The Letters of Thomas Jefferson 1743-1826
This is not a complete collection of all the letters written by Thomas Jefferson.Text marked with an * are not an integral part of this project due to copyright reasons. Most of these refer to the excellent Electronic Textcenter of University of Virginia.
Alphabetical Index
A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z
Chronological index- Paris, June 21, 1785
- Paris, Sep. 25, 1785
- Paris, Feb. 22, 1787
- Adams, Washington, June 13, 1804
To John Adams
- Williamsburgh, May 16, 1777
- Paris, July 11, 1786
- Paris, July 1, 1787
- Paris, Aug. 30, 1787
- Adams, Paris, Nov. 13, 1787
- Philadelphia, July 17, 1791
- Monticello, Feb. 28, 1796
- Enclosure with previous, Monticello, Dec. 28, 1796
- Monticello, Jan. 21, 1812
- Monticello, June 11, 1812
- Monticello, June 15, 1813
- Monticello, Oct. 12, 1813
- Monticello, Oct. 28, 1813
- Monticello, July 5, 1814
- Monticello, Jan. 11, 1816
- Monticello, Apr. 8, 1816
- Monticello, Aug. 15, 1820
- Monticello, April 11, 1823
- Monticello, Sep. 4, 1823
- Monticello, Oct. 12, 1823
To Thomas Appleton
- * Monticello August 1, 1817
- * Monticello April 4, 1818
- To Benjamin Austin, Monticello, January 9, 1816
B
- To Benjamin Banneker, Philadelphia, Aug. 30, 1791
- To John Banister, Jr., Paris, October 15, 1785
- * To Nelson Barksdale, Monticello November 11, 1817
- To Joel Barlow, Feb. 24, 1806
- To Dr. Benjamin S. Barton, Monticello, September 21, 1809
- To Charles Bellini, Paris, September 30, 1785
- To Barnabas Bidwell, Washington, July 5, 1806
- * To the Board of Visitors, ca 2 January 1818
- * To Nathaniel Bowditch, Monticello October 26, 1818
To General James Breckinridge
- Monticello, February 15, 1821
- * & Chapman Johnson, Monticello March 3, 1819
- To John Brazier, Poplar Forest, August 24, 1819
- To John Breckinridge, Philadelphia, Jan. 29, 1800
- To John C. Breckinridge, Monticello, Aug. 12, 1803
- * To Matthew Brown, Monticello January 15, 1818
- To the Earl of Buchan, Washington, July 10, 1803
- To William Buchanan and James Hay, Paris, January 26, 1786
- To Buffon, Paris, Octob. 1, 1787
- To Nathaniel Burwell, Monticello, March 14, 1818
C
- To Pierre J. G. Cabanis, Washington, July 12, 1803
To Joseph C. Cabell
- Monticello, February 2, 1816
- * Poplar Forest December 19, 1817
- * Monticello January 28, 1819
- * Monticello February 19, 1819
- * Monticello March 6, 1819
- To John W. Campbell, Monticello, September 3, 1809
- * To Mathew Carey, Monticello March 11, 1819
- * To Dabney Carr, Monticello March 11, 1819
To Peter Carr
- Paris, August 19, 1785
- Paris, Aug. 10, 1787
- Monticello, September 7, 1814
- To Edward Carrington, Paris, January 16, 1787
- To Charles Carroll, Philadelphia, April 15, 1791
To Thomas Carstairs
- * Monticello November 1, 1817
- * Monticello January 16, 1818
- To Major John Cartwright, Monticello, June 5, 1824
- To Anne Cary, Thomas Jefferson, and
