Message and communication from the President of the United States to the Senate and House of Representatives, 1801
Title
Message and communication from the President of the United States to the Senate and House of Representatives, 1801
Creator
Description
President Jefferson's first State of the Union address, printed and read before congress in December 1801 by his personal secretary Merriweather Lewis. Jefferson believed that transmitting via printed text gave argued that written communication gave legislators time to consider proposals without the pressure of an immediate response. This tradition continued for almost 100 years.
Date
1801
Publisher
Samuel Harrison Smith
Rights
Digital image copyright 2026 by the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. Images in this collection are not to be used for any commercial purposes without the expressed written permission of the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. Users of this website are free to utilize material from this collection for non-commercial and educational purposes.
Type
Text
Format
image/jpg
Language
Identifier
RBR AM.1 J4 1801
Citation
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826., “Message and communication from the President of the United States to the Senate and House of Representatives, 1801,” B&ECPL Digital Collections, accessed June 18, 2026, https://digital.buffalolib.org/document/17781.