☞ Notes on the state of Virginia : written in the year 1781, somewhat corrected and enlarged in the winter of 1782, for the use of a foreigner of distinction, in answer to certain queries proposed by him respecting 1. Its boundaries - - - page 1 2. Rivers - - - - 3 3. Sea ports - - - - 27 4. Mountains - - - 28 5. Cascades and caverns - - 33 6. Productions mineral, vegetable and animal - 41 7. Climate - - - 134 8. Population - - - 151 9. Military force - - - 162 10. Marine force - - - 165 11. Aborigines - - - 166 12. Counties and towns - - 191 13. Constitution - - - 193 14. Laws - - - 235 15. Colleges, buildings, and roads - 275 16. Proceedings as to tories - - 285 17. Religion - - - 287 18. Manners - - - - 298 19. Manufactures - - - 301 20. Subjects of commerce - - 304 21. Weights, Measures and Money - 311 22. Public revenue and expences - - 313 23. Histories, memorials, and state-papers - 322
Creator(s): Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 (Author)
Related APS Member(s):
Thomas Jefferson
Publication: [Paris]: [s.n. [Printed by Phillipe Denis Pierres]], 1782–1784.
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Editions: 1x 1782–1784 (Paris), 1x 1786 (Paris), 2x 1787 (London, Zurich), 1x 1788 (Philadelphia), 1x 1794 (Philadelphia), 2x 1800 (Baltimore), 2x 1801 (New York), 1x 1801 (Newark), 1x 1801 (Philadelphia), 1x 1801 (Boston), 1x 1802 (Boston), 1x 1803 (Trenton), 1x 1803 (Danbury [Conn.]), 1x 1804 (New York), 2x 1825 (Philadelphia), 1x 1829 (Boston).
A comprehensive accounting appears in Coolie Vernor, A further checklist of the separate editions of Jefferson's Notes on the State of Virginia (Charlottesville: 1950).
A comprehensive accounting appears in Coolie Vernor, A further checklist of the separate editions of Jefferson's Notes on the State of Virginia (Charlottesville: 1950).
Editions Note: At least twenty extant editions: one in 1782–1784 (Paris), one in 1786 (Paris), two in 1787 (London, Zurich), one in 1788 (Philadelphia), one in 1794 (Philadelphia), two in 1800 (Baltimore), two in 1801 (New York), one in 1801 (Newark), one in 1801 (Philadelphia), one in 1801 (Boston), one in 1802 (Boston), one in 1803 (Trenton), one in 1803 (Danbury [Conn.]), one in 1804 (New York), two in 1825 (Philadelphia), one in 1829 (Boston).
Holding Note:
APS holds nine copies: one copy of the 1784 Paris edition, including one presented by Thomas Jefferson, May 1805; one copy of the 1786 Paris edition; two copies of the 1787 London edition, including one presented by the descendants of Benjamin Vaughan through Mrs. George Gibson in 1991, which bears the autograph of B. Vaughan [other 1787 London copy]; one copy of the 1788; one copy of the 1794 which bears the autograph of B. Verdryes; one copy of the 1801 New York; one copy of the 1801 Philadelphia which bears the autograph of Samuel Hart; and one copy of the 1803, which bears the autograph of J. L. Cassell and was presented by Richard H. Shryock.
BibNumber: 380.054