A first book in American history with European beginnings . The State House in Philadelphia Where the Declaration ofIndependence was Signed. On his return to America he was appointed Secretary ofState under President Washington. And later, so wellhad the American people come to know his value, he waselected the third President of the United States. Jefferson was the first President to take the oath ofoffice in the city of Washington, the new capital of the 271 A FIRST BOOK IN AMERICAN HISTORY country, named for George Washington and founded ona site of his choice. At the time, Washington was a
A first book in American history with European beginnings . The State House in Philadelphia Where the Declaration ofIndependence was Signed. On his return to America he was appointed Secretary ofState under President Washington. And later, so wellhad the American people come to know his value, he waselected the third President of the United States. Jefferson was the first President to take the oath ofoffice in the city of Washington, the new capital of the 271 A FIRST BOOK IN AMERICAN HISTORY country, named for George Washington and founded ona site of his choice. At the time, Washington was a cityof but a few thousands, and the Capitol was an unpreten-tious building. This fact must have well suited Thomas Washington and John Adams, Washingtons suc-cessor, had felt that the President of the United States. Map Showing the Territory of the United States Beforeand After the Louisiana Purchase. should stand a little apart from the people. They hadkept up a dignity and formality befitting their idea. Allthis was very unlike Jefferson. He believed in Republi-can simplicity ; believed that all men are equal, and thatthe President should be always ready to exchange afriendly hand shake with any one. On the day of his in-auguration, dressed in his everyday clothes, he went onfoot to the Capitol. Thomas Jefferson was President for eight years. One272 THOMAS JEFFERSON of the wisest things he did while in office was to buy fromFrance the land known as Louisiana. This was notmerely the present state of Louisiana; it was a greatstretch of land containing nearly nine hundred thousandsquare miles, lying between the Mississippi River and theRocky Mountains, and between Canada and the Gulf ofMexico. All this Jefferson got from Napoleon Bonaparte, at averitable bargain. At the time, Napoleon was in sore
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