Manuscripts

Thomas Jefferson fragments

Description: Autograph fragments. Items were not assigned call numbers. (3 items)
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: undated
Call number: mssJefferson
Creator: Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from American Art Association, 1920, 1921.; Purchased from Anderson Galleries, 1915-1920.; Purchased from Maggs Bros. 1916, 1918.; Purchased from George D. Smith,
Restrictions: RESTRICTED. Available with curatorial approval. Requires extended retrieval and delivery time.

Thomas Jefferson letter fragments

Manuscripts

Letter fragments. (2 items)

HM 52093

Thomas Jefferson letter fragments

Manuscripts

Letter fragments. (2 items)

mssJefferson

Image not available

Friedrich Johann Jacobsen, Altona, letter to Thomas Jefferson, Washington, D.C

Manuscripts

Autograph letter signed, with addressed over; endorsed by Jefferson. Enclosure not present. (3 pages)

HM 5989

Image not available

Thomas Jefferson collection

Manuscripts

The Thomas Jefferson collection contains correspondence and documents; architectural drawings, plans, and surveys; accounts; and notebooks dating from 1764 to 1826. The bulk of the collection is correspondence and includes letters to Jefferson as well as letters from him, which are mostly letterpress and polygraph copies of outgoing letters created by him. Correspondence pertains to Jefferson's political career as governor of Virginia, minister to France, secretary of state, vice president, and president; most letters from his post-presidency concern the founding of the University of Virginia. Also present are numerous letters to various family members, especially daughters Martha Jefferson Randolph and Mary Jefferson Eppes and their husbands Thomas Mann Randolph Jr. and John Wayles Eppes, which discuss family activities, education, travel plans, and health. Many items in this collection relate to Jefferson's properties and estates, especially Monticello and Poplar Forest; letters, documents, and account books concern horticulture, crops and tobacco, and seeds, as well as household expenses, finances, and goods. Several items pertain to or mention slavery and enslaved persons as well as Native Americans—see Scope and Contents notes for more information. The architectural drawings, plans, and surveys in the collection primarily depict land and properties in Virginia, with many representing Monticello and the surrounding area. Architectural drawings also include those created by Jefferson for the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, the Virginia capitol and the city of Richmond, and the Hôtel de Langeac in Paris. Volumes in the collection include account books, a memoranda book, legal case and fee books, and a daybook of market accounts kept by Jefferson's maître d'hôtel Étienne Lemaire during his second presidential term. Also present are parts for Jefferson's polygraph machine.

mssJefferson

Image not available

Charles Bonnycastle letter to Thomas Jefferson

Manuscripts

Autograph letter signed, with addressed cover; endorsed by Jefferson. (3 pages)

HM 9345

Image not available

Thomas Jefferson accounts

Manuscripts

Autograph documents. Jefferson accounts with Bank of the U.S., Columbia Bank, John Barnes, William Short, Tadeusz Kościuszko and others. Items include notes, estimates, personal expenses, account balances. (46 items)

HM 5722

Thomas Jefferson fragments

Opening Hours

Admission Info and Tickets

You might also be interested in

Thomas Jefferson letter fragments

Thomas Jefferson letter fragments

Friedrich Johann Jacobsen, Altona, letter to Thomas Jefferson, Washington, D.C

Thomas Jefferson collection

Charles Bonnycastle letter to Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson accounts