Jefferson's Pen: The Art of Persuasion

Index

• Acknowledgments
• Prologue
• What Is Persuasive Writing?
• The Practice of Law
• Political Persuasions
• Jefferson the President
• Skill, Passion, and Vision
• Learning from the Darker Side of Thomas Jefferson
• Jefferson's Opening Statement to America
• Other Masterpieces
• Conclusion
• Appendix A: Excerpts from John Locke's The Second Treatise on Government Sec. 4, 6-8, 87-89, 95, 123, 131 (1690)
• Appendix B: Transcription from Howell v. Netherland (1770)
• Appendix C: A Summary View of the Rights of British Americans (1774)
• Appendix D: Excerpt from Thomas Paine's Common Sense (1775-1776)
• Appendix E: Virginia's Statute for Religious Freedom (drafted in 1777; passed in 1786)
• Appendix F: Declaration of Independence (1776)
• Appendix G: Letter to William S. Smith, Paris (1787)
• Appendix H: France's Declaration of Rights of Man and of the Citizen (1789)
• Appendix I: Thomas Jefferson's First Inauguration Address (1801)
• Appendix J: Letter to Danbury Baptists (1802)
• Appendix K: Thomas Jefferson's Second Inauguration Address (1805)
• Appendix L: Excerpt from Letter to Samuel Kercheval (1816)
• Appendix M: The Gettysburg Address (1863)
• About the Author
• Recommended Reads
• Notes