Notes on the State of Virginia Book

Foreword

Preface

PART ONE. Introduction: Nature, Race, and Revolution in Jefferson’s America

Thomas Jefferson’s Virginia

Virginia’s Jefferson

Virginia’s Revolution

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

1. Thomas Jefferson, Resolutions of the Freeholders of Albemarle County, July 26, 1774

2. Lord Dunmore, Proclamation of Freedom to Slaves and Servants, November 1775

3. The Declaration of Independence: Thomas Jefferson’s Draft with Congress’s Changes, July 4, 1776

4. François Marbois, Queries Concerning Virginia, November 1780

5. Thomas Jefferson, Letter to Jean Baptiste DuCoigne, Kaskaskia Chief, June 1781

6. Thomas Jefferson, Letter to James Monroe, May 20, 1782

7. Thomas Jefferson, An Anonymous Letter for the European Newspapers, November 1784

8. Thomas Jefferson, Letter to the Marquis de Chastellux, June 7, 1785

9. Thomas Jefferson, Letter to Richard Price, August 7, 1785

10. Thomas Jefferson, Letter to the Marquis de Chastellux, September 2, 1785

11. Thomas Jefferson, Letter to Archibald Stuart, January 25, 1786

12. Thomas Jefferson, 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

13. Benjamin Banneker and Thomas Jefferson, Letters, August 19, 1791, and August 30, 1791

APPENDIXES

A Thomas Jefferson Chronology (1743-1826)

Questions for Consideration

Selected Bibliography

Index