TABLE OF CONTENTS

Preface

Jefferson's Administration, 1801-1809

The Election and Inauguration

Burr Kills Hamilton

Marbury vs. Madison

The Louisiana Purchase

The Embargo Act

Madison's Administration, 1809-1817

The War of 1812

James Monroe's Administration, 1817-1825

Early Days in the Mississippi Valley

Ominous Loomings: The Missouri Compromise, 1820

The Monroe Doctrine

John Quincy Adams

Lighthouses in the Sky

Transcriber's Notes

VOICES FROM AMERICA’S PAST

THE JEFFERSONIANS
1801-1829

Edited by

Richard B. Morris

Gouverneur Morris Professor of History

Columbia University

New York, New York

James Woodress

Chairman, Department of English

San Fernando Valley State College

Northridge, California

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