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American Memory: Thomas Jefferson Papers
Part of the Library of Congress's American Memory website, this rich site, drawn from the Thomas Jefferson Papers, contains approximately 83,000 images drawn from 27,000 documents from 1606 to 1827, documenting Jefferson's activities in the second Continental Congress, the drafting of the Declaration of Independence, governorship of Virginia, service as Congressional representative, European diplomatic appointments, and presidential administrations. The site also features timelines, an essay by Jefferson expert Joseph J. Ellis, and descriptions of the conservation process.
Annotated Bibliographies of Writings on Thomas Jefferson
This site, part of the University of Virginia Electronic Text Center Thomas Jefferson Digital Archive, provides three extensive bibliographies of works on Thomas Jefferson.
Library of Congress: Thomas Jefferson
This Library of Congress online exhibition traces the life of Thomas Jefferson through dozens of documents, objects, and images, covering Jefferson's career as a statesman, diplomat, lawmaker, scientist, scholar, and architect. The site also offers a bibliography.
Six Historic Americans: Thomas Jefferson
In this chapter from Six Historic Americans (1906), hosted on the internet by the Secular Web Library, John E. Remsburg argues that Jefferson was a deist rather than a Christian.
The Avalon Project at Yale: Jefferson Papers
The Avalon Project at the Yale Law School provides Jefferson's Autobiography, the Notes on the State of Virginia, and various speeches, papers, and letters.
UVA E-texts: Jefferson Digital Archive
This site, from the University of Virginia Electronic Text Center website, includes over 1700 digital texts by or to Thomas Jefferson (including letters, public papers, speeches, and an autobiography) originating from 1760 to 1826, as well as a searchable index of quotations by Jefferson and a list of citations of Jefferson in the Oxford English Dictionary. The site also offers links to online exhibitions and other related sites.
University of Virginia Electronic Text Center: Rayner's Life of Thomas Jefferson
B.L. Rayner's biography of the third president of the United States, first published in 1834, is reproduced here in full. The site is part of the University of Virginia Library's Electronic Text Center Jefferson Digital Archive.
 
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