The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 13: March 1788 to October 1788

ISBN-13: 9780691045450 / Angielski / Twarda / 1956 / 704 str.

Thomas Jefferson;McDowall; Kaveh Azar

Opis

From 1784 to 1789 Jefferson was in France, first as commissioner to negotiate peace treaties and then as American minister. Volume 13 continues the account of these years (which are covered in Volumes 7 to 14) and includes material on his travels through Holland, Germany, and northern France; on his study of wine cultivation, whale fishing, and the tobacco trade; on the consular convention with France; on the news from the United States concerning the beginnings of the Federal Government under the new Constitution.