THE

LIFE

OF

THOMAS JEFFERSON,

THIRD PRESIDENT

OF THE

UNITED STATES.

WITH

PARTS OF HIS CORRESPONDENCE NEVER BEFORE PUBLISHED,

AND

NOTICES OF HIS OPINIONS ON QUESTIONS OF CIVIL GOVERNMENT, NATIONAL
POLICY, AND CONSTITUTIONAL LAW.

BY GEORGE TUCKER,

PROFESSOR OF MORAL PHILOSOPHY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA.

-Itaque nulla alia in civitate, nisi in qua populi potestas summa est, ullum
domicilium libertas habet: qua quidem certe nihil potest esse dulcius; et quæ si æqua
non est, ne libertas quidem est.-CIC. DE Republica.

IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOL. I.

PHILADELPHIA:

CAREY, LEA & BLANCHARD.
1837.