Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 46 : 9 March to 5 July 1805 by Thomas ...

Name: Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 46 : 9 March to 5 July 1805 by Thomas ...
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The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 469 March to 5 July 1805\nAuthor(s): Thomas Jefferson, James P. McClure\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Princeton University Press, United States\nImprint: Princeton University Press\nISBN-13: 9780691230740, 978-0691230740\nSynopsis\nA definitive scholarly edition of the correspondence and papers of Thomas Jefferson\n\nCongress adjourns early in March, and Jefferson goes home to Monticello for a month. After his return to Washington, he corresponds with territorial governors concerning appointments to legislative councils. He peruses information about Native American tribes, Spanish and French colonial settlements, and the geography of the Louisiana Territory. He seeks the consent of Spanish authorities to a [url] exploration along the Red River while asserting privately that Spain has met our advances with jealousy, secret malice, and ill faith. A new law extends civil authority over foreign warships in [url] harbors, and he considers using it al.