The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 43: 11 March to 30 June 1804
By (Author) Thomas Jefferson
Edited by James P. McClure
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
3rd April 2018
United States
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Hardback
808
Width 152mm, Height 235mm
1247g
After the congressional session ends, Jefferson leaves Washington and goes home to Monticello, where his ailing daughter Mary dies on 17 April. Among the letters of condolence he receives is one from Abigail Adams that initiates a brief resumption of their correspondence. While in Virginia, Jefferson immerses himself in litigations involving land.
James P. McClure, senior research historian at Princeton University, is general editor of the Papers of Thomas Jefferson.