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'Notes on the State of Virginia' was a book written by Thomas Jefferson. Originally written in 1781, it was subsequently updated and enlarged in 1782-83, and anonymously published in Paris in 1784. It was Jefferson's only original full-length book. It was written in order to answer questions posed to Jefferson about Virginia by François Barbé-Marbois then the Secretary of the French Legation in Philadelphia.

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Outline

The text is divided into 23 chapters, each describing a different aspect of the state of Virginia.
# Boundaries of Virginia
# Rivers
# Sea Ports
# Mountains
# Cascades
# Productions mineral, vegetable and animal
# Climate
# Population
# Military force
# Marine force
# Aborigines
# Counties and towns
# Constitