The Papers of Thomas Jefferson: Retirement Series Volume 13. This volume's 598 documents span 22 April 1818 to 31 January 1819. Thomas Jefferson spends months preparing for a meeting to choose the site of the state university. He drafts the Rockfish Gap Report recommending the location of the University of Virginia at Charlottesville as well as legislation confirming this decision. Jefferson travels to Warm Springs to cure his rheumatism but instead contracts a painful infection on his buttocks. His enforced absence from Poplar Forest leads to detailed... - The Papers of Thomas Jefferson: Retirement Series Volume 13.
The Papers of Thomas Jefferson: Retirement Series Volume 19. This volume's 601 documents show Jefferson dealing with various challenges. He is injured in a fall at Monticello, and his arm is still in a sling months later when he narrowly escapes drowning during a solitary horseback ride. Jefferson obtain... - The Papers of Thomas Jefferson: Retirement Series Volume 19.
The Papers of Thomas Jefferson: Retirement Series Volume 18. This volume's 627 documents feature a vast assortment of topics. Jefferson writes of his dread of "a doting old age." He inserts an anonymous note in the Richmond Enquirer denying that he has endorsed a candidate for the next presidential election&co... - The Papers of Thomas Jefferson: Retirement Series Volume 18.
The Papers of Thomas Jefferson: Retirement Series Volume 9. Volume Nine of the project documenting Thomas Jefferson's last years presents 523 documents from 1 September 1815 to 30 April 1816. In this period, Jefferson makes three trips to Poplar Forest. During two visits to the Peaks of Otter, he ... - The Papers of Thomas Jefferson: Retirement Series Volume 9.
The Papers of Thomas Jefferson: Retirement Series Volume 7. The 526 documents printed in this volume run from 28 November 1813 to 30 September 1814. During this period Jefferson reviews the extant sources on the 1765 Stamp Act crisis to aid William Wirt, a Patrick Henry scholar; records his largely posi... - The Papers of Thomas Jefferson: Retirement Series Volume 7.
The Papers of Thomas Jefferson: Retirement Series Volume 4. The 581 documents printed in this volume cover the period from 18 June 1811 to 30 April 1812. Between these two dates, Thomas Jefferson famously declares to Charles Willson Peale that "tho' an old man, I am but a young gardener"; calculat... - The Papers of Thomas Jefferson: Retirement Series Volume 4.
The Papers of Thomas Jefferson: Retirement Series Volume 3. This volume prints 567 documents covering the period from 12 August 1810 to 17 June 1811. Thomas Jefferson is now firmly ensconced in retirement at Monticello and Poplar Forest. He is not free from legal and political concerns, however, w... - The Papers of Thomas Jefferson: Retirement Series Volume 3.