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Table of Contents of
The Papers of Thomas Jefferson
Volume 2

edited by
Julian P. Boyd

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CONTENTS

FOREWORD                                                  vii
GUIDE TO EDITORIAL APPARATUS                          xi


1777 1778 1779
ILLUSTRATIONS



{ 1777 }
 

January February March April May June
August September October November December


January

From Thomas Nelson, 2 January                                 3
From John Goodrich, 20 January                                4


February

From Patrick Henry, 26 February                               5
Subscription to Support a Clergyman in 
  Charlottesville [February]                                  6
Subscription to Support a Clerk of the 
  Congregation in Charlottesville [February]                  8


March

From Patrick Henry, 31 March                                  9


April

To George Washington [ca. 1 April]                           10
Election Return for Delegates from Albemarle 
  County, 10 April                                           10
Receipt for Bounty Money, 15 April                           11
From John Harvie [Before 18 April]                           11
To George Washington [18 April]                              12
To ____ ____, 18 April                                       12
From Richard Henry Lee, 29 April                             13


May

Petition from Some Inhabitants of Albemarle 
  County [Before 12 May]                                     14
Bill for Regulating the Appointment of 
  Delegates to the Continental Congress 
  [12 May]                                                   15
To John Adams, 16 May                                        18
From Richard Henry Lee, 20 May                               20
From John Adams, 26 May                                      20


June

Bill to Prevent the Importation of Slaves, 
  &c. [16 June]                                              22
Election Writ Issued to Sheriff of Fluvanna 
  County, 30 June                                            24


August

To Silas Deane, 13 August                                    25
To Benjamin Franklin, 13 August                              26
To John Adams, 21 August                                     27
From Richard Henry Lee, 25 August                            29


September

List of British Prisoners and Their Quarters 
  in Albemarle County [25 September]                         31


October

Account of Guard for British Prisoners 
  [5 October]                                                32
From Lucy Chiswell Nelson, 13 October                        33
From John Harvie, 18 [October]                               34
To Lucy Chiswell Nelson, 24 October                          36
From John Hancock, 25 October                                37
From John Harvie [25 October]                                37


November

The Petition of Thomas Johnson and the 
  Resultant Controversy between the House 
  of Delegates and the Senate concerning
  the Right of the Latter to Amend Money 
  Bills [11 November 1777 to 24 January 1778]                40
     I. Petition of Thomas Johnson                           45
    II. Report of Committee of House of 
        Delegates on Right of Senate to Alter 
        Money Bills                                          46
   III. Reply of Senate to House of Delegates 
        concerning Money Bills                               48
    IV. Notes on Money Bills                                 50
     V. Communication from House of Delegates 
        to Senate concerning Money Bills                     54
    VI. Reply of Senate to House of Delegates 
        concerning Money Bills                               59
   VII. Draft of a Resolution concerning Money 
        Bills                                                62
  VIII. Resolution of the House of Delegates 
        respecting the Claims of Thomas Johnson 
        and Others                                           63
Notes and Documents relating to the Transylvania 
  and Other Claims for Lands under Purchases 
  from the Indians [19 November]                             64
   I. Notes of Thomas Burke's Speech before the 
      House of Delegates                                     66
  II. Depositions concerning Claims to Lands 
      under Purchases from the Indians                       68


December

Draft of a Bill to Give the Articles of 
  Confederation the Force of Law 
  [After 15 December]                                       111
Bill for Dissolving the Vestries of the 
  Parishes of Meherrin and St. Anne 
  [16 December]                                             112
Bill for Dividing the Counties of Augusta and 
  Botetourt [16 December 1777 to 12 January 
  1778]                                                     113
Bill Indemnifying the Executive for Removing 
  and Confining Suspected Persons 
  [16-26 December]                                          119
To John Adams, 17 December                                  120
Act to Empower the Justices of Cumberland 
  and Fluvanna Counties to Appoint New Places 
  for Holding Their Courts [24 December]                    121
Bill concerning Inoculation for Smallpox 
  [27 December]                                             122
From John Harvie, 29 December                               125
Oath of Allegiance Signed by Citizens of 
  Albemarle County                                          128
List of Militia by Counties                                 130



{ 1778 }

January February May June July
 
August September October November December

January

To George Rogers Clark, 3 January                         132
Bills for Establishing a Land Office 
  and for Adjusting and Settling Titles 
  [8-14 January]                                          133
   I. Bill for Establishing a Land Office 
      and Ascertaining the Terms and Manner 
      of Granting Waste and Unappropriated 
      Lands                                               139
  II. Bill for Settling Titles to Unpatented 
      Lands                                               155
Bill for Sequestering British Property 
  [13 January]                                            168
Draft of a Resolution concerning Money Due 
  British Subjects [ca. 13 January]                       171
Bill Appointing the Place for Holding the 
  High Court of Chancery and the General 
  Court [20 January]                                      172


February

From Patrick Henry, 21 February                           173
From Edmund Randolph, 22 February                         173
To Isaac Zane, 26 February                                174


May

From Richard Henry Lee, 2 May                             175
From Richard Henry Lee, 3 May                             176
From Richard Henry Lee, 11 May                            177
Bill Granting Free Pardon to Certain 
  Offenders [13 May]                                      178
Bill for Raising a Battalion for Garrison 
  Duty [16 May]                                           179
Bill Establishing a Clerkship of Foreign 
  Correspondence [18 May]                                 181
Bill Providing Speedy Remedy against 
  Defaulters to the United States [18 May]                182
Bill Empowering the High Court of Chancery 
  to Supply Vacant Offices [19 May]                       183
Bill Providing a Supply for the Public 
  Exigencies [20 May]                                     184
Bill to Amend an Act for Raising a Supply 
  of Money [21 May]                                       186
Bill to Enforce Attendance of Members of 
  Assembly [26 May]                                       188
Bill to Enable Judges of the General 
  Court to Hold Two Additional Sessions 
  [27 May]                                                189
Bill to Attaint Josiah Philips and Others 
  [28 May]                                                189


June

To Richard Henry Lee, 5 June                              194
To Giovanni Fabbroni, 8 June                              195
Enclosure: Estimate of British Casualties 
  and Prisoners                                           197
To Samuel Henley, 9 June                                  198
To James Mercer, 14 June                                  199
From Richard Henry Lee, 16 June                           200
From Richard Henry Lee, 23 June                           201


July

To David Rittenhouse, 19 July                             202
From Richard Henry Lee, 20 July                           204
From Rev. James Madison, 26 July                          205
From Robert Carter, 27 July                               206
From Alexander Purdie, 27 July                            207


August

From Richard Henry Lee, 10 August                         208
From John Page, 19 August                                 210
To Richard Henry Lee, 30 August                           210


September

From John Harvie, 15 September                            211
Virginia Troops in Continental Service 
  [30 September]                                          213


October

From Richard Henry Lee, 5 October                         214
From Cyrus Griffin, 6 October                             216
Bill to Amend an Act for Raising a 
  Supply of Money [14 October]                            217
To John Hancock, 19 October                               224
Bill to Amend the Act Establishing a 
  General Court [27 October]                              226


November

To George Wythe, 1 November                               229


December

Bill for Giving the Members of the 
  General Assembly an Adequate 
  Allowance [12 December]                                 231



{ 1779 }

January February
March April May June

January

From John Hook, 5 January                                 233


February

From Edward Rutledge, 12 February                         234


March

To George Wythe, 1 March                                  235
From Richard Henry Lee, 15 March                          236
To Patrick Henry, 27 March                                237
To George Rogers Clark [March or April]                   246
From Samuel Stanhope Smith [March?]                       246


April

From George Mason, 3 April                                249
  Enclosure: Terms of Granting Lands 
  under the Crown                                         251
From William Phillips, 11 April                           252
From William Phillips, 12 April                           252
From Samuel Stanhope Smith, 19 April                      252
To Richard Henry Lee, 21 April                            255
George Rogers Clark to Patrick Henry, 
  29 April                                                256
To Gabriel Jones, 29 April                                260
To William Phillips [April?]                              261


May

From Richard Henry Lee, 3 May                             262
From William Fleming, 10 May                              264
From Edmund Pendleton, 11 May                             266
From William Fleming, 22 May                              267
From Richard Henry Lee, 22 May                            270
Bill for the Removal of the Seat of 
  Government of Virginia [29 May]                           271
Bill Amending Act for Fixing the 
  Allowance of Members of the
  General Assembly [31 May]                                 273
Bill for Allowing Salaries to Certain 
  Officers of Government [May]                              274
Bill for Lessening the Evils of 
  Securityship [Before June?]                               275


June

Message Accepting Election as Governor 
  [2 June]                                                  277
From John Page, 2 June                                      278
To John Page [3 June]                                       279
Bill concerning Escheats and 
  Forfeitures from British 
  Subjects [4 June]                                         279
Evan Shelby to Patrick Henry, 4 June                        285
[To Benjamin Harrison, 7 June]                              286
To Theodorick Bland, 8 June                                 286
To William Fleming, 8 June                                  288
To Conrad Alexandre Gerard, 8 June                          289
  Enclosure: Resolution of General 
  Assembly, 4 June                                          290
To Benjamin Harrison, 8 June                                290
To Charles de Klauman, 12 June                              291
From Theodorick Bland, 14 June                              291
From John Jay, 16 June                                      292
Order of Virginia Council Placing 
  Henry Hamilton and Others in 
  Irons, 16 June                                            292
Inventory of Furniture in the 
  Governor's Palace, 16 June                                296
[To Benjamin Harrison, 17? June]                            297
To Richard Henry Lee, 17 June                               298
To Theodorick Bland, 18 June                                299
To the Continental Board of War, 
  18 June                                                   300
Thomas Jefferson and George Wythe 
  to Benjamin Harrison, 18 June                             301


       THE REVISAL OF THE LAWS, 1776-1786                   305

    I. Plan Agreed upon by the Committee 
       of Revisors at Fredericksburg 
       [13 January 1777]                                    325
   II. Catalogue of Bills Prepared by the 
       Committee of Revisors                                329
  III. Bills Reported by the Committee of 
       Revisors, 18 June 1779                               336
   IV. Appendix
       1. Bill Declaring When Laws Shall 
          Be in Force                                      658
       2. Jefferson's Notes of English 
          Statutes                                         658
       3. Jefferson's Notes of Acts of 
          Assembly Adopted October 1777 
          and May 1778                                     661
       4. Outline of Bill for Proportioning 
          Crimes and Punishments, &c.                      663
       5. Memorandum by Jefferson on Bills 
          to Be Drafted                                    664



ILLUSTRATIONS

                                                            FACING PAGE
JEFFERSON'S SKETCH MAP OF ALBEMARLE COUNTY                          208

  A map prepared to accompany the Petition from Some In-
  habitants of Albemarle County printed in this volume under
  date of 12 May 1777. (Courtesy of the Virginia State Li-
  brary.)


DRAFT OF A LETTER TO RITTENHOUSE IN 1778                            208

  First page of Jefferson's draft of a letter to David Ritten-
  house, 19 July 1778. (Courtesy of the Library of Congress.)


FAIR COPY OF THE LETTER TO RITTENHOUSE                              209

  First page of the recipient's copy of the letter reproduced in
  draft form on the preceding page. (Courtesy of the Historical
  Society of Pennsylvania.)


PAGE FROM A DRAFT LETTER WRITTEN BY JEFFERSON TO
  PATRICK HENRY IN 1779                                             209

  This letter, which survives only as a draft, was addressed to
  Governor Henry, 27 March 1779, as an appeal in behalf of
  the Saratoga Convention prisoners interned near Charlottes-
  ville. (Courtesy of the Library of Congress.)


PLAN OF WILLIAMSBURG AND THE SURROUNDING COUNTRY
  IN 1781                                                           304

  Drawn by Louis-Alexandre Berthier, of General Rocham-
  beau's staff, this Plan is one of a series of MS maps recording
  the marches and camp sites of the French army in the York-
  town campaign; this one admirably illustrates the streets and
  buildings of the old capital town as Jefferson knew it. (Cour-
  tesy of the Princeton University Library.)


TITLEPAGE OF JEFFERSON'S COPY OF THE REPORT OF THE
  COMMITTEE OF REVISORS                                             304

  This Report, printed at the instance of James Madison in
  1784, embodied the Bills submitted by Jefferson and his col-
  leagues to the General Assembly on 18 June 1779 after
  nearly three years of work in revising the laws of Virginia.
  (Courtesy of the Library of Congress.)


EARLIEST PRINTED TEXT OF THE BILL FOR ESTABLISHING
  RELIGIOUS FREEDOM                                                 305

  Broadside printed in Williamsburg in the summer of 1779.
  This is apparently a unique copy of the first printing of the
  Bill and the earliest text known. (Courtesy of the Boston
  Public Library.)


JEFFERSON'S OUTLINE FOR HIS BILL FOR PROPORTIONING
  CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS                                           305

  This Outline was developed into one of the most remarkable
  Bills in the Revisal of the Laws; see Bill No. 64 and Appendix
  to the Revisal, Part 4. (Courtesy of the Library of Congress.)
			

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