Notes on the State of Virginia
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Notes on the State of Virginia
(Penguin classics)
Penguin Books, 1999
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Jefferson's chronicle of the natural, social, and political history of Virginia is at once a scientific discourse, an attempt to define America, and a brilliant examination of the idea of freedom.
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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION
A NOTE ON THE TEXT
SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING
NOTES ON THE STATE OF VIRGINIA
Appendices
No. I: Charles Thomson's Observations
No. II: Draught of the Constitution
No. III: Act for Establishing Religious Freedom
No. IV: Relative to the Murder of Logan's Family
Letters and Documents
EXPLANATORY AND TEXTUAL NOTES
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