History

Thomas Jefferson: Revolutionary?

ABSTRACT

Conferees considered foundational themes in the writings of Thomas Jefferson, including his understanding of liberty and self-government, and the significance—if any—those views have for understanding America today.

READING LIST

Conference Readings

Dreisbach, Daniel L. and Mark David Hall, eds. The Sacred Rights of Conscience: Selected Readings on Religious Liberty and Church-State Relations in the American Founding. Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, Inc., 2009.

Jefferson, Thomas. The Works of Thomas Jefferson, 12 Volumes. Edited by Paul Leicester Ford. New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1904. Downloaded from http://oll.libertyfund.org/titles/jefferson-the-works-of-thomas-jefferson-12-vols (accessed 4/19/2017).

Madison, James. The Writings of James Madison, 9 Volumes. Edited by Gaillard Hunt. New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1900. http://oll.libertyfund.org/titles/madison-the-writings-of-james-madison-9-vols (accessed 4/19/2017).

Coles, Edward. “Letter to Thomas Jefferson, 07-31-1814.” Founders Online, administered by the National Archives and Records Administration. https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/03-07-02-0374 (Accessed April 21, 2017).

Jefferson, Thomas. “Letter to James Madison, 02-01-1825.” Founders Online, administered by the National Archives and Records Administration. https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/98-01-02-4929 (Accessed 4/21/17).

Jefferson, Thomas. Writings. Edited by Merrill D. Peterson. New York: Library of America, 1984.

Jefferson, Thomas. “Letter to Abigail Smith Adams, 9-11-1804.” Founders Online, administered by the National Archives and Records Administration. https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/99-01-02-0348 (Accessed 4/21/2017).

Jefferson, Thomas. The Papers of Thomas Jefferson. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1950.

Onuf, Peter S. ed. Jeffersonian Legacies. Charlottesville: University of Virginia, 1993.

Taylor, John. Arator: Being a Series of Agricultural Essays, Practical and Political: In Sixty-Four Numbers. Edited by M. E. Bradford. Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 1977.