Legacy Library: President Thomas Jefferson
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Systeme sur le soleil et les étoiles fixes by Peyroux de la Coudrenière
Oeuvres de Séneque le philosophe by Lucius Annaeus Seneca
An oration, pronounced at Kennebunk, district of Maine, on the anniversary of American independence, July 4, 1803 by Stephen Thacher
Exposé de la méthode élémentaire de H. Pestalozzi by Daniel Alexandre Chavannes
Peri tou Sōkratous Apomnēmoneumata; kai hē tou Sōkratous Apologia. by Xenophon
Origines juridiciales, or, Historical memorials of the English laws, courts of justice, forms of tryal, punishment by Sir William Dugdale
Richelieu d'Aiguillon aux troupes qu'il a commandées by Armand Desiré de Vignerot Duplessis Richelieu, duc d' Aiguillon
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Member: ThomasJefferson
Library4,889 books — see library
Reviews187 reviews — see reviews
Cloudstag cloud, author cloud
TagsPhilosophy (2,885), Moral Philosophy (2,419), Jurisprudence (2,201), Oeconomical Law (1,336), Politics (1,249), History (1,219), Fine Arts (712), Civil History (617), Municipal Law (604), Natural History (602) — see all tags
GroupsI See Dead People['s Books]
About me Author of the Declaration of American Independence; of the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom; and Father of the University of Virginia.
About my library My library has been cataloged by helpful Thingamabrarii from the "I See Dead People['s Books]" group. The 6,487 volumes (c. 4,889 titles) included here are those I sold to the Library of Congress in 1815 for $23,950.
A fully annotated version of my library is available here. This is the digital version of The Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson, a five-volume scholarly bibliography compiled by E. Millicent Sowerby and published by the Library of Congress, 1952-1959.
One of Sowerby's major sources was my own handwritten library catalogue, begun in 1783 and continuously amended through 1814. Now at the Massachusetts Historical Society, that catalogue is available online, here.
When my library was sold to Congress, I sent along a manuscript catalogue presenting the books in a particular order, which I described to the Librarian of Congress as "sometimes analytical, sometimes chronological, & sometimes a combination of both." Unfortunately, that catalogue was retained by Mr. George Watterston when his tenure as Librarian ended in 1829, and has not been found.
In the 1980s, librarians James Gilreath (Library of Congress) and Douglas Wilson (Knox College) discovered a manuscript catalogue of the collection - with the books in the order I preferred - created for me by a young gentleman named Nicholas Trist in 1823. This list, published by the Library of Congress in 1989 as Thomas Jefferson’s Library: A Catalog With the Entries in His Own Order is available in digital form, here. The notation for each title from this list can be found in the Comments section.
In their work, Gilreath and Wilson provide a useful Selected Reading List for those interested in learning more about my library.
Also, please see the Library of Congress' interactive exhibit, Thomas Jefferson's Library.
A note on my reviews: the Thingamabrarii have gleaned them from the excerpts printed in the annotated print edition of my catalog. They have been edited for capitalization, but otherwise have been left in original form.
A note on my tags: They are as given in this chart, as designed by me in the manuscript catalogue of my library, 1815. A rough approximation appears here (with links to the tags). Links to the bibliographic chapters are available here.
Homepagehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson
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Real namePresident Thomas Jefferson
LocationMonticello
Favorite authorsNone specified
Account typepublic, lifetime
URLs
http://www.librarything.com/profile/ThomasJefferson (profile)
http://www.librarything.com/catalog/ThomasJefferson (library)
Member sinceSep 3, 2007
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Best wishes on your birthday!
posted by karen5l at 10:01 am (EST) on Apr 13, 2008
posted by SamuelJohnsonLibrary at 1:15 pm (EST) on Mar 25, 2008
posted by SamuelJohnsonLibrary at 11:08 am (EST) on Mar 13, 2008
I am afraid that your copy of the book Annales et historiæ de rebvs belgicis is not in Italian, but rather in Latin.
boekerij
posted by boekerij at 10:59 am (EST) on Feb 25, 2008
posted by hjb at 11:49 pm (EST) on Jan 19, 2008
I'm not an American - that's why I don't call you Mr.President - but I have always had a great admiration for you. Now, as I can look into the catalogue of your library, I'm still more admiring you! And we may have some common interests...
