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Jefferson the President : second term, 1805-1809

Dumas Malone
An account of Jefferson's ancestry, youth, education, legal career, marriage, legislative career, and governorship
Print Book, English, 1974
Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1974
Jefferson and his time, v. 5, volume 5
Biography
xxxi, 704 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
1929523
Presidential re-entry
Blessed interim
A minor success: the Navy and Tripoli
Paris, Madrid, and Washington, 1804-1805
The Spanish question before congress, 1805-1806
Troublemakers and frustrated diplomats
Foreign aggressions and a domestic revolt
Paterfamilias and friend
The head of the party
Rallying round the leader
The patron of exploration
Explorers' return
Enter General Wilkinson
Colonel Burr excites alarms, 1805-1806
Thwarting an unlawful enterprise, 1806-1807
Uncertain verdict in Washington
The President and Burr's prosecution
The Defense vs. the Executive
Futile proceedings in Richmond
Aftermath of conspiracy, 1807-1808
Liberty and libel, 1806-1809
The Monroe-Pinkney treaty and the impressment question
The Chesapeake Affair
Entr'acres: president and tsar
Between peace and war, 1807
The lesser evil: the embargo
The problem of national defense: the navy
The military aspect
A more fitting habitation
Unfinished business, 1808
Tightening the embargo
The grievious task of enforcement
Backed to the wall
Hors de combat
Pressures of dissent, 1808-1809
Exit Mr. President