The Sharpless Jefferson

Photogravure from the Original Painting by James Sharpless.

This painting, done by the famous English portrait painter, is owned by the city of Philadelphia and deposited in the National Museum (the old State House).

THOMAS JEFFERSON

Library Edition

CONTAINING HIS

AUTOBIOGRAPHY, NOTES ON VIRGINIA, PARLIA-
MENTARY MANUAL, OFFICIAL PAPERS,
MESSAGES AND ADDRESSES, AND OTHER
WRITINGS, OFFICIAL AND PRIVATE,
NOW COLLECTED AND

PUBLISHED IN THEIR ENTIRETY FOR THE FIRST TIME

INCLUDING

ALL OF THE ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPTS, deposited IN THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND PUBLISHED IN 1853 BY ORDER OF THE

JOINT COMMITTEE OF CONGRESS

WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS

AND

A COMPREHENSIVE ANALYTICAL INDEX

ANDREW A. LIPSCOMB, Chairman Board of Governors

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

ALBERT ELLERY BERGH

MANAGING EDITOR

VOL. XII.

ISSUED UNDER THE AUSPICES OF

THE THOMAS JEFFERSON MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION

OF THE UNITED STATES

WASHINGTON, D. C.