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The Papers of Thomas Jefferson
Volume 1

edited by
Julian P. Boyd

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CONTENTS

GENERAL VIEW OF THE WORK                            vii
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS                                       xxi
EDITORIAL METHOD                                      xxv
GUIDE TO EDITORIAL APPARATUS                     xxxix


1760 1762 1763 1764 1766 1768 1769
1770 1771 1772 1773 1774 1775 1776
APPENDICES



{ 1760 }

To John Harvie, 14 January                                  3



{ 1762 }

To John Page, 25 December                                   3



{ 1763 }

To John Page, 20 January                                    7
To John Page, 15 July                                       9
To John Page, 7 October                                    11
To William Fleming [ca. October]                           12



{ 1764 }

To John Page, 19 January                                   13
To John Page, 23 January                                   14
To William Fleming, 20 March                               15
To John Page, 9 April                                      17



{ 1766 }

George Gilmer to John Morgan, 11 May                       18
To John Page, 25 May                                       18
To Francis Willis, 23 July                                 21



{ 1768 }

Notice of a Land Lottery, 8 April                          21
To William Preston, 18 August                              23



{ 1769 }

To Thomas Turpin, 5 February                               23
To Alexander White, 19 April                               25
Resolutions for an Answer to Governor 
  Botetourt's Speech, 8 May                                26
Virginia Nonimportation Resolutions, 
  17 May                                                   27
To John Walker, 3 September                                32
Advertisement for a Runaway Slave, 
  7 September                                              33
From Perkins, Buchanan & Brown, 
  2 October                                                33



{ 1770 }

To John Page, 21 February                                  34
From Thomas Nelson, Sr., 6 March                           37
From Thomas Nelson, Jr., 6 March                           37
From John Page, 6 March                                    38
From George Wythe, 9 March                                 38
From James Ogilvie, 28 March                               38
From Mary Walker Lewis, 14 [April?]                        40
From John Page, Jr., April                                 41
Commission as Lieutenant of Albemarle, 
  9 June                                                   42
Virginia Nonimportation Resolutions, 
  22 June                                                  43
To Thomas Adams, 11 July                                   48
To Peyton Randolph, 23 July                                49
From Alexander McCaul, 26 August                           51
Thomas Burke to Neil Jamieson, 
  28 August                                                52
From Thomas Burke, 3 September                             55



{ 1771 }

Notice of Sale of Bernard Moore's 
  Property, 10 January                                     59
Notice of Bidding for the Erection of 
  a Prison, 31 January                                     60
To Thomas Adams, 20 February                               61
To James Ogilvie, 20 February                              62
Advertisement of Sale of Other Property 
  and Effects of Bernard Moore, 
  21 February                                              64
Further Advertisement of Sale of Bernard 
  Moore's Property, 28 February                            64
From Mrs. Drummond, 12 March                               65
Agreement with John Randolph, 11 [April?]                  66
From James Ogilvie, 26 April                               67
From Thomas Burke [ca. April]                              69
From Thomas Mann Randolph, 10 May                          70
To Messrs. Inglis and Long, 11 May                         70
To Thomas Adams, 1 June                                    71
To Thomas Burke, 30 June                                   72
To ____ ____, 30 June                                      73
From Thomas Burke, 10 July                                 73
From Robert Skipwith, 17 July                              74
From John Ogilvie, 19 July                                 75
To Robert Skipwith, with a List of Books 
  for a Private Library, 3 August                          76
From Thomas Burke, 19 August                               81
From Robert Skipwith, 20 September                         83
From Thomas Burke, 24 September                            84
To Thomas Burke?, 6 December                               85
Bond for Marriage License, 23 December                     86
Project for Making the Rivanna River 
  Navigable                                                87



