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JEFFERSON'S CONTRIBUTION TO A FREE PRESS. By
Josephus Daniels, Editor of the News and Obser-
ver, Raleigh, N. C..........

THE BATTURE AT NEW ORLEANS.

The proceedings of the Government of the

United States in maintaining the public right

to the beach of the Mississippi, adjacent to

New Orleans, against the intrusion of Edward

Livingston. Prepared for the use of counsel,

by Thomas Jefferson.

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THE JEFFERSON PAPERS.

From the collection of letters and other pri-

vate documents presented to the Massa-

chusetts Historical Society in June, 1898, by

Jefferson's great-grandson, Thomas Jefferson

Coolidge.

Preface ..

To Lucy Nelson, October 24, 1777.

To William S. Smith, July 9, 1786...

To Martha Jefferson Randolph, May 16, 1790.

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THE JEFFERSON PAPERS-Continued.

To Edmund Pendleton, July 24, 1791...

To Samuel Biddle, December 12, 1792.

To Martha Jefferson Randolph, December 31,

1792

To John Taylor, December 29, 1794.

To Thomas Mann Randolph, November 28,
1796.

To John Taylor, October 8, 1797.

To Edmund Pendleton, January 14, 1798...

To John Taylor, June 4, 1798.

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To Thomas Mann Randolph, January 17, 1799

To John Taylor, November 26, 1799..

To Thomas Mann Randolph, February 4, 1800

To Thomas Mann Randolph, March 4, 1800...

To Thomas Mann Randolph, April 4, 1800....

To Edmund Pendleton, April 19, 1800..

To Thomas Mann Randolph, May 7, 1800...

To Thomas Mann Randolph, November 30, 1800

To Thomas Mann Randolph, December 5, 1800.

To Thomas Mann Randolph, December 12, 1800

To Thomas Mann Randolph, January 9, 1801..

To Thomas Mann Randolph, January 23, 1801.

To Martha Jefferson Randolph, January 26,

1801

To Thomas Mann Randolph, January 29, 1801.

To Thomas Mann Randolph, March 12, 1801 ..

To Thomas Mann Randolph, March 26, 1801

To Catharine Church, March 27, 1801.

To Thomas Mann Randolph, May 14, 1801..

To Thomas Mann Randolph, February 21, 1802

To Thomas Mann Randolph, December 19, 1803

To Martha Jefferson Randolph, October 7, 1804

To George Jefferson, June 12, 1805

To James Ogilvie, June 23, 1806..

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THE JEFFERSON PAPERS-Continued.

To Thomas Mann Randolph, November 3, 1806

To Martha Jefferson Randolph, November 23,

1807

To Thomas Mann Randolph, November 22, 1808

To Charles L. Bankhead, November 26, 1808..

To Anne Cary Bankhead, December 8, 1808..

To Thomas Mann Randolph, December 13, 1808

To Thomas Mann Randolph, January 2, 1809..

To Charles L. Bankhead, January 19, 1809..

To Thomas Mann Randolph, January 31, 1809.

To William Pinckney, July 15, 1810.

To Mary Page, March 4, 1811..

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To James Madison, April 7, 1811.

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To Charles Pinckney, February 2, 1812.

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To E. I. Dupont de Nemours, June 16, 1812....

To Richard Rush, August 2, 1812...

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To Charles W. Peale, April 17, 1813.

To William Short, August 20, 1814...

To Horatio G. Spafford, December 16, 1814.

Memorandum of Jefferson's Taxable Property.

To William Short, May 15, 1815.

To Charles W. Peale, June 13, 1815..

To Thomas W. Maury, January 27, 1816.

To Stephen Cathalan, February 1, 1816..

To Mary B. Briggs, April 17, 1816...

To Joseph Story, June 19, 1816...

To William Thornton, July 27, 1816...

To Charles Pinckney, September 3, 1816.

To Noah Worcester, November 26, 1817.

To Bernard Peyton, March 20, 1818.

To John Nelson, November 8, 1818.

To William Tudor, January 31, 1819..

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