Research Catalog

Title

Notes on the state of Virginia / by Thomas Jefferson.

Author

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.

Publication

Boston : Published by Lilly and Wait, 1832.

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Details

Additional Authors

Lilly & Wait, publisher.

Description

[4], 280 p.; 17 cm.

Donor/Sponsor

Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Subjects

• Slavery > Virginia
• Virginia > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
• Natural history > Virginia
• Logan, James, -1780
• Inscriptions (Provenance)
• Indians of North America > Virginia
• Virginia > Description and travel

Genre/Form

Inscriptions (Provenance)

Note

• "An appendix to the Notes on Virginia, relative to the murder of Logan's family": p. [238]-274.

Indexed In (note)

• Checklist of American imprints
• Howes, W. U.S.iana, 1650-1950 (1962 edition)
• Sabin, J. Dictionary of books relating to America from its discovery to the present time

Provenance (note)

• inscribed: in ink on title page "M.E.W. Cook." ; This copy is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.

Contents

1. Boundaries of Virginia -- 2. Rivers -- 3. Sea-ports -- 4. Mountains -- 5. Cascades -- 6. Productions, mineral, vegetable and animal -- 7. Climate -- 8. Population -- 9. Military force -- 10. Marine force -- 11. Aborigines -- 12. Counties and towns -- 13. Constitution -- 14. Laws -- 15. Colleges, buildings and roads -- 16. Proceedings as Tories -- 17. Religion -- 18. Manners -- 19. Manufactures -- 20. Subjects of commerce -- 21. Weights, measures and money -- 22. Public revenue and expenditures -- 23. Histories, memorials and state papers: Appendix, no. 1 ; Appendix, no. 2 ; Appendix, no. 3 ; Relative to the murder of Logan's family -- Inaugural speech of Thos. Jefferson, delivered March 4, 1801.

Call Number

Sc Rare 917.55-J (Jefferson, T. Notes on the state of Virginia. 1832)

LCCN

03004902

OCLC

2109754

Author

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.

Title

Notes on the state of Virginia / by Thomas Jefferson.

Imprint

Boston : Published by Lilly and Wait, 1832.

Indexed In:

Checklist of American imprints, 13148

Howes, W. U.S.iana, 1650-1950 (1962 edition), J78

Sabin, J. Dictionary of books relating to America from its discovery to the present time, 35907

Provenance

Copy in Sc Rare 917.55-J (accession no. B526855) inscribed: in ink on title page "M.E.W. Cook." ; This copy is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926. NN

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Added Author

Lilly & Wait, publisher.

Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938, former owner.

Research Call Number

Sc Rare 917.55-J (Jefferson, T. Notes on the state of Virginia. 1832)