{ 1772 }

Amendments to a Bill concerning the 
  Keeping of Roads and Bridges [April?]                    88
To Messrs. Inglis and Long, 11 June                        91
To Messrs. Inglis and Long, 4 July                         91
From Alexander McCaul, 8 July                              92
To William Wood, 17 July                                   94
To William Cabell, 3 September                             94
To Samuel Inglis, 13 October                               94
From John Wayles, 20 October                               95



{ 1773 }

To Charles McPherson, 25 February                          96
To William Fleming, 19 May                                 97
Notice concerning Legal Fees, 20 May                       98
Commission as Surveyor of Albemarle 
  County, 6 June                                           99
Notice of Sale of Wayles Properties, 
  15 July                                                 100
James Macpherson to Charles McPherson, 
  7 August                                                100
From Charles McPherson, 12 August                         101
From James Taylor, 20 August                              102
Further Notice of Sale of Wayles 
  Properties, 9 September                                 103



{ 1774 }

From John Blair, 2 March                                  103
Notes on the Progress of Certain Bills 
  [9-25 May]                                              104
Resolution of the House of Burgesses 
  Designating a Day of Fasting and 
  Prayer, 24 May                                          105
Association of Members of the Late House 
  of Burgesses, 27 May                                    107
Proceedings of a Meeting of Representatives, 
  30 May                                                  109
From Peyton Randolph and Others to Members 
  of the Late House of Burgesses, 31 May                  111
Petition of George Mason for Warrants for 
  Lands in Fincastle County [June]                        112
Thomas Jefferson and John Walker to the 
  Inhabitants of the Parish of St. Anne 
  [Before 23 July]                                        116
Resolutions of the Freeholders of Albemarle 
  County [26 July]                                        117
Draft of a Declaration of Rights Prepared 
  for the Virginia Convention of August 1774 
  [ca. 26 July]                                           119
Draft of Instructions to the Virginia Delegates 
  in the Continental Congress (MS Text of A 
  Summary View, &c.) [July]                               121
Resolutions and Association of the Virginia 
  Convention of 1774 [1-6 August]                         137
Instructions by the Virginia Convention to 
  Their Delegates in Congress, August                     141
From Ebenezer Hazard, with Jefferson's 
  MS Memoranda, 23 August                                 144
Continental Association, 20 October                       149
To Archibald Cary and Benjamin Harrison, 
  9 December                                              154
Plan of Philip Mazzei's Agricultural Company              156



