ABNER WATKINS AND BERNARD TODD. 300 words
50. TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA. 1,600 words
51. TO THE LEGISLATURE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. 400 words
52. TO HIS EXCELLENCY GOVERNOR LANGDON. 200 words
53. TO HIS EXCELLENCY GOVERNOR LANGDON. (PRIVATE.) 1,200 words
54. TO A PORTION OF THE CITIZENS OF BOSTON. 600 words
55. TO THE MEMBERS OF THE BALTIMORE BAPTIST ASSOCIATION. 300 words
56. TO THE MEMBERS OF THE KETOCTON BAPTIST ASSOCIATION. 600 words
57. TO TABER FITCH, ESQ., CHAIRMAN. 1,900 words
58. TO THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA. 600 words
59. TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF VIRGINIA. 800 words
60. TO JOHN GASSAWAY, ESQ. 200 words
61. TO CAPTAIN JOSEPH ----, JR. 800 words
62. TO GOVERNOR TOMPKINS. 300 words
63. TO GENERAL JAMES ROBERTSON. 600 words
64. TO CAPTAIN QUIN MORTON. 500 words
65. TO THE CITIZENS OF WASHINGTON. 400 words
66. TO THE REPUBLICANS OF GEORGETOWN. 300 words
67. TO STEPHEN CROSS, ESQ., TOPSHAM. 1,400 words
68. TO THE CITIZENS OF ALLEGHANY COUNTY, IN MARYLAND. 700 words
69. TO HIS EXCELLENCY GOVERNOR WRIGHT. 500 words
70. TO THE REPUBLICANS OF QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY. 400 words
71. TO JONATHAN LOW, ESQ., HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT. 600 words
72. I. 1,700 words
73. II. 2,700 words
74. III. 400 words
75. IV. 300 words
76. V. 900 words
77. VI. 1,100 words
78. VII. 1,100 words
79. VIII. 1,300 words
80. IX. 700 words
81. X. 1,200 words
82. XI. 1,000 words
83. XII. 1,200 words
84. XIII. 600 words
85. XIV. 1,200 words
86. XV. 900 words
87. XVI. 200 words
88. XVII. 200 words
89. XVIII. 700 words
90. XIX. 700 words
91. XX. 900 words
92. XXI. 1,000 words
93. XXII. 1,000 words
94. XXIII. 300 words
95. XXIV. 800 words
96. XXV. 600 words
97. XXVI. 1,300 words
98. XXVII. 1,100 words
99. XXVIII. 700 words
100. APPENDIX TO PART II, OF BOOK III. 1,300 words
101. INTRODUCTORY TO BOOK IV. 200 words
102. QUERY I. 500 words
103. QUERY II. 4,600 words
104. QUERY IV. 1,100 words
105. QUERY V. 1,300 words
106. FOOTNOTE: 200 words
107. QUERY VI. 8,100 words
108. II. ABORIGINALS OF ONE ONLY. 200 words
109. III. DOMESTICATED IN BOTH. 5,600 words
110. BIRDS OF VIRGINIA. 1,400 words
111. [22] XIX. 2. 300 words
112. [34] XVIII. 146. 200 words
113. [37] XVIII. 146. 1,500 words
114. QUERY VII. 3,000 words
115. QUERY VIII. 1,300 words
116. QUERY IX. 600 words
117. QUERY XI. 3,700 words
118. INDIAN TRIBES. 200 words
119. QUERY XII. 200 words
120. QUERY XIII. 6,700 words
121. QUERY XIV. 7,100 words
122. QUERY XV. 1,500 words
123. QUERY XVI. 500 words
124. QUERY XVII. 2,000 words
125. QUERY XVIII. 600 words
126. QUERY XIX. 600 words
127. QUERY XX. 1,000 words
128. QUERY XXII. 1,000 words
129. QUERY XXIII. 6,400 words
130. APPENDIX. 4,700 words
131. POPE. 4,900 words
132. RELATIVE TO THE MURDER OF LOGAN'S FAMILY.[71] 1,600 words
133. JACOB NEWLAND. 500 words
134. HARRY INNES. 400 words
135. WILLIAM ROBINSON. 200 words
136. STEVENS THOMPSON MASON. 200 words
137. ANDREW RODGERS. 1,700 words
138. JOHN HECKEWELDER. 1,900 words
139. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF PEYTON RANDOLPH. 1,200 words
140. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF MERIWETHER LEWIS.[79] 5,200 words
141. [79] TO MR. PAUL ALLEN, PHILADELPHIA. 200 words
142. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF GENERAL KOSCIUSKO. 900 words
143. ANECDOTES OF DOCTOR FRANKLIN.[80] 1,500 words
144. [80] TO ROBERT WALSH, ESQ. 500 words
145. CONTENTS.[81] 300 words
146. PREFACE. 700 words
147. THE BATTURE AT NEW-ORLEANS. 23,000 words
148. FOOTNOTES: 3,600 words
149. FOREIGN RELATIONS--40, 47, 62, 85, 102, 106. 700 words

Ideas discussed in this book

• Abortion
• Common law
• Court
• Legislature
• Monticello
• New York (state)
• North America
• Oligarchy
• Widow

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