CONTENTS

[Introduction]

[BOOK ONE]: The Virginian
IA Virginia Boyhood[3]
IIAn American Disciple of Greece and Old England[19]
IIIA Virginia Lawyer[34]

[BOOK TWO]: Jefferson and the American Revolution
IThe Declaration of Independence[59]
IIThe Revision of the Laws of Virginia[86]
IIIGovernor of Virginia—The "Notes on Virginia"[108]
IVA Statesman's Apprenticeship[137]

[BOOK THREE]: An American View of Europe
ISociety and Travel[159]
IIGallo-American Commerce and the Debt Question[176]
IIIUnion and Isolation[194]
IVJefferson and the French Revolution[215]

[BOOK FOUR]: Monocrats and Republicans
IThe Quarrel with Hamilton[245]
IIJacobin or American?[274]
IIIMonticello—Agriculture and Politics[298]
IV"The Dictates of Reason and Pure Americanism"[321]
VPolitical Leader and Strategist[343]

[BOOK FIVE]: The Presidency
I"All Republicans, All Federalists"[379]
IIProtective Imperialism and Territorial Expansion[396]
III"Self-Preservation Is Paramount to All Law"[425]
IV"Peace and Commerce with Every Nation"[440]

[BOOK SIX]: The Sage of Monticello
I"America Has a Hemisphere to Itself"[467]
IIDemocratic America[489]
IIIThe Philosophy of Old Age[513]

[Index]
[533]