Ellen Wayles Randolph, Washington, Mar. 2, 1802
To Chastellux
- Ampthill, Nov. 26, 1782
- Annapolis, Jan. 16, 1784
- Paris, June 7, 1785
- Paris, Sep. 2, 1785
- * To Hugh Chisholm, Poplar Forest August 31, 1817
- * To Mr. Church, December 11, 1793
To Catharine Church
- * January 11, 1798
- * January 22, 1800
- * March 27, 1801
- To Mrs. Church, Germantown, Nov. 27th, 1793
- *
To John Churchman, August 8, 1787
- To Governor William C. C. Claiborne, Washington, February 3, 1807
To John Hartwell Cocke
- * Monticello May 1. 1817
- * Monticello July 19. 1817
- * Monticello January 25, 1819
- * To John Hartwell Cocke, Monticello February 19, 1819
- To Edward Coles, Monticello, August 25, 1814
- To John B. Colvin, Monticello, September 20, 1810
- To Ellen Randolph Coolidge, Monticello, Nov. 14, 1825
To Thomas Cooper
- Washington, Nov. 29, 1802
- Monticello, February 10, 1814
- * Poplar Forest near Lynchburg. September 1, 1817
- * 1817
- * Warm springs of Virginia August 7, 1818
- * Monticello March 3, 1819
- Monticello, November 2, 1822
- To Correa da Serra, Poplar Forest, April 26, 1816
To Maria Cosway
- Paris, October 12, 1786
- Paris, July 1, 1787
- Paris, April 24, 1788
- * To Mrs. Cruger, December 15, 1808
D
- To Tristam Dalton, Monticello, May 2, 1817
- To the Honorable J. Evelyn Denison, M.P., Monticello, November 9, 1825
- To Jean Nicolas Demeunier, Monticello, Virginia, Apr. 29, 1795
To John Dickinson
- Washington, Mar. 6, 1801
- Washington, Jan. 13, 1807
To James Dinsmore
- * Monticello. April 13th 1817
- * Monticello June 25, 1817
- To Diodati, a Paris, ce 3'me. Aout 1789
- To Alexander Donald, Paris, February 7, 1788
- To William Duane, Monticello, August 12, 1810
- To N. G. Dufief, Monticello, April 19, 1814
- * To Richard Duke, Monticello January 24, 1819
- To William Dunbar, Washington, Jan. 12, 1801
To P. S. Dupont de Nemours
- Washington, Jan. 18, 1802
- Washington, March 2, 1809
- Monticello, June 28, 1809
- Poplar Forest, April 24, 1816
E
- To Major L'Enfant, Philadelphia, April 10, 1791
- To Madame d'Enville, New York, April 2, 1790
- To Francis Eppes, Monticello, January 19, 1821
To John Wayles Eppes
- Monticello, June 24, 1813
- * Monticello May 1. 1817
F
- To Giovanni Fabbroni, Williamsburg in Virginia, June
8, 1778
- To Robert Fulton, Monticello, August 16, 1807
G
- To Albert Gallatin, Monticello, Dec. 26, 1820
- * To Robert S. Garnett, Monticello April 4, 1819
- To Gideon Granger, Monticello, Aug. 13, 1800
To Elbridge Gerry
- Philadelphia, May 13, 1797
- Philadelphia, Jan. 26, 1799
- Washington, Mar. 29, 1801
To William Branch Giles
- Monticello, April 20, 1807
- Monticello, December 26, 1825
- To William Green Munford, Monticello, June 18, 1799
- To Henri Gregoire, Washington, February 25, 1809
H
- To William Hamilton, Washington, July, 1806
- To Governor William H. Harrison, Washington, February 27, 1803
- * To Samuel Jordan Harrison, Monticello October 5, 1817
- To John Harvie, Shadwell, Jan. 4, 1760
- To Benjamin Hawkins, Washington, Feb. 18, 1803
- To George Hay, Washington, June 20, 1807
- To William Buchanan and James Hay, Paris, January 26, 1786
- To Ebenezer Hazard, Philadelphia, February 18, 1791
- To James Heaton, Monticello, May 20, 1826
- To William Waller Hening, Washington, January 14, 1807
- To Patrick Henry, Albemarle, March 27, 1779
- To G. K. van Hogendorp, Paris, Oct. 13, 1785
To John Hollins
- Washington, February 19, 1809
- * Monticello April 5, 1818
- To John Holmes, Monticello, April 22, 1820
- To Francis Hopkinson, Paris, Mar. 13, 1789
To Alexander von Humboldt
- Monticello, April 14, 1811
- December 6, 1813
I
- To Fransois D'Ivernois, Monticello, in Virginia, Feb. 6, 1795
J
To John Jay
- Paris, Aug. 23, 1785
- Paris, May 9, 1789
To John Garland Jefferson
- New York, June 11, 1790
- Monticello, January 25, 1810
To Martha Jefferson (Randolph)
- Annapolis, Nov. 28, 1783
- Annapolis, Dec. 11, 1783
- May 21, 1787
- Philadelphia, Dec. 23, 1790
- Philadelphia, June 8, 1797
- * Poplar Forest, August 31, 1817
- * Rockfish gap August 4, 1818
- To Mary Jefferson, New York, June 13, 1790
- To Anne Cary, Thomas Jefferson, and
Ellen Wayles Randolph, Washington, Mar. 2, 1802
- To Thomas Jefferson Randolph, Washington, Nov. 24th, 1808
- To Dr. Edward Jenner, Monticello, May 14, 1806
To Justice William Johnson
- Monticello, Oct. 27, 1822
- Monticello, June 12, 1823
- To Dr. Walter Jones, Monticello, January 2, 1814
K
To Samuel Kercheval
- Monticello, January 19, 1810
- Monticello, July 12, 1816
- * To David Knight, Monticello October 5, 1817
To General Thaddeus Kosciusko
- Washington, April 2, 1802
- Monticello, June 28, 1812
L
- To Lacepede, with a Catalogue, Washington, July 14, 1808
To Lafayette
- Richmond, March 10th, 1781
- Nice, April 11, 1787
- Philadelphia, June 16, 1792
- Monticello, February 14, 1815
- Monticello, May 14, 1817
- Monticello, October 9, 1824
- To Governor John Langdon, Monticello, March 5, 1810
To Benjamin H. Latrobe
- Washington, Nov. 2, 1802
- * Monticello June 12, 1817
- * 16 July 1817
- * Poplar Forest August 24, 1817
- * October 12, 1817
- * Monticello November 1, 1817
- * Monticello May 19, 1818
- To Thomas Law, Poplar Forest, June 13, 1814
- To Henry Lee, Monticello, May 8, 1825
- To Dr. Thomas Leib, Washington, June 23, 1808
- Instructions to Captain Lewis, June 20, 1803
To the U.S. Minister to France, Robert R. Livingston
- Monticello, Sep. 9, 1801
- Washington, Apr. 18, 1802
- To Thomas Lomax, Monticello, Mar. 12, 1799
- To William Ludlow, Monticello, September 6, 1824
- To John Lynch, Monticello, January 21, 1811
M
- To Nathaniel Macon, Monticello, January 12, 1819
To James Madison
- Paris, September 1, 1785
- Paris, September 20, 1785
- Fontainebleau, Oct. 28, 1785
- Paris, Feb. 8, 1786
- Paris, January 30, 1787
- Paris, Dec. 20, 1787
- Paris, July 19, 1788
- Paris, Mar 15, 1789
- Paris, September 6, 1789
- March 24, 1793
- Phila, May 19, 1793
- June 9, 1793
- Monticello, Apr. 27, 1795
- Monticello, Dec. 28, 1794
- with Enclosure, Jan. 1, 1797
- Philadelphia, Jan. 31, 1800
- Monticello, May 13, 1810
- * Monticello November 15, 1817
- * Monticello December 30, 1817
- * Monticello January 2, 1818
- Monticello. February 17, 1826
- To Dr. John Manners, Monticello, February 22, 1814
- To Fransois de Marbois, Monticello, June 14, 1817
- To George Mason, Philadelphia, Feb. 4, 1791
- To Philip Mazzei, Monticello, Apr. 24, 1796
- To Charles McPherson, Albemarle, in Virga, Feb. 25,
1773
- To Isaac McPherson, Monticello, August 13, 1813
- To John Melish, Monticello, January 13, 1813
- To Rev. Samuel Miller, Washington, Jan. 23, 1808
To James Monroe
- Monticello, May 20, 1782
- Paris, June 17, 1785
- Washington, Nov. 14, 1801
- Washington, Nov. 24, 1801
- Washington, Jan. 13, 1803
- Washington, January 28, 1809
- October 24, 1823
- To Nathaniel F. Moore, Monticello, September 22, 1819
- To the U.S. Minister to France (Gouverneur Morris), Philadelphia, Dec. 30, 1792
- To Jedidiah Morse, Monticello, March 6, 1822
- To J. P. G. Muhlenberg, Richmond, Jan. 31, 1781
N
To Wilson Cary Nicholas
- Monticello, Sep. 7, 1803
- * Monticello, April 2, 1816
- * Monticello January 28, 1819
- * Monticello March 8, 1819
- * Monticello April 1, 1819
- To Philip Nolan, Philadelphia, June 24, 1798
- To John Norvell, Washington, June 14, 1807
O
To James Oldham
- * Monticello July 21. 1817
- * April 8, 1819
P
- To Mann Page, Monticello, Aug. 30, 1795
To John Page
- Fairfield, Dec. 25, 1762
- Annapolis, May 25, 1766
- Paris, May 4, 1786
- To Thomas Paine, Philadelphia, June 19, 1792
- * To John Patterson, Monticello January 31, 1819
- To Dr. Robert Patterson, Monticello, November 10, 1811
- To Charles Willson Peale, Poplar Forest, August 20, 1811
To Edmund Pendleton
- Philadelphia, Aug. 13, 1776
- Philadelpha, Aug. 26, 1776
- * To Bernard Peyton, Monticello June 12, 1817
- To Thomas Pinckney, Philadelphia, May 29, 1797
- * To James Patton Preston, January 6, 1818
To Richard Price
- Paris, Feb. 1, 1785
- Paris, January 8, 1789
To Dr. Joseph Priestley
- Philadelphia, Jan. 18, 1800
- Philadelphia, Jan. 27, 1800
- Washington, Mar. 21, 1801
- Washington, Apr. 9, 1803
- Washington, Jan. 29, 1804
R
- To Rabout de St. Etienne, with Draft of a Charter of Rights, Paris, June 3, 1789
- * To Radford & Yancey, Monticello December 31, 1818
- * To David Meade Randolph, Jr., Monticello December 21, 1818
- To Anne Cary, Thomas Jefferson, and
Ellen Wayles Randolph, Washington, Mar. 2, 1802
- To Edmund Randolph, Monticello, Aug. 18, 1799
- To John Randolph, Monticello, August 25, 1775
To Thomas Mann Randolph
- Paris, Aug. 27, 1786
- Bennington, in Vermont, June 5, 1791
To Thomas Ritchie
- * Poplar Forest August 28, 1817
- * Warm Springs August 1817.
- Monticello, December 25, 1820
- To David Rittenhouse, Monticello in Albemarle,
Virginia, July 19, 1778
- * To William Cabell Rives, Monticello January 28, 1819
- To Judge Spencer Roane, Poplar Forest, September 6, 1819
- To Moses Robinson, Washington, March 23, 1801
- To Caesar A. Rodney, Monticello, February 10, 1810
- To George Rogers Clark, Annapolis, Dec. 4, 1783
To Dr. Benjamin Rush
- Monticello, Sep. 23, 1800
- with a Syllabus, Washington, Apr. 21, 1803
- SYLLABUS OF AN ESTIMATE OF THE MERIT OF THE DOCTRINES OF JESUS, COMPARED WITH THOSE OF OTHERS (enclosure of previous letter),April, 1803
- Monticello, January 16, 1811
- To the Emperor Alexander (of Russia), Washington, April 19, 1806
S
- To Jean Baptiste Say, Washington, February 1, 1804
To Angelica Schuyler Church
- * February 17, 1788
- * August 17, 1788
- * September 21, 1788
- * June 23, 1790
- * June 7, 1793
- * September 8, 1795
- * May 24, 1797
- * January 11, 1798
To William Short
- Philadelphia, Jan. 3, 1793
- Monticello, November 28, 1814
- with a Syllabus, Monticello, October 31, 1819
- Monticello, August 4, 1820
- To Sir John Sinclair, Washington, June 30, 1803
- To Robert Skip, Monticello, Aug. 3, 1771
- To William Small, May 7, 1775
- To Larkin Smith, Washington, Nov. 26, 1804
- To the Rev. William Smith, Philadelphia, Feb. 19, 1791
- To Samuel Smith, Monticello, Aug. 22, 1798
To Mrs. Samuel H. Smith
- Washington, Mar. 6, 1809
- Monticello, August 6, 1816
- To Samuel H. Smith, Monticello, September 21, 1814
- To Thomas Jefferson Smith, Monticello, February 21, 1825
- To Horatio G. Spafford, Monticello, May 14, 1809
- To Jared Sparks, Monticello, February 4, 1824
To St. John de Crevecoeur
- Paris, January 15, 1787
- Paris, August 9, 1788
- To Madame de Stael, United States of America, May 24, 1813
- To Dugald Stewart, Monticello in Virginia, Apr. 26, 1824
- To Ezra Stiles, Paris, Sep. 1, 1786
To Archibald Stuart
- Paris, Jan. 25, 1786
- Philadelphia, Dec. 23, 1791
- To Monsieur Sylvestre, Washington, July 15, 1808
T
To John Taylor
- Monticello, Dec. 29, 1794
- Philadelphia, June 4, 1798
- Washington, Jan. 6, 1805
- Monticello, May 28, 1816
- To Littleton Waller Tazewell, Washington, Jan. 5, 1805
To Madame de Tesse
- Nismes, March 20, 1787
- December 8, 1813
- To Charles Thomson, Monticello, January 9, 1816
- * To William Thornton Monticello May 9, 1817
- To John Trumbull, Paris, Feb. 15, 1789
- To Dr. Philip Turpin,Annapolis, Apr. 28, 1784
- To Thomas Turpin, Shadwell, Feb., 1769
To John Tyler
- Washington, June 28, 1804
- Monticello, May 26, 1810
U
- To Dr. Vine Utley, Monticello, March 21, 1819
V
- To Samuel Vaughan, Jr., Philadelphia, Nov. 27, 1790
- To the Virginia Delegates in Congress, Paris, July 12, 1785
To C. F. de C. Volney
- Washington, February 8, 1805
- Washington, Feb. 11, 1806
W
- To John Waldo, Monticello, August 16, 1813
- * To Robert Walsh, Monticello July 20, 1818
To George Washington
- Charlottesville, May 28th, 1781
- Annapolis, Mar. 15, 1784
- Annapolis, Apr. 16, 1784
- Paris, Dec. 4, 1788
- Philadelphia, May 8, 1791
- Philadelphia, May 23, 1792
- Monticello, Sep. 9, 1792
To Dr. Benjamin Waterhouse
- Washington, December 1, 1808
- Monticello, June 26, 1822
- * To David Watson, Monticello February 19, 1819
- To George Watterston, Monticello, May 7, 1815
- To Roger C. Weightman, Monticello, June 24, 1826
- To Wells and Lilly, Monticello, April 1, 1818
- To Samuel Adams Wells, Monticello, May 12, 1819
- To Messrs. Hugh L. White and Others, Monticello, May 6, 1810
- To Joseph Willard, Paris, March 24, 1789
To Anne Willing Bingham
- Paris, February 7, 1787
- Paris, May 11, 1788
- To Dr. Caspar Wistar, Washington, June 21, 1807
- * To W. W. Woodward, 1810
To John Wyche
- Monticello, May 19, 1809
To George Wythe
- Paris, August 13, 1786
- Monticello, January 16, 1796
