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Coming right after the carnage of World War I, this title was neither unduly pessimistic and cynical about the human condition nor Pollyannaish about humanity's future. Instead, it offered an account of the development of the world's civilizations up to the present, showing that an enlightened future depended on an unprejudiced view of the past.

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A classic story of shipwreck, starvation, and survival.

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Includes first-hand accounts of Thomas Jefferson's demeanor at his successor's inauguration and one of the most detailed descriptions of life at Monticello by a visitor. This volume tells of his efforts to restore order at his mismanaged mill complex, breed merino sheep, and otherwise resume full control of his financial and agricultural affairs.

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Features Thomas Jefferson's papers from the end of his presidency until his death, covering the period from 16 November 1809 to 11 August 1810. This title includes both incoming and outgoing letters, totaling 518 documents.

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Features Thomas Jefferson's papers from the end of his presidency until his death. This work presents 567 documents covering the period from 12 August 1810 to 17 June 1811. It highlights Jefferson's draft constitution for an agricultural society, his astronomical calculations, his notes on plantings at Poplar Forest, and more.

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From the end of the author's presidency until his death, this title includes 581 documents from 18 June 1811 to 30 April 1812. It also takes readings of a solar eclipse; attempts to determine Monticello's longitude; measures Willis Mountain; and calls for a fixed international standard for measures, weights, and coins.

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Contains Thomas Jefferson's papers from the end of his presidency until his death. This work includes 592 documents from 1 May 1812 to 10 March 1813.

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Includes Thomas Jefferson's papers from the end of his presidency until his death that presents 516 documents from 11 March to 27 November 1813. This volume records the most intense period of correspondence between Jefferson and John Adams during their retirement.

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Collects the 526 documents of Thomas Jefferson that run from 28 November 1813 to 30 September 1814, the period during which Jefferson reviews the extant sources on the 1765 Stamp Act crisis to aid William Wirt, a Patrick Henry scholar; records his largely positive impressions of George Washington; and, updates a reading list for law students.

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Thomas Jefferson is overjoyed by American victories late in the War of 1812 and highly interested in the treaty negotiations that ultimately end the conflict. This title presents 591 documents of Jefferson dated from 1 October 1814 to 31 August 1815.

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Documenting Thomas Jefferson's last year's, this title presents 523 documents from 1 September 1815 to 30 April 1816. In this period, Jefferson makes three trips to Poplar Forest.

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The description for this book, The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 10: June 1786 to December 1786, will be forthcoming.

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Volume 14, from October 1788 through April 1789, continues and almost completes Jefferson's stay in France as American minister.

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This volume brings Jefferson back to the U.S. from France, to become the first American Secretary of State, and marks the beginning of Jefferson's work in the Cabinet with Alexander Hamilton.

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The description for this book, The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 17: July 1790 to November 1790, will be forthcoming.

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Shows Jefferson as Secretary of State continuing his collaboration with James Madison in seeking commercial reciprocity with Great Britain by threatening a retaliatory navigation bill. This work reveals his interest in a unified system of weights and measures, his effort to create a mint, and more.

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Documents Edmond Charles Genet's dramatic challenges to American neutrality and Jefferson's diplomatic and political responses.

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The description for this book, The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 21: Index, Vols. 1-20, will be forthcoming.