{ 1775 }

Draft of Resolution concerning Adherence of 
  New York to Articles of Association 
  [24 March]                                              159
Report of Committee to Prepare a Plan for 
  a Militia [25 March]                                    160
Resolution on Land Grants [27 March]                      162
From George Wythe, 5 April                                163
From George Wythe, 6 April                                163
To Ebenezer Hazard, 30 April                              164
To William Small, 7 May                                   165
From St. George Tucker, 8 June                            167
To St. George Tucker, 10 June                             170
Virginia Resolutions on Lord North's 
  Conciliatory Proposal, 10 June                          170
To Francis Eppes, 26 June                                 174
From Ebenezer Hazard, 30 June                             176
Jefferson's Annotated Copy of Franklin's 
  Proposed Articles of Confederation 
  [June-July]                                             177
Financial and Military Estimates for 
  Continental Defense [June-July]                         182
To Francis Eppes, 4 July                                  184
To George Gilmer [5 July]                                 185
Declaration of the Causes and Necessity 
  for Taking Up Arms [Before 6 July]                      187
    I. Jefferson's Composition Draft                      193
   II. Jefferson's Fair Copy for the 
       Committee                                          199
  III. John Dickinson's Composition Draft                 204
   IV. The Declaration as Adopted by 
       Congress                                           213
Second Petition from Congress to the King, 
  8 July                                                  219
To the President of the Virginia Convention, 
  11 July                                                 223
Resolutions of Congress on Lord North's 
  Conciliatory Proposal                                   225
   I. Jefferson's Draft Resolutions [25 July]             225
  II. The Resolutions as Adopted by Congress, 
      31 July                                             230
Virginia and Pennsylvania Delegates in 
  Congress to the Inhabitants West of Laurel 
  Hill, 25 July                                           234
From the Virginia Delegates in Congress to 
  George Washington, 26 July                              236
From George Gilmer [26 or 27 July]                        236
From St. George Tucker, 12 August                         239
To John Randolph, 25 August                               240
From Edmund Randolph, 31 August                           243
From John Randolph, 31 August                             244
From Thomas Walker and Others, 13 September               244
Commission as Lieutenant of Albemarle, 
  26 September                                            246
To Francis Eppes, 10 October                              246
Memoranda on the Connecticut-Pennsylvania 
  Boundary Dispute [17 October?]                          248
To Francis Eppes, 24 October                              248
From Archibald Cary, 31 October                           249
To John Page, 31 October                                  250
To Francis Eppes, 7 November                              252
Continental Congress: Agreement of 
  Secrecy, 9 November                                     252
From Robert Carter Nicholas, 10 November                  254
From John Page, 11 November                               256
From Edmund Pendleton, 16 November                        260
From Charles Lynch, 20 November                           261
From Charles Lynch to the Virginia 
  Delegates in Congress, 20 November                      262
To Francis Eppes, 21 November                             264 
From John Page, 24 [November]                             264
From Robert Carter Nicholas to the 
  Virginia Delegates in Congress, 
  25 November                                             266
To John Randolph, 29 November                             268
To John Page [ca. 10 December]                            270 
From Robert Carter Nicholas to the 
  Virginia Delegates in Congress, 
  12 December                                             271
Draft of Report on the Powers of a 
  Committee of Congress to Sit 
  during Recess [15 December]                             272
Report of Committee to Ascertain 
  Unfinished Business before
  Congress, 23 December                                   274



{ 1776 }

January February April May June
 
July August September October November December



January

Draft of a Declaration on the British 
  Treatment of Ethan Allen [2 January]                    276
Refutation of the Argument that the 
  Colonies Were Established at the 
  Expense of the British Nation 
  [After 19 January]                                      277


February

From Thomas Nelson, Jr., 4 February                       285


April

From James McClurg, 6 April                               286
From John Page, 6 April                                   287
From John Page, 26 April                                  288


May

Resolutions of the Virginia Convention 
  Calling for Independence, 15 May                        290
To Thomas Nelson, 16 May                                  292
To John Page, 17 May                                      293
Virginia Delegates in Congress to the 
  Virginia Convention, 18 [May]                           294 
Amendment to Report of Committee on 
  Letters from Washington, Schuyler, 
  and the Commissioners in Canada 
  [21 May]                                                295
From Edmund Pendleton, 24 May                             296


June

From Edmund Pendleton, 1 June                             297
Resolution of Independence Moved by 
  R. H. Lee for the Virginia
  Delegation, 7 June                                      298
Notes of Proceedings in the Continental 
  Congress, 7 June to 1 August                            299
The Virginia Constitution [13-29 June]                    329
    I. First Draft by Jefferson                           337
   II. Second Draft by Jefferson                          347
  III. Third Draft by Jefferson                           356
   IV. The Plan of Government as 
       Originally Drawn by George Mason                   366
    V. The Mason Plan as Revised by the 
       Committee                                          369
   VI. The Draft Reported by the Committee
       (Amendments Thereto Offered in 
       Convention)                                        373
  VII. The Constitution as Adopted by the 
       Convention                                         377
From William Fleming, 15 June                             386
From the Virginia Committee of Safety to 
  the Virginia Delegates in Congress, 17 June             387
First Report of the Committee to Digest the 
  Resolutions of the Committee of the Whole 
  respecting Canada, &c. [17 June]                        389
Additional Report of the Committee to Digest 
  the Resolutions of the Committee of the 
  Whole respecting Canada [17 June]                       392
Major Sherburne's Testimony on the Affair 
  at the Cedars [17 June]                                 396
Report of the Committee on the Cedars Cartel 
  [17 June]                                               400
To Benjamin Franklin [21 June?]                           404
From William Fleming, 22 June                             406
From Edmund Randolph, 23 June                             407
To Edmund Pendleton [ca. 30 June]                         408
To William Randolph [ca. June]                            408
To George Wythe [ca. June]                                410


