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Proposed constitution for Virginia

Title
  1. Proposed constitution for Virginia, 1776.
Author
  1. Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.

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Additional authors
  1. Maitland, Alexander, -1907
  2. Virginia. Constitution (1776)
Description
  1. .04 linear foot (1 volume)
Summary
  1. Thomas Jefferson's proposed constitution for Virginia, June 1776. This is the third and final draft and was printed in Paul Leicester Ford's The Writings of Thomas Jefferson, volume 2, page 7, where the history of this document is noted. The first and second drafts are in the Library of Congress. Autograph document, presented to the Lenox Library by Mr. Alexander Maitland in 1894.
Subject
  1. Law > Virginia > 18th century
  2. Virginia > Politics and government > 1775-1783 > Sources
  3. Constitutions
  4. Virginia > History > Revolution, 1775-1783
Genre/Form
  1. Constitutions.
Call number
  1. MssCol 647
Access (note)
  1. Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.
Author
  1. Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.
Title
  1. Proposed constitution for Virginia, 1776.
Restricted access
  1. Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.
Added author
  1. Maitland, Alexander, -1907, former owner.
  2. Virginia. Constitution (1776)
Research call number
  1. MssCol 647
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