You have a nice statue here in Paris where you lived for a while - I like to look at it each time I pass in the neighbourhood, thinking of your part in the story of humanity and human spirit.
That's why I would like you to accept my invitation to become friends.
Respectfully yours
posted by JanWillemNoldus at 8:23 pm (EST) on Jan 18, 2008
I am very pleased that we share 4 books. It puzzles my why you are not reading more novels? See my library for some recommendations.
Gentlemen I applaud this work!
Joshua
posted by golfjr at 9:14 pm (EST) on Jan 11, 2008
posted by kencf at 6:04 pm (EST) on Jan 8, 2008
i LOVE the picture of your library!
however it looks as though it could be improved by the addition of a comfy chair. i have an old recliner out in the garage that i'm willing to part with. let me know if you're interested.
repectfully,
~Enodia
posted by Enodia at 9:05 pm (EST) on Jan 6, 2008
Happy New Year! So glad you joined LT. Isn't it great?
While I'm a South Shore native and therefore more partial to my hometown homeys - the Adamses - I just wanted to say that you're, as we say around here, wicked cool.
Also, GREAT job on the introduction to "America (the Book)" by Jon Stewart et al. Very funny stuff.
-Bridge
PS The lady you asked about in your PS in "America" is now having a child. That boat's sort of sailed. However, it looks as though you're not afraid of social networking online, so try match.com. Keep on keepin' on, buddy!
posted by Bridge714 at 12:32 am (EST) on Jan 4, 2008
The Unitarian Universalist Association is so fond of you that the district where I live was named the Thomas Jefferson district in your honor. Perhaps you would care to join us sometime for a discussion in the Unitarian Universalist Readers group. Deepest regards.
posted by varielle at 1:07 pm (EST) on Jan 2, 2008
posted by etrainer at 3:25 pm (EST) on Jan 1, 2008
posted by LA2 at 2:13 pm (EST) on Jan 1, 2008
Your librarian, by the way, should revise the "about me" above. You clearly asked to be remembered for the things you designed rather than the positions he held:
THOMAS JEFFERSON
AUTHOR OF THE
DECLARATION
OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE
OF THE
STATUTE OF VIRGINIA
FOR
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
AND FATHER OF THE
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
It's all there on the marker you designed for your own grave...
posted by kimsbooks at 8:09 pm (EST) on Nov 27, 2007
posted by lorirorke at 11:23 am (EST) on Oct 30, 2007
I have long believed that if Mr. Jefferson were alive in the late 20th/early 21st century, he would be an avid user of technology and the Internet. Apparently I was right--but perhaps not about that "if [he] were alive..." part.
Furthermore, I am quite awed that Jefferson and I share two books (The Canterbury Tales and The Iliad). My library is strongly weighted toward the "modern," which in this case can be loosely defined as books written and published after Mr. Jefferson's time.
Many thanks to the Thingamabrarii who are cataloging Jefferson's library for the edification of those who came into this world too late to peruse the real thing.
posted by karen5l at 1:20 pm (EST) on Sep 22, 2007
posted by guybrarian at 2:21 pm (EST) on Sep 19, 2007
posted by redredshoes at 4:02 pm (EST) on Sep 13, 2007
A quick question for ya, though: if you wrote something, and there's more than a few on LT that might have it, should you list yourself as an LT Author?
posted by RicketyCat at 3:35 am (EST) on Sep 12, 2007
Oh, and thank you for inventing the swivel chair.
posted by jmeisen at 3:16 pm (EST) on Sep 6, 2007
posted by HouseholdOpera at 1:09 pm (EST) on Sep 6, 2007
...with no mention of your political offices.
posted by AsYouKnow_Bob at 8:11 pm (EST) on Sep 5, 2007
posted by Dystopos at 7:37 pm (EST) on Sep 4, 2007
posted by amandaellis at 10:55 am (EST) on Sep 4, 2007
Thanks for putting your catalog on LT so that i can finally answer that question.
(TJ: are you on LJ?)
posted by AsYouKnow_Bob at 10:12 pm (EST) on Sep 3, 2007
posted by timspalding at 5:53 pm (EST) on Sep 3, 2007
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