• 1.: A Young Gentleman of Virginia (1743-1774)



• 2.: "We hold these truths..." (1763-1776)



• 3.: The Hard of Revolution (1776-1784)



• 4.: "Behold me at length on the vaunted scene of Europe!" (1784-1789)



• 5.: "The parties styled republican and federal" (1789-1793)



• 6.: Touching Earth (1794-1797)



• 7.: "The reign of witches" (1797-1801)



• 8.: " We are all republicans, we are all federalists" ( 1801-1805)



• 9.: "A splendid misery" (1805-1809)



• 10.: Enthusiasm and anguish (1809-1826)



• Epilogue: "Take care of me when dead..."



• Chronology



• Further Reading



• Index