The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 42: 16 November 1803 to 10 March 1804

by Thomas Jefferson

Confessing that he may be acting "with more boldness than wisdom," Jefferson in November 1803 drafts a bill to create Orleans Territory, which he entrusts to John Breckinridge for introduction in the Senate. The administration sends stock certificates to France in payment for Louisiana. Relieved that affairs in the Mediterranean have improved with the evaporation of a threat of war with Morocco, the president does not know yet that Tripoli has...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691170460
• ISBN13: 9780691170466
• Release Date: July 2016
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 752 Pages
• Weight: 2.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 6.4" x 9.3"