I THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE 59 II THE REVISION OF THE LAWS OF VIRGINIA 86 III GOVERNOR OF VIRGINIA--THE "NOTES ON VIRGINIA" 108 IV A STATESMAN'S APPRENTICESHIP 137 BOOK THREE: _An American View of Europe_ I SOCIETY AND TRAVEL 159 II GALLO-AMERICAN COMMERCE AND THE DEBT QUESTION 176 III UNION AND ISOLATION 194 IV JEFFERSON AND THE FRENCH REVOLUTION 215 BOOK FOUR: _Monocrats and Republicans_ I THE QUARREL WITH HAMILTON 245 II JACOBIN OR AMERICAN? 274 III MONTICELLO--AGRICULTURE AND POLITICS 298 IV "THE DICTATES OF REASON AND PURE AMERICANISM" 321 V POLITICAL LEADER AND STRATEGIST 343 BOOK FIVE: _The Presidency_ I "ALL REPUBLICANS, ALL FEDERALISTS" 379 II PROTECTIVE IMPERIALISM AND TERRITORIAL EXPANSION 396 III "SELF-PRESERVATION IS PARAMOUNT TO ALL LAW" 425 IV "PEACE AND COMMERCE WITH EVERY NATION" 440 BOOK SIX: _The Sage of Monticello_ I "AMERICA HAS A HEMISPHERE TO ITSELF" 467 II DEMOCRATIC AMERICA 489 III THE PHILOSOPHY OF OLD AGE 513 INDEX 533 ILLUSTRATIONS BUST OF THOMAS JEFFERSON BY HOUDON _Frontispiece_ _In the possession of the New York Historical Society_ A PAGE OF JEFFERSON'S REFLECTIONS ON THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION 80 _From the manuscript in the possession of the Library of Congress_ A PAGE FROM JEFFERSON'S "COMMONPLACE BOOK" 102 _From the manuscript in the possession of the Library of Congress_ LAFAYETTE 206 _After a lithograph from the portrait by Grevedon_ ALEXANDER HAMILTON 256 _From the painting by John Trumbull in the possession of the Essex Institute, Salem, Mass._ THOMAS JEFFERSON 290 _From the portrait by Rembrandt Peale_ MONTICELLO AS IT APPEARS TO-DAY 314 THOMAS JEFFERSON 468 _From the portrait by Kosciuszko_ BOOK ONE _The Virginian_ CHAPTER I A VIRGINIA BOYHOOD