Papers of Thomas Jefferson. Volume 22 The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 22: 6 August-31 December 1791

The months covered by this volume illustrate the variety of topics characteristic of the Jefferson Papers. Subjects range from Jefferson's continued overseeing of the planning of the Federal District that became Washington, D.C., to his worries over his debts and his exchange of correspondence with the free black Benjamin Banneker. This period, an unusually significant time for Jefferson as Secretary of State, saw the opening of a new phase of diplomacy. When Jefferson returned to the capital after a stay at Monticello in the fall, the first British minister to the United States had arrived, and the new representative from France had been in the city since August. During this time Jefferson began keeping private notes on important political conversations, notes that he later collected and bound. These notes were published after his death as Jefferson's Anas, a work never closely examined until now and often extended beyond Jefferson's evident intention. Ascertaining that Jefferson collected and intended only those documents from his tenure as Secretary of State to be used to challenge the Federalist interpretation of Washington's administration, the present editors publish the Anas notes not as compiled late in Jefferson's life or as amplified by others, but in chronological order, in the context in which they were written. Also discovered during the preparation of this volume was a new, later date or that portion of Jefferson's famous Espistolary Record written in his own hand. The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson Is A Projected 60-volume Series Containing Not Only The 18,000 Letters Written By Jefferson But Also, In Full Or In Summary, The More Than 25,000 Letters Written To Him. Including Documents Of Historical Significance As Well As Private Notes Not Closely Examined Until Their Publication In The Papers, This Series Is An Unmatched Source Of Scholarship On The Nation's Third President--publisher's Description. V 1. 1760-1776 -- V. 2. 1777-18 June, 1779, Including The Revisal Of The Laws, 1776-1786 -- V. 3. 18 June, 1779 To 30 September, 1780 -- V. 4. 1 October, 1780 To 24 February 1781 -- V. 5. 25 February 1781 To 20 May 1781 -- V. 6. 21 May 1781 To 1 March 1784 -- V. 7. 2 March 1784 To 25 February 1785 -- V. 8. 25 February To 31 October 1785 -- V. 9. 1 November, 1785 To 22 June, 1786 -- V. 10. 22 June To 31 December, 1786 -- V. 11. 1 January To 6 August, 1787 -- V. 12. 7 August 1787 To 31 March, 1788 -- V. 13. March To 7 October, 1788 -- V. 14. 8 October 1788 To 26 March, 1789 -- V. 15 March 1789 To 30 November 1789. -- V. 16. 30 November 1789 To 4 July, 1790 -- V. 17. 6 July To 3 November 1790 -- V. 18. 4 November 1790 To 24 January 1791 -- V. 19. 24 January To 31 March 1791 -- V. 20. 1 April To 4 August 1791 -- V. 21. Index, Volumes 1-20 -- V. 22. 6 August 1791 To 31 December 1791 -- V. 23. 1 January To 31 May 1792 -- V. 24. 1 June To 31 December 1792 -- V. 25. 1 January To 10 May 1793 -- V. 26. 11 May To 31 August 1793 -- V. 27. 1 September To 31 December 1793 -- V. 28. 1 January 1794 To 29 February 1796 -- V. 29. 1 March 1796 To 31 December 1797 -- V. 30. 1 January 1798 To 31 January 1799 -- V. 31. 1 February 1799 To 31 May 1800 -- V. 32. 1 June 1800 To 16 February 1801 -- V. 33. 17 February To 30 April 1801 -- V. 34. 1 May To 31 July 1801 -- V. 35. 1 August To 30 November 1801 -- V. 36. 1 December 1801 To 3 March 1802 -- V. 37. 4 March To 30 June 1802 -- V. 38. 1 July To 12 November 1802 -- V. 39. 13 November 1802 To 3 March 1803 -- V. 40. 4 March To 10 July 1803 -- V. 41. 11 July To 15 November 1803 -- V. 42. 16 November 1803 To 10 March 1804 -- V. 43. 11 March To 30 June 1804. Julian P. Boyd, Editor ; Lyman H. Butterfield And Mina R. Bryan, Associate Editors. Supplemented By Three Temporary Indexes Covering Vols. 1-6, 7-12, And 13-18, Compiled By Elizabeth J. Sherwood And Ida T. Hopper; Published: Princeton, Princeton University Press, 1954-73. Beginning With V. 21, Permanent Cumulative Indexes Will Appear After Each Decimal Volume; Vol. 21 Provides An Index To The First 20 Vols. And Replaces The Earlier Temporary Indexes. Vol. 21-23: Charles T. Cullen, Editor, Eugene R. Sheridan, Associate Editor, Ruth W. Lester, Assistant Editor; Vol. 24-28: John Catanzariti, Editor, Eugene R. Sheridan, Senior Associate Editor; Vol. 29-41: Barbara B. Oberg, General Editor; Vol. 42-43: James P. Mcclure, Editor, Elaine Weber Pascu, Senior Associate Editor. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes. From Vol. 21-23, The Editor Is Charles T. Cullen ; Vol. 24-28 ; John Cantanzariti ; Vol. 29-41 : Barbara B. Oberg ; Vol. 42- : James P. Mcclure.