The Life of Thomas Jefferson

The materials for this volume are principally derived from the posthumous works of Mr. Jefferson himself. These works were received with extraordinary approbation by one great portion of the public, as was the case indeed with everything which ever came from that remarkable man; and by another considerable portion with a corresponding degree of dissatisfaction, always to be expected from the well-known opinions of the author on certain fundamental points upon which a strongly marked division of public sentiment has prevailed since the foundation of the federal government.