Notes on the State of Virginia: An Annotated EditionYale University Press, 2022 - 348 strani The first edition of Thomas Jefferson's Notes on the State of Virginia to be based on both the 1785 first edition and the original manuscript "Forbes provides excellent context for Jefferson's writing of the Notes, exploring in depth the most controversial passages concerning race and slavery. This, along with careful editing of the text, allows scholars to appreciate and engage with the Notes in new ways."--Frank Cogliano, University of Edinburgh Thomas Jefferson's Notes on the State of Virginia has been called the most important book written in America before 1800. In the first edition to be based on both the 1785 first edition and the original manuscript, Robert Pierce Forbes uncovers Jefferson's extensive revisions, situating the work in the context of transatlantic debates over slavery and shedding new light on Jefferson's shocking disparagement of African Americans. This comprehensive annotated edition is a rich and valuable study of the work that catapulted the once little-known former governor and diplomat to international fame. |
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List of Abbreviations | xi |
Editorial Note | xiii |
Acknowledgments | xv |
Introduction | xix |
A Transcription of the 1785 Edition | 1 |
An exact description of the limits and boundaries of the state of Vir ginia | 5 |
A notice of its rivers rivulets and how far they are navigable | 10 |
A notice of the best seaports of the state and how big are the vessels they can receive | 33 |
The constitution of the state and its several charters | 175 |
The administration of justice and description of the laws | 200 |
The colleges and public establishments the roads buildings c | 231 |
The measures taken with regard of the estates and possessions of the rebels commonly called Tories | 238 |
The different religions received into that state | 240 |
The particular customs and manners that may happen to be received in that state | 248 |
The present state of manufactures commerce interior and exterior trade | 251 |
A notice of the commercial productions particular to the state and of those objects which the inhabitants are obliged to get from Europe and from oth... | 254 |
A notice of its mountains | 35 |
Its cascades and caverns | 40 |
A notice of the mines and other subterraneous riches its trees plants fruits c | 49 |
A notice of all what can increase the progress of human knowledge | 123 |
The number of its inhabitants | 136 |
The number and condition of the militia and regular troops and their pay | 146 |
The Marine | 149 |
A description of the Indians established in that state | 151 |
A notice of the counties cities townships and villages | 172 |
The weights measures and the currency of the hard money Some details relating to the exchange with Europe | 260 |
The public income and expences | 264 |
The histories of the state the memorials published in its name in the time of its being a colony and the pamphlets relating to its interior or exterior affa... | 270 |
Charles Thomsons Observations | 298 |
Advertisement to the 1787 Edition | 311 |
Comparison of Marboiss and Jeffersons Queries | 312 |
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