Download or read book Jefferson Debating Society Collection written by Jefferson Debating Society and published by . This book was released on 1823 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The bulk of this collection is composed of reports summarizing the positions taken by debating committees during meetings held between 1823 and 1828, with notes on whether or not those positions were accepted by the Society. These hand-written reports contain discussions on the most important civic, political and religious topics of the day, both locally and nationally. The collection also contains the following: both a hand-written and printed Society Constitution, the latter dating to 1828; the only known remaining membership certificate, which belonged to John Leavitt, Jr., dated Mar. 4, 1824; a collection of Massachusetts legislative reports, acts, and petitions used during debates held in 1827; and programs/reports put together for the annual anniversary celebrations in 1828 and 1829.
Download or read book Handbook of the Jefferson Literary and Debating Society written by Jefferson College (Convent, La.). Jefferson Literary and Debating Society and published by . This book was released on with total page 23 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Constitution and By laws of the Jefferson Society of the University of Virginia written by University of Virginia. Jefferson Society and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Jefferson Society written by University of Virginia. Jefferson Society and published by . This book was released on 1935 with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Folder includes research notes and other material such as journal articles, and copies of and extracts from Jefferson-related correspondence.
Download or read book The Inaugural Address of President Jefferson Constitution and Rules of the Jefferson Debating Society and the Names of Members written by United States. President (1801-1809 : Jefferson) and published by . This book was released on 1828 with total page 23 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Society Ties written by Thomas L. Howard and published by William R. Kenan Jr Endowment. This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Jefferson Society is the University of VIrginia's oldest student organization. Founded in 1825, the Society has counted the likes of Woodrow Wilson and Edgar Allan Poe among its members and remains one of the largest and most active student organizations on the Grounds. Society Ties tells the Society's story and gives a history of student life at the University of Virginia, exploring what motivated students and how they experienced the ineffable place that is Jefferson's Academical Village." -- Front dust jacket flap.
Download or read book The Inaugural Address of President Jefferson the Constitution of the Jefferson Debating Society and the Names of Members written by Thomas Jefferson and published by . This book was released on 1828 with total page 23 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Illimitable Freedom of the Human Mind written by Andrew J. O’Shaughnessy and published by University of Virginia Press. This book was released on 2021-09-28 with total page 503 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Already renowned as a statesman, Thomas Jefferson in his retirement from government turned his attention to the founding of an institution of higher learning. Never merely a patron, the former president oversaw every aspect of the creation of what would become the University of Virginia. Along with the Declaration of Independence and the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom, he regarded it as one of the three greatest achievements in his life. Nonetheless, historians often treat this period as an epilogue to Jefferson’s career. In The Illimitable Freedom of the Human Mind, Andrew O’Shaughnessy offers a twin biography of Jefferson in retirement and of the University of Virginia in its earliest years. He reveals how Jefferson’s vision anticipated the modern university and profoundly influenced the development of American higher education. The University of Virginia was the most visible apex of what was a much broader educational vision that distinguishes Jefferson as one of the earliest advocates of a public education system. Just as Jefferson’s proclamation that "all men are created equal" was tainted by the ongoing institution of slavery, however, so was his university. O’Shaughnessy addresses this tragic conflict in Jefferson’s conception of the university and society, showing how Jefferson’s loftier aspirations for the university were not fully realized. Nevertheless, his remarkable vision in founding the university remains vital to any consideration of the role of education in the success of the democratic experiment.
