Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 Notes on the establishment of a money unit....

GLC01034

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GLC#
GLC01034
Type
Books & pamphlets
Date
1784
Author/Creator
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
Title
Notes on the establishment of a money unit....
Place Written
Paris, France
Pagination
14 p. : Height: 20 cm, Width: 13 cm
Primary time period
The New Nation, 1783-1815
Sub-Era
Creating a New Government

Printed by Pierres in Paris. Copies of this work were bound into the private edition of Notes on the State of Virginia (GLC 5096). A rare work by Jefferson, one with important consequences for the United States. Jefferson Papers 8: 295 and 7: 150-203. Sowerby, Jefferson's Library 3755; Malone, Jefferson The Virginian, pp.416-18; C. Doris Heilman, "Jefferson's Efforts towards the Decimalization of United States Weights and Measures," in ISIS, 16 (Nov.1931): 266-314; Verner, "Mr. Jefferson Distributes his Notes," New York. 1952.

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