In the twenty-two months covered by this volume, Jefferson spent
most of his time at Monticello, where in his short-lived retirement
from office he turned in earnest to the renovation of his residence
and described himself as a ''monstrous farmer.'' Yet he narrowly
missed being elected George Washington's successor as president and
took the oath of office as vice president in March 1797. In early
summer he presided over the Senate after President John Adams
summoned Congress to deal with the country's worsening relations
with France. As the key figure in the growing ''Republican quarter,
'' Jefferson collaborated with such allies as James Monroe and
James Madison and drafted a petition to the Virginia House of
Delegates upholding the right of representatives to communicate
freely with their constituents.
The unauthorized publication of a letter to Philip Mazzei, in
which Jefferson decried the former ''Samsons in the field and
Solomons in the council'' who had been ''shorn by the harlot
England, '' made the vice president the uncomfortable target of
intense partisan attention. In addition, Luther Martin publicly
challenged Jefferson's treatment, in "Notes on Virginia," of the
famous oration of Logan.
Jefferson became president of the American Philosophical Society
and presented a paper describing the fossilized remains of the
megalonyx, or ''great claw.'' At Monticello he evaluated the merits
of threshing machines, corresponded with British agricultural
authorities, sought new crops for his rotation schemes,
manufactured nails, and entertained family members and
visitors.
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