Jefferson Documents and Quotes

A guide to some excellent online collections of his writings and manuscripts.

Documents

• Monticello Classroom Image Gallery - selected images of some of Jefferson's most important and interesting documents, most with transcriptions.
• Jefferson and the Declaration of Independence - 
• Thomas Jefferson Papers at the Library of Congress - the largest online collection of Jefferson documents, featuring (grayscale) scans and selected transcriptions.
• Coolidge Collection of Thomas Jefferson Manuscripts at the Massachusetts Historical Society - features high-quality color scans of Jefferson's Farm and Garden Books and the largest collection of Jefferson architectural drawings and land surveys.
• The Declaration of Independence at the National Archives and Records Administration - offers highest-quality digital scans of the Declaration of Independence along with a transcription and examinations of the document's history and influences.
• Search for Jefferson Documents in the Monticello Explorer - a small, but highly contextualized selection of Jefferson documents directly linked to related objects, details, and features of the Monticello house and plantation or featured in special presentations.

Quotes

• Jefferson Quotes - a selection of some of Jefferson's most famous quotes compiled by researchers at Monticello's Jefferson Library
• The Jefferson Cyclopedia - a searchable collection of quotes by Jefferson arranged by topic.
• Thomas Jefferson on Politics and Government - The University of Virginia's site for Jefferson political quotations.
• Papers of Thomas Jefferson (Library of Congress) - Use the Keyword search.
• Spurious "Jefferson" Quotes - a list of quotations wrongly attributed to Jefferson compiled by researchers at Monticello's Jefferson Library