The Adams-Jefferson Letters: The Complete Correspondence Between Thomas Jefferson and Abigail and John Adams

by John Adams, Abigail Adams, Thomas Jefferson, et al.

Book Overview

An intellectual dialogue of the highest plane achieved in America, the correspondence between John Adams and Thomas Jefferson spanned half a century and embraced government, philosophy, religion, quotidiana, and family griefs and joys. First meeting as delegates to the Continental Congress in 1775, they initiated correspondence in 1777, negotiated jointly as ministers in Europe in the 1780s, and served the early Republic--each, ultimately, in its...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807842303
• ISBN13: 9780807842300
• Release Date: September 1988
• Publisher: Omohundro Institute and Unc Press
• Length: 688 Pages
• Weight: 2.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.2" x 9.3"