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 AND PATRICK HENRY. ]
[ INFLUENCE OF PROF. SMALL ON JEFFERSON. ]
[ JEFFERSON AND THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA. ]
[ THE FINANCIAL DIARY OF THOMAS JEFFERSON. ]
[ HORSE BACK RIDING TO INAUGURATION. ]
[ 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. ]
[ JEFFERSON AND BENEDICT ARNOLD. ]
[ NEITHER ORATOR NOR GOOD TALKER. ]
[ THE INFLUENCE OF JEFFERSON'S SISTER. ]
[ RECONCILIATION WITH JOHN ADAMS. ]
[ EDUCATING AMERICAN BOYS ABROAD. ]
[ SAYINGS OF THOMAS JEFFERSON ]
[ TEN CANONS FOR PRACTICAL LIFE. ]