Personal Secretaries

Over the course of a long public career, Thomas Jefferson employed several personal secretaries. The list below provides the names and dates of service of some of the men who served Jefferson in that capacity.

William Short: 1784 - 1789
Meriwether Lewis: April 1801 - 1803
Lewis Harvie: June 6, 1803 - March 1804^[1]
William A. Burwell: March 1804 - Fall 1804; Spring 1805; Summer 1806^[2]
Isaac A. Coles: Winter 1804 - 1805; Winter 1805 - 1806; October 1806 - March 1809^[3]
Nicholas P. Trist: 1820s

References

^ See MB, 2:1101-02n32. Editorial note available at Founders Online. See also Malone, Jefferson, 4:368, 4:370.
^ See MB, 2:1132n3. Editorial note available at Founders Online.
^ See MB, 2:1147n45. Editorial note available at Founders Online.

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