Appoints Monroe Minister to Great Britain. At Washington. Sends third annual message. Louisiana treaty ratified by Senate. Drafts bill for government of Louisiana. Transmits information concerning Louisiana. Sends message on Barbary war. Sends message on Spanish claims. Replies to Address of legislature of Tennessee. Cabinet discussion of Louisiana boundaries. Daughter, Mary Eppes, dies. At Washington. Cabinet settle Tripoline terms. Offers Armstrong French mission. Appoints Monroe Minister to Spain. At Monticello. At Washington. Cabinet discuss Spanish affairs. Re-elected President of United States. Nominates Bowdoin Minister to Spain. Robert Smith appointed Attorney General. Approves bill for Harbor protection. At Monticello. At Washington. Prepares notes on Armed Vessels. Cabinet discuss neutral commerce. At Monticello. Prepares notes on conduct in 1780-1. 1805.-Oct. II. Nov. 12. 14. 19. Dec. 3. 6. Dec. 20. 1806.-Jan. 13. 17. Feb. 6. 8. 19. 24. 28. Mar. 14. 15? 20. 24. At Washington. Cabinet discuss Spanish affairs. Drafts resolutions on Spain for Congress. John Breckenridge nominated Attorney-General. Sends confidential message on Great Britain. Warned by Daveiss of Burr's plot. Sends message on Western exploration. Aids Barlow to draft bill for a National Uni versity. Drafts bill for settling Orleans territory. missioners to Spain. Pinkney selected by Cabinet for English mission. Sends special message on Spanish boundaries. Writes letter to Alexander of Russia. sioners to Great Britain. Cabinet discuss Leander incident. 25. Apr. 16. 19. May I. 3. 10. At Monticello. Called upon to undertake the duties of the first Executive office of our country, I avail myself of the presence of that portion of my fellow citizens which is here assembled to express 1 This is the first draft, but it differs so little from the address as delivered that it does not seem necessary to also print the latter. In the Jefferson MSS. is the following, which I take to be a paragraph jotted down for the inaugural address, but for some reason not included. "Wherever there are men there will be parties & wherever there are free men they will make themselves heard. Those of firm health & spirits are unwilling to cede more of their liberty than is necessary to preserve order, those of feeble constñs will wish to see one strong arm able to protect them from the many. These are the whigs and tories of nature. These mutual jealousies produce mutual security and while the laws shall be obeyed all will be safe. He alone is your enemy who disobeys them. In all cases of danger or commotion learn to consider the laws as the standard to which you are to rally. If you find there your officers civil and military, go with them to the establishmt of order. If you find them not there, they are out of their place and must be brot back to the laws. Let this then be the distinctive mark of an American that in cases of commotion he enlists himself under no man's banner, enquires for no man's name but repairs to the standard of the laws. Do this & you need never fear anarchy or tyranny. Your govmt will be perpetual.” VOL. VIII.-I |