Jefferson delivers first inaugural address at Washington
Richardson’s edition presents Jefferson addressing assembled fellow citizens at Washington in his first inaugural address, dated March 4, 1801.
What this does and does not establish
James D. Richardson edition, Project Gutenberg 10893, volume I, part 3. The heading supplies the location and the closing date supplies the date; the address has no closing signature. The neighboring March 2 letter announces a proposed oath ceremony, a separate act rather than evidence that its arrangements were carried out. No contradictory account is supplied.
- Region
- Americas
- Theme
- Politics and institutions
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- Placed in a year. A source places this in one year. It is listed under that year; no day precision is invented.
How it is dated
- Date reference
- March 4, 1801
- How we use it
- Year-level placement is limited to the dated source entry.
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Dating notes from the research record
Read jefferson.txt lines 140–329, including the full heading at 168, Washington location at 171, opening at 175, and closing date at 329. The explicit civil date March 4, 1801 maps directly to AD 1801 without calendar conversion. The neighboring letter dated March 2, 1801 was checked separately; edition attribution was checked at lines 1–37. Original quotation begins at line 176, character 7279.
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Source 1 · Supports the statement
Richardson, Messages and Papers of the Presidents, Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson; compiled by James D. Richardson
Quoted text (English)
I avail myself of the presence of that portion of my
fellow-citizens which is here assembled to express my grateful thanksSource credit and reuse conditions recorded for this source: Credit Thomas Jefferson, Richardson compilation, Project Gutenberg 10893.
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