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The Jeffersonian cyclopedia;

a comprehensive collection of the views of Thomas Jefferson classified and arranged in alphabetical order under nine thousand titles relating to government, politics, law, education, political economy, finance, science, art, literature, religious freedom, morals, etc.;

Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826)

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PREFACE

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

CHRONOLOGY OF THOMAS JEFFERSON

LIST OF PATRONS

THE JEFFERSON CYCLOPEDIA

PLAN OF THE WORK AND EXPLANATION OF ABBREVIATIONS

9195. X. Y. Z. PLOT, Artful misrepresentation of.—

9196. X. Y. Z. PLOT, Astonishment over.—

9197. X. Y. Z. PLOT, Delusion through.

9198. X. Y. Z. PLOT, Delusion through. [continued].

9199. X. Y. Z. PLOT, Delusion through. [further continued].

9200. X. Y. Z. PLOT, Federalists and.—

9201. X. Y. Z. PLOT, French government and.—

9202. X. Y. Z. PLOT, War and.—

APPENDIX

TOPICAL INDEX WITH CROSS-REFERENCES

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8915. WAR, Power to declare.—[further continued]

The power of declaring
war being with the Legislature, the Executive
should do nothing necessarily committing
them to decide for war. [510] —
To Vice-President Clinton. Washington ed. v, 116. Ford ed., ix, 100.
(W. 1807)

[510]

This extract, Jefferson explained to Clinton, defined
one of the principles that controlled his action
in the issuance of his proclamation after the attack
on the Chesapeake.—Editor.