Notes on the State of Virginia /
This American classic is the only full-length book written and published by Thomas Jefferson during his lifetime. Written in 1781, Notes on the State of Virginia was begun by Jefferson as a commentary on the resources and institutions of his home state, but the work's lasting value lies in its...
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | Inglés |
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Baltimore, Maryland :
Project Muse,
2016
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Series: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Foreword
- Introduction
- 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 XXL Weights, measures, and money
- Query XXII. Public revenue and expences
- Query XXIII. Histories, memorials, and state-papers
- Appendix no. 1. Charles Thomson's commentaries
- Appendix no. 2. Draught of a fundamental constitution for the Commonwealth of Virginia
- Appendix No. 3. An Act for Establishing Religious Freedom, 1786
- Appendix No. 4. Relative to the murder of Logan's family.