Jefferson Papers Celebrates 70th Anniversary

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Portrait of Jefferson by Rembrandt Peale (1800)

Rembrandt Peale’s 1800 portrait of Jefferson.

The Princeton Packet reports on the 70th anniversary of the Thomas Jefferson PapersĀ  at Princeton University, “[t]he project, funded through a public-private partnership, has photocopies of some 68,468 original documents that are used to verify the transcription or typed versions. Another labor-intensive part is including annotations to provide the reader with context and other details.” Click here for the entire article.