Thomas Jefferson Papers at the Library of Congress

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The Thomas Jefferson papers at the Library of Congress web site provides online access to material held by the Manuscripts Department at the Library of Congress. The complete collection of Thomas Jefferson papers at the Library of Congress consists of approximately 27,000 documents. This material was microfilmed in 1974 and the majority of this has been made available by digital scanning the microfilm to create Images of the documents. The quality of the Images is variable, although fully searchable transcriptions have been made available where possible. The types of document in the collection include correspondence, commonplace books, financial account books and manuscript volumes. The majority of this material is dated from between 1775 and 1826. The web site provides further details about the collection and the way the digital Images have been created. The collection can be searched or browsed. Other features of the web site include timelines, a bibliography and links to related collections and resources. The Thomas Jefferson papers at the Library of Congress site forms part of the American Memory Historical Collections from the Library of Congress.

Historical theme: Political history
Geographical area: North America
Period: 17th Century | 18th Century | 19th Century
Resource type: Primary sources