Jul 18, 2022 | 18th Century, North America, Transcription
Debt Act of 1732 Jefferson’s Notes on Debt Recovery Act (1732) In his copy of Parliament’s Debt Act of 1732, Thomas Jefferson situates Britain’s latest imperial encroachment within the existing body of colonial trade restrictions already in place. In the...Apr 29, 2020 | 18th Century, Manuscript, North America, Transcription
The Declaration of Independence Thomas Jefferson’s Draft of the Declaration of Independence The Declaration is a foundational document in American history. Its own history, however, is often forgotten. It was as much a product of debate, revision, and political...