THE

WRITINGS//

OF

THOMAS JEFFERSON:

BEING HIS

AUTOBIOGRAPHY, CORRESPONDENCE, REPORTS, MESSAGES,
ADDRESSES, AND OTHER WRITINGS, OFFICIAL
AND PRIVATE.

PUBLISHED BY THE ORDER OF THE JOINT COMMITTEE OF CONGRESS ON THE LIBRARY,

FROM THE ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPTS,

DEPOSITED IN THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE.

WITH EXPLANATORY NOTES, TABLES OF CONTENTS, AND A COPIOUS INDEX

TO EACH VOLUME, AS WELL AS A GENERAL INDEX TO the whole,

BY THE EDITOR

H. A. WASHINGTON.

VOL. I.

PUBLISHED BY

TAYLOR & MAURY,

WASHINGTON, D. C.

1853.