| Description |
ix, 230 pages : illustrations, map ; 20 cm. |
| Series |
The Bedford series in history and culture |
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Bedford series in history and culture.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 218-219) and index. |
| Contents |
Part one -- Introduction: nature, race, and revolution in Jefferson's America -- Thomas Jefferson's Virginia -- Virginia's Jefferson -- Law and war -- The French alternative -- Notes on the State of Virginia -- The strange history of a book -- Hemingses, Jeffersons, and history -- A note about the texts -- Part two -- The documents -- Resolutions of the Freeholders of Albemarle County, July 26, 1774 / Thomas Jefferson -- Proclamation of freedom to slaves and servants, November 1775 / Lord Dunmore -- The Declaration of Independence: Thomas Jefferson's draft with Congress's changes, July 4, 1776 -- Queries concening Virginia, November 1780 / Francois Marbois -- Letter to Jean Baptiste Ducoigne, Caskaskia Chief, June 1781 / Thomas Jefferson -- Letter to Jame Monroe, May 20, 1782 / Thomas Jefferson -- An Anonymous letter for the European newspapers, November 1784 / Thomas Jefferson -- Letter to the Marquis de Chastellux, June 7, 1785 / Thomas Jefferson -- Letter to Richard Price, August 7, 1985 / Thomas Jefferson -- Letter to the Marquis de Chastellux, September 2, 1985 / Thomas Jefferson -- Letter to Archibald Stuart, January 25, 1786 / Thomas Jefferson -- |
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Notes on the State of Virginia, 1781-1787 -- Query I. Boundaries of Virginia -- Query II. Rivers -- Query III. Sea ports -- Query IV. Mountains -- Query V. Cascades -- Query VI. Productions mineral, vegetable, and animal -- Query VII. Climate -- Query VIII. Population -- Query IX. Military force -- Query X. Marine force -- Query XI. Aborigines -- Query XII. Counties and towns -- Query XIII. Constitution -- Query XIV. Laws -- Query XV. Colleges, buildings, and roads -- Query XVI. Proceedings as to Tories -- Query XVII. Religion -- Query XVIII. Manners -- Query XIX. Manufactures -- Query XX. Subjects of commerce -- Query XXI. Weights, measures, and money -- Query XXII. Public revenue and expenses -- Query XXIII. Histories, memorials, and state-papers -- Letters, g August 19, 1791 and August 30, 1791 / r Benjamin Banneker ; Thomas Jefferson -- A Thomas Jefferson chronology (1743-1826) -- Questions for consideration -- Selected bibliography. |
| Subject |
Virginia.
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Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 -- Political and social views.
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| Added Author |
Waldstreicher, David.
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| ISBN |
0312257139 paperback |
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9780312257132 paperback |
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031229428X |
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9780312294281 |
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