Download or read book The Jefferson Society Requests the Pleasure of Your Company on Monday the 14th of April at 7 1 2 O clock written by University of Virginia. Jefferson Society and published by . This book was released on 1845 with total page 4 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book You are Respectfully Invited to Attend the Anniversary Celebration of the Jefferson Society written by University of Virginia. Jefferson Society and published by . This book was released on 1854 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Jefferson Society University of Virginia Intermediate Celebration Monday Evening April 13th 1868 written by University of Virginia. Jefferson Society and published by . This book was released on 1868 with total page 1 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Mongrel Nation written by Clarence E. Walker and published by University of Virginia Press. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The debate over the affair between Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings rarely rises above the question of "Did they or didn’t they?" But lost in the argument over the existence of such a relationship are equally urgent questions about a history that is more complex, both sexually and culturally, than most of us realize. Mongrel Nation seeks to uncover this complexity, as well as the reasons it is so often obscured. Clarence Walker contends that the relationship between Jefferson and Hemings must be seen not in isolation but in the broader context of interracial affairs within the plantation complex. Viewed from this perspective, the relationship was not unusual or aberrant but was fairly typical. For many, this is a disturbing realization, because it forces us to abandon the idea of American exceptionalism and re-examine slavery in America as part of a long, global history of slaveholders frequently crossing the color line. More than many other societies--and despite our obvious mixed-race population--our nation has displayed particular reluctance to acknowledge this dynamic. In a country where, as early as 1662, interracial sex was already punishable by law, an understanding of the Hemings-Jefferson relationship has consistently met with resistance. From Jefferson’s time to our own, the general public denied--or remained oblivious to--the possibility of the affair. Historians, too, dismissed the idea, even when confronted with compelling arguments by fellow scholars. It took the DNA findings of 1998 to persuade many (although, to this day, doubters remain). The refusal to admit the likelihood of this union between master and slave stems, of course, from Jefferson’s symbolic significance as a Founding Father. The president’s apologists, both before and after the DNA findings, have constructed an iconic Jefferson that tells us more about their own beliefs--and the often alarming demands of those beliefs--than it does about the interaction between slave owners and slaves. Much more than a search for the facts about two individuals, the debate over Jefferson and Hemings is emblematic of tensions in our society between competing conceptions of race and of our nation.
Download or read book The Pleasure of Your Company is Respectfully Solicited at the Jefferson Hall on the Evening of the 13th of April at 7 1 2 O clock written by University of Virginia. Jefferson Literary and Debating Society and published by . This book was released on 1846 with total page 4 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Jefferson and Hamilton written by John Ferling and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2014-10-07 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of America's foremost historians brilliantly brings to life the fierce struggle - both public and, ultimately, bitterly personal - between Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton - two rivals whose opposing visions of what the United States should be continue to shape our country to this day.
Download or read book ADDRESSES DELIVERED BEFORE THE written by T. Snow and published by . This book was released on 2016-08-24 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book All Honor to Jefferson written by Erik S. Root and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2008 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Virginia's most prominent statesman had a profound influence on the American Founding. Of the first five presidents elected, four of them were Virginians. Old Dominion thus held an influential position in the Union. The Founders held a reluctant tolerance of slavery, yet every leading Founder believed that slavery was wrong. They based this argument on the natural rights all men, all humans, possessed. With a natural rights understanding of the American Founding, it is an inescapable conclusion that slavery is a violation of those rights. However, the Founders expressed their distaste of the peculiar institution in different ways. All wrote privately about their aversion of the institution, and some took unmistakable public positions. Several also found ways to demonstrate implicitly their opinion about slavery. Because of its influential position, the political direction of Old Dominion was a bellwether for the Union. During the 1829-1832, in two instances, Virginians debated the future of slavery in their state. First, in the Constitutional Convention in 1829-30 they debated the existence of natural rights and whether those rights were a guide for statesmanship. During this convention there was an attack on natural rights that set the stage for the next great deliberation over slavery. Second, they explicitly discussed ending slavery in the House of Delegates after the Nat Turner insurrection in 1831-32. The Delegates of the day rejected the emancipation of the slaves as a moral and political necessity. Virginians had the opportunity to place slavery on the road to gradual extinction. They had an opportunity to reaffirm the principles of liberty, but ultimately that argument lost. The forces of self-interest defeated those who articulated the principles of the Declaration of Independence. This was solidified when Thomas Roderick Dew wrote his review of the debates in the House of Delegates. As a result of his arguments, the pro-slavery argument proceeded apace in Virginia with Dew being instrument
Download or read book Papers of the Jefferson Society written by University of Virginia. Jefferson Society and published by . This book was released on 1892 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The collection contains manuscripts and clippings concerning the contest for the presidency of the Jefferson Society between Murray M. McGuire and Mallory K. Cannon. The contest led to fist fight in the old gymnasium at the south end of the East Range between McGuire supporter James P. C. Southall and Cannon supporter A. C. "Kit" Carson. The contest was finally submitted to an arbitration committee of Professor Noah K. Davis and Dr. Paul B. Barringer who decided in favor of McGuire.
