Paris - History, Cabinet Members - 18th & 19th Century - Biography, Presidents of the United States - Biography, Presidents of the United States - General & Miscellaneous, Diplomacy - General & Miscellaneous, 19th Century American History - Politics & Gov
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Overview
In July 1784, Thomas Jefferson, recently appointed to represent the American Congress in Paris, sailed from Boston with his daughter Martha, bound for France. Jefferson was eventually installed in a house on the Champs-Elysees, where he set about enjoying the special attractions of Paris. He went to galleries and concerts and entertained widely; he made note of the urban engineering and the beauty of Parisian architecture; and he browsed assiduously in local bookstores. Jefferson also made trips around the country and across western Europe, all the while taking notes on what he saw: the soil, crops, livestock, buildings, wine, and local politics and customs.. "Fortunately, Jefferson, who was to become the third president of the United States in 1801, recorded his impressions in his voluminous correspondence and journals. He wrote to Abigail and John Adams, James Madison, George Washington, and also to a number of women friends and his children, so a variety of styles and levels of intimacy adds to the fascination of these accounts.. "This volume has been selected from Jefferson's letters by Douglas L. Wilson and Lucia Stanton, scholars of the International Center for Jefferson Studies at Monticello, who have provided a Preface and Notes.Editorials
Library Journal
Thomas Jefferson, best known as the author of the Declaration of Independence in 1776 and as our third president, was an extraordinarily accomplished man with wide-ranging interests. From 1784 to 1789, he was America's envoy to France, during which time he also traveled widely on the European continent. From his extensive writings during these years, editors Wilson and Stanton (both with the International Center for Jefferson Studies in Monticello) have selected and annotated 110 of Jefferson's writings, mostly letters but also reports and papers on current developments in art, science, and agriculture in France and other European countries. In these graceful and engaging writings, the editors believe, he revealed much of his personality and thought. Recommended for American history collections in all libraries.--Harry Frumerman, formerly with Hunter Coll., New York Copyright 1999 Cahners Business Information.Book Details
Published
April 15, 1999
Publisher
New York : Modern Library, 1999.
Pages
338
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780679603191