LEADER 04316nam 2200625 a 450 001 9910463689203321 005 20211007023610.0 010 $a1-283-89628-1 010 $a0-8122-0010-1 024 7 $a10.9783/9780812200102 035 $a(CKB)3240000000068505 035 $a(OCoLC)794702267 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10641564 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000686487 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11423473 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000686487 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10733177 035 $a(PQKB)10260716 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3441729 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse3146 035 $a(DE-B1597)449281 035 $a(OCoLC)979630678 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780812200102 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3441729 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10641564 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL420878 035 $a(EXLCZ)993240000000068505 100 $a20040930e20051914 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe autobiography of Thomas Jefferson, 1743-1790$b[electronic resource] $etogether with a summary of the chief events in Jefferson's life /$fedited by Paul Leicester Ford ; new introduction by Michael Zuckerman 210 $aPhiladelphia $cUniversity of Pennsylvania Press$d2005 215 $a1 online resource (201 p.) 300 $aOriginally published: New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1914. With new introd. 311 0 $a0-8122-1901-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tIntroduction /$rZuckerman, Michael --$tChief Events in Jefferson's Life --$tThe Autobiography of Thomas Jefferson, 1743-1790 330 $aIn 1821, at the age of seventy-seven, Thomas Jefferson decided to "state some recollections of dates and facts concerning myself." His ancestors, Jefferson writes, came to America from Wales in the early seventeenth century and settled in the Virginia colony. Jefferson's father, although uneducated, possessed a "strong mind and sound judgement" and raised his family in the far western frontier of the colony, an experience that contributed to his son's eventual staunch defense of individual and state rights. Jefferson attended the College of William and Mary, entered the law, and in 1775 was elected to represent Virginia at the Continental Congress in Philadelphia, an event that propelled him to all of his future political fortunes. Jefferson's autobiography continues through the entire Revolutionary War period, and his insights and information about persons, politics, and events-including the drafting of the Declaration of Independence, his service in France with Benjamin Franklin, and his observations on the French Revolution-are of immense value to both scholars and general readers. Jefferson ends this account of his life at the moment he returns to New York to become secretary of state in 1790.Complementing the other major autobiography of the period, Benjamin Franklin's, The Autobiography of Thomas Jefferson, reintroduced for this edition by historian Michael Zuckerman, gives us a glimpse into the private life and associations of one of America's most influential personalities. Alongside Jefferson's absorbing narrative of the way compromises were achieved at the Continental Congress are comments about his own health and day-to-day life that allow the reader to picture him more fully as a human being. Throughout, Jefferson states his opinions and ideas about many issues, including slavery, the death penalty, and taxation. Although Jefferson did not carry this autobiography further into his eventual presidency, the foundations for all of his thoughts are here, and it is in these pages that Jefferson lays out what to him was his most important contribution to his country, the creation of a democratic republic. 606 $aPresidents$zUnited States$vBiography 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aPresidents 676 $a973.4/6/092 676 $aB 700 $aJefferson$b Thomas$f1743-1826.$0326754 701 $aFord$b Paul Leicester$f1865-1902.$0805790 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910463689203321 996 $aThe autobiography of Thomas Jefferson, 1743-1790$92470768 997 $aUNINA