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WRITINGS OF JEFFERSON -- BEST EDITIONS
>Hi. I am a high school student taking a US History AP course. We
have
>recently been assaigned a project in which we are to include several
>primary documents. Your page has been very informational and
helpful,
>but I was wondering if you could recomend any books that would have
>documents, letters, or diaries written by Thomas Jefferson. It would be
>greatly appreciated.
The best, easily available source for the writings of Thomas Jefferson in
their original form is:
Thomas Jefferson
Writings. Compiled by Merrill D. Peterson
New York: The Library of America, 1984.
It should be available in any good library. To purchase the Writings of
Thomas Jefferson at a 30% discount, click on the following:
Jefferson's Writings from Amazon.com
This link is offered in association with Amazon.com
> Incidentally, the Ford ed. can be wrong; e.g. TJ's 1787 letter
> from France to "Bishop James Madison" was actually to the other James
> Madison. Keep up the good work.
All the editions have various errors, including the Memorial Edition,
which is the one I own. These must be remedied on an ad hoc basis, as
one comes upon them. Establishing a website such as my own is not simply
a matter of copying quotes one runs across. Making corrections is an
ongoing process.