Collection Summary
| Title | Thomas Jefferson papers, 1606-1943 |
|---|---|
| Inclusive Dates | 1606-1943 |
| Bulk Dates | 1775-1826 |
| ID No. | MSS27748 |
| Creator | Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 |
| Extent | 25,000 items |
| Extent | 225 containers plus 15 oversize |
| Extent | 90 linear feet |
| Extent | 65 microfilm reels |
| Language | Collection material in English |
| Location | Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. |
| Finding Aid Permalink | Cite or bookmark this finding aid as: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms008069 |
| LCCN Permalink | LC Catalog record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm76027748 |
| Summary | United States president, vice president, and secretary of state; diplomat, architect, inventor, planter, and philosopher. Correspondence, official statements and addresses, including a rough draft of the Declaration of Independence, plantation and personal accounts, notebook, fee book, case book, garden book, farm book, calculations of interest, records of early Virginia laws and history and other writings on political, legal, educational, and scientific matters, newspaper clippings, and other papers. |
| Online Content | The papers of Thomas Jefferson are available on the Library of Congress Web site at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/collmss.ms000014. The order of items in the online presentation may not exactly match the order found on the microfilm edition. To promote preservation of the originals, researchers are required to consult the online edition as available. |