THOMAS JEFFERSON

A CHARACTER SKETCH

BY EDWARD S. ELLIS, A. M. AUTHOR OF "The People's Standard History of
the United States," "The Eclectic Primary History of the United States," Etc

with supplementary essay by G. MERCER ADAM Late Editor of "Self-Culture"
Magazine, Etc., Etc.

WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE TOGETHER WITH ANECDOTES,
CHARACTERISTICS, AND CHRONOLOGY

CONTENTS

THOMAS JEFFERSON A CHARACTER SKETCH By Edward Ellis

THOMAS JEFFERSON. (1743-1826), By G. Mercer Adam

THOMAS JEFFERSON'S FIRST INAUGURAL ADDRESS—1801.

THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE, By Isidore A. Zacharias.

ANECDOTES AND CHARACTERISTICS OF JEFFERSON.

JEFFERSON'S BRIDAL JOURNEY.

WOULD MAKE NO PROMISES FOR THE PRESIDENCY.

JEFFERSON AS AN INVENTOR.

JEFFERSON AND THE JOCKEY.

JEFFERSON AND PATRICK HENRY.

WASHINGTON AND JEFFERSON.

INFLUENCE OF PROF. SMALL ON JEFFERSON.

JEFFERSON AND THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA.

THE FINANCIAL DIARY OF THOMAS JEFFERSON.

HORSE BACK RIDING TO INAUGURATION.

COST OF SERVANTS, ETC.

WOULD TAKE NO PRESENTS.

INDOLENCE.

TITLES OF HONOR AND OFFICE.

THE TERM OF THE PRESIDENCY.

THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS AND LAWYERS.

THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.

JEFFERSON AND THE MECKLENBURG DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.

THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE.

JEFFERSON AND BENEDICT ARNOLD.

A MAN OF THE PEOPLE.

ARISTOCRACY OF MIND.

EVIL YOUTHFUL COMPANIONS.

READ LITTLE FICTION.

NEITHER ORATOR NOR GOOD TALKER.

SELF-CONTROL.

THE INFLUENCE OF JEFFERSON'S SISTER.

JEFFERSON A DOCTRINAIRE.

RECONCILIATION WITH JOHN ADAMS.

NEGRO COLONIZATION.

EDUCATING AMERICAN BOYS ABROAD.

THE FRENCH REVOLUTION.

SAYINGS OF THOMAS JEFFERSON

MARRIAGE.

EDITORS AND NEWSPAPERS.

TEN CANONS FOR PRACTICAL LIFE.

ADAMS AND JEFFERSON.

THE STORY OF JEFFERSON FOR A SCHOOL OR CLUB PROGRAMME.

QUESTONS FOR REVIEW.

BLBLIOGRAPHY.