July

Proposed Resolution for Rotation of 
  Membership in the Continental Congress 
  [Before 2 July]                                         411
To William Fleming, 1 July                                411
The Declaration of Independence 
  [11 June to 4 July 1776]                                413
    I. Composition Draft of That Part of 
       the Declaration of Independence 
       containing the Charges against the 
       Crown                                              417
   II. Fragment of the Composition Draft of 
       the Declaration of Independence                    420
  III. Jefferson's "original Rough 
       draught" of the Declaration of 
       Independence                                       423
   IV. The Declaration of Independence as 
       Amended by the Committee and by 
       Congress                                           429
    V. The Declaration of Independence as 
       Adopted by Congress                                429
Notes of Witnesses' Testimony concerning the 
  Canadian Campaign, 1-27 July                            433
From John Page, 6 July                                    454
To Richard Henry Lee, 8 July                              455
Report of the Committee to Draw Up Rules of 
  Procedure in Congress [Before 10 July]                  456
To Francis Eppes, 15 July                                 458
Virginia Delegates in Congress to the 
  Executive of Virginia (Patrick Henry) 
  [15 July]                                               460
From John Page, 15 July                                   461
From Edmund Pendleton to the Virginia 
  Delegates in Congress, 15 July                          462
Virginia Delegates in Congress to the 
  Speaker of the Pennsylvania Convention, 
  15 July                                                 465
To Patrick Henry [16 July]                                466
To Fielding Lewis, 16 July                                467
From Richard Stockton, 19 July                            467
From John Page, 20 July                                   468
From Richard Henry Lee, 21 July                           471
From Edmund Pendleton, 22 July                            471
To Francis Eppes, 23 July                                 472
Memorandum on Testimony concerning Major 
  Hughes, 24 July                                         473
From William Fleming, 27 July                             474
From George Wythe, 27 July                                476
To Richard Henry Lee, 29 July                             477
Resolution on the Case of General 
  Sullivan [29 July]                                      478
From Edmund Pendleton, 29 July                            479
From Adam Stephen, 29 July                                480
To John Page, 30 July                                     482


August

From Edmund Pendleton, 3 August                           484
To John Page, 5 August                                    485
To Francis Eppes, 9 August                                487
From Edmund Pendleton, 10 August                          488
To Edmund Pendleton, 13 August                            491
Report on a Seal for the United States, 
  with Related Papers [20 August]                         494
    I. Franklin's Proposal                                494
   II. Jefferson's Proposal                               495
  III. DuSimitiere's Proposal                             495
   IV. Report of the Committee                            496
To John Page, 20 August                                   497
Draft of Resolutions on Lord Drummond's 
  Peace Proposals [22? August]                            501
From Robert Carter Nicholas, 24 August                    502
To Edmund Pendleton, 26 August                            503
From Edmund Pendleton, 26 August                          507
Report of a Plan to Invite Foreign Officers 
  in the British Service to Desert, 
  27 August                                               509
DuSimitiere's Design for a Coat of Arms 
  for Virginia [August]                                   510


September

Notes for the Report on the Value of 
  Gold and Silver Coins [2 September]                     511
Draft Report on the Value of Gold and 
  Silver Coins [2 September]                              515
From Giovanni Fabbroni, 15 September                      519
From Francis Lightfoot Lee, 17 September                  520
Resolution of Congress Appointing 
  Franklin, Deane, and Jefferson as 
  Commissioners to France, 26 September                   521
From Richard Henry Lee, 27 September                      522
From John Hancock, 30 September                           523


October

To John Hancock, 11 October                               524
Notes and Proceedings on Discontinuing 
  the Establishment of the Church of 
  England [11 October to 9 December]                      525
     I. Rough Draft of Jefferson's 
        Resolutions for Disestablish-
        ing the Church of England and for 
        Repealing Laws Interfering with 
        Freedom of Worship                                530
    II. Draft of Bill for Exempting 
        Dissenters from Contributing to 
        the Support of the Church                         532
   III. Jefferson's Outline of Argument 
        in Support of His Resolutions                     535
    IV. List of Acts of Parliament and of 
        Virginia Assembly, 1661-1759, 
        concerning Religion                               539
     V. Notes on Acts of Parliament and of 
        Virginia Assembly concerning Religion             541
    VI. Notes on Locke and Shaftesbury                    544
   VII. Notes on Episcopacy                               551
  VIII. Notes on Heresy                                   553
    IX. Miscellaneous Notes on Religion                   555
Bill for the Naturalization of Foreigners 
  [14 October]                                            558
Bill to Enable Tenants in Fee Tail to Convey 
  Their Lands in Fee Simple [14 October]                  560
Bill for the Revision of the Laws 
  [15 October]                                            562
Bills for Dividing Fincastle County 
  [15 and 26 October]                                     564
I. Bill for Dividing the County of Fincastle 
  into Two Distinct Counties                              569
II. Bill for Dividing the County of Fincastle 
  into Three Distinct Counties                            571
Additional Instructions by Congress to 
  Franklin, Deane, and Jefferson, 16 October              576
Bill for Raising Six Additional Battalions 
  of Infantry [28 October]                                577
From George Wythe, 28 October                             585


November

From William Irvin [Before 1 November]                    585
Petition of Dissenters in Albemarle and 
  Amherst Counties [Before 1 November]                    586
From Richard Henry Lee, 3 November                        589
Bill to Establish the Places of Holding 
  Courts in the Counties of Pittsylvania 
  and Henry [4 November]                                  592
Memoranda on the Virginia, Pennsylvania, 
  and Maryland Boundaries [5 November]                    594
Bill for Altering the Rates of Copper 
  Coin in Virginia [7 November]                           597
From George Wythe, 11 November                            597
Bill for the Removal of the Seat of 
  Government of Virginia [11 November]                    598
Notes concerning the Bill for the Removal 
  of the Seat of Government of Virginia 
  [11 November?]                                          602
From George Wythe, 18 November                            603
Drafts of Bills Establishing Courts of 
  Justice [25 November to 4 December 1776]                605
    I. Bill for Establishing a Court of 
       Appeals                                            607
   II. Bill for Establishing a High Court of 
       Chancery                                           610
  III. Bill for Establishing a General Court              621
   IV. Bill for Establishing a Court of 
       Admiralty                                          645
    V. Bill for Better Regulating the 
       Proceedings in the County Courts                   650
Report on the Petition of Arthur Upshur 
  [28 November]                                           652


December

Bill to Establish Auditors of Public 
  Accounts [5 December]                                   654
Bill for the Trial of Offenses Committed 
  out of Virginia [5 December]                            655
Bill for Suspending Executions for Debts 
  [6 December]                                            657
From Patrick Henry, 19 December                           658
From Adam Stephen [ca. 20] December                       659
Declaration of the Virginia Association 
  of Baptists [25 December]                               660
Memorandum concerning Military Service 
  of Baptists                                             662
Memorandum concerning British Forts in 
  the West                                                662
Militia Return as County Lieutenant                       664



APPENDICES

Appendix I: Historical and Bibliographical 
  Notes on A Summary View of the Rights of 
  British America                                         669
Appendix II: "Bradshaw's Epitaph": The 
  Source of "Rebellion to tyrants is 
  obedience to God."                                      677

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