Papers of Thomas Jefferson

Barbara B. Oberg, General Editor

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.

The Papers of Thomas Jefferson Digital Edition

Princeton University Press, Rotunda at University of Virginia Press, and the Papers of Thomas Jefferson project at Princeton University are proud to announce that The Papers of Thomas Jefferson Digital Edition was added to Rotunda's American Founding Era digital collection. Included are the first 33 volumes of the print edition (publication dates through 2006). Edited by Barbara B. Oberg, this XML-based edition is the perfect entrance to the extensive writings of our third president, author of the Declaration of Independence, champion of religious freedom, architect, inventor, master of Monticello, and founder of the University of Virginia. Users can search this life in letters by name, date, author and recipient; they can even conduct French-language searches. The digital edition of the first three volumes of the Jefferson Papers Retirement series, edited by J. Jefferson Looney, will follow later this year. For more information, see: Princeton University Press blog

The Papers of Thomas Jefferson at Princeton University

• Volume 1. 1760 to 1776. T. Jefferson; J.P. Boyd, ed.
• Volume 2. January 1777 to June 1779. T. Jefferson; J.P. Boyd, ed.
• Volume 3. June 1779 to September 1780. T. Jefferson; J.P. Boyd, ed.
• Volume 4. October 1780 to February 1781. T. Jefferson; J.P. Boyd, ed.
• Volume 5. February 1781 to May 1781. T. Jefferson; J.P. Boyd, ed.
• Volume 6. May 1781 to March 1784. T. Jefferson; J.P. Boyd, ed.
• Volume 7. March 1784 to February 1785. T. Jefferson; J.P. Boyd, ed.
• Volume 8. February 1785 to October 1785. T. Jefferson; J.P. Boyd, ed.
• Volume 9. November 1785 to June 1786. T. Jefferson; J.P. Boyd, ed.
• Volume 10. June 1786 to December 1786. T. Jefferson; J.P. Boyd, ed.
• Volume 11. January 1787 to August 1787. T. Jefferson; J.P. Boyd, ed.
• Volume 12. August 1787 to March 1788. T. Jefferson; J.P. Boyd, ed.
• Volume 13. March 1788 to October 1788. T. Jefferson; J.P. Boyd, ed.
• Volume 14. October 1788 to March 1789. T. Jefferson; J.P. Boyd, ed.
• Volume 15. March 1789 to November 1789. T. Jefferson; J.P. Boyd, ed.
• Volume 16. November 1789 to July 1790. T. Jefferson; J.P. Boyd, ed.
• Volume 17. July 1790 to November 1790. T. Jefferson; J.P. Boyd, ed.
• Volume 18. November 1790 to March 1791. T. Jefferson; J.P. Boyd, ed.
• Volume 19. January 1791 to March 1791. T. Jefferson; J.P. Boyd, ed.
• Volume 20. April 1791 to August 1791. T. Jefferson; J.P. Boyd, ed.
• Volume 21. Index, Vols. 1-20. T. Jefferson; J.P. Boyd, ed.
• Volume 22. 6 August-31 December 1791. T. Jefferson; C.T. Cullen, ed.
• Volume 23. 1 January-31 May 1792. T. Jefferson; C.T. Cullen, ed.
• Volume 24. 1 June-31 December 1792. T. Jefferson; J. Catanzariti, ed.
• Volume 25. 1 January-10 May 1793. T. Jefferson; J. Catanzariti, ed.
• Volume 26. 11 May-31 August 1793. T. Jefferson; J. Catanzariti, ed.
• Volume 27. 1 September to 31 December 1793. T. Jefferson; J. Catanzariti, ed.
• Volume 28. 1 January 1794 to 29 February 1796. T. Jefferson; J. Catanzariti, ed.
• Volume 29. 1 March 1796 to 31 December 1797. T. Jefferson; B.B. Oberg, ed.
• Volume 30. 1 January 1798 to 31 January 1799. T. Jefferson; B.B. Oberg, ed.
• Volume 31. 1 February 1799 to 31 May 1800. T. Jefferson; B.B. Oberg, ed.
• Volume 32. 1 June 1800 to 16 February 1801. T. Jefferson; B.B. Oberg, et al., eds.
• Volume 33. 17 February to 30 April 1801. T. Jefferson; B.B. Oberg, ed.
• Volume 34. 1 May to 31 July 1801. T. Jefferson; B.B. Oberg, ed.
• Volume 35. 1 August to 30 November 1801. T. Jefferson; B.B. Oberg, ed.
• Volume 36. 1 December 1801 to 3 March 1802. T. Jefferson; B.B. Oberg, ed.

When the Jefferson Papers project began in the late 1940s, a historically appropriate typeface--dating back to the early 1800s--was revived for it and rechristened "Monticello." The arrival of computerized typesetting a half-century later necessitated its conversion to digital format, which was commissioned by Princeton University Press and accomplished by Matthew Carter in 2003. For an account of this unusually enduring typeface, see Printing History, the Journal of the American Printing History Association.

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