Author: Edward LivingstonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Accretion (Law)
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
An Answer to Mr. Jefferson's Justification of His Conduct in the Case of the New Orleans Batture
Author: Edward LivingstonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Accretion (Law)
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Retirement Series, Volume 4
Author: Thomas JeffersonPublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691184623
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 806
Book Description
Volume Four of this definitive edition of Thomas Jefferson's papers from the end of his presidency until his death includes 581 documents from 18 June 1811 to 30 April 1812. Between these two dates, Jefferson famously declares that, "tho' an old man, I am but a young gardener"; expresses hostility to dogs and joins in a petition for a tax to reduce their numbers; calculates lines for a horizontal sundial; surveys part of his Bedford County estate; and draws up work schedules for his Poplar Forest plantation and detailed slave lists for Poplar Forest and Monticello. Jefferson also takes readings of a solar eclipse; attempts to determine Monticello's longitude; measures Willis Mountain; and calls for a fixed international standard for measures, weights, and coins. Joseph Milligan publishes a revised edition of Jefferson's Manual of Parliamentary Practice in March 1812, and Jefferson sends William Wirt a detailed and colorful but largely negative portrait of Patrick Henry for use in his biography of the Virginia orator. Finally, and perhaps of greatest importance to posterity, in January 1812 correspondence resumes between Jefferson and his old friend John Adams, after a long hiatus resulting from their rivalry for the presidency in 1800.
The Territorial Papers of the United States
Author: Constructing Presidential Legacy
Author: Michael Patrick CullinanePublisher: Edinburgh University Press
ISBN: 1474437338
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
World-leading experts take a multi-disciplinary approach to explore how presidents, including Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, the Roosevelts, Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Eisenhower, Reagan, Obama and Trump, are remembered in film, museums, public art, political invocations, pop culture, literature and evolving technological advancements.
Building the Land of Dreams
Author: Eberhard L. FaberPublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691180709
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 455
Book Description
The history of New Orleans at the turn of the nineteenth century In 1795, New Orleans was a sleepy outpost at the edge of Spain's American empire. By the 1820s, it was teeming with life, its levees packed with cotton and sugar. New Orleans had become the unquestioned urban capital of the antebellum South. Looking at this remarkable period filled with ideological struggle, class politics, and powerful personalities, Building the Land of Dreams is the narrative biography of a fascinating city at the most crucial turning point in its history. Eberhard Faber tells the vivid story of how American rule forced New Orleans through a vast transition: from the ordered colonial world of hierarchy and subordination to the fluid, unpredictable chaos of democratic capitalism. The change in authority, from imperial Spain to Jeffersonian America, transformed everything. As the city’s diverse people struggled over the terms of the transition, they built the foundations of a dynamic, contentious hybrid metropolis. Faber describes the vital individuals who played a role in New Orleans history: from the wealthy creole planters who dreaded the influx of revolutionary ideas, to the American arrivistes who combined idealistic visions of a new republican society with selfish dreams of quick plantation fortunes, to Thomas Jefferson himself, whose powerful democratic vision for Louisiana eventually conflicted with his equally strong sense of realpolitik and desire to strengthen the American union. Revealing how New Orleans was formed by America’s greatest impulses and ambitions, Building the Land of Dreams is an inspired exploration of one of the world’s most iconic cities.
The Livingstons of Livingston Manor
Author: Edwin Brockholst LivingstonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Portraits
Languages : en
Pages : 734
Book Description
A Catalogue of the Books Belonging to the Library Company of Philadelphia
Author: Library Company of PhiladelphiaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1106
Book Description
A Catalogue of the Books, Belonging to the Library Company of Philadelphia, with an Account of the Institution, Charters, Laws and Regulations
Author: Library Company of PhiladelphiaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 646
Book Description
A Catalogue Of The Books Belonging To The Library Company Of Philadelphia; To Which Is Prefixed A Short Account Of The Institution, With The Charter Laws And Regulations
Author: Library Company of PhiladelphiaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Proprietary libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 658
Book Description
A Catalogue of the Books Belonging to the Library Company of Philadelphia
Author: Library. Library CompanyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 1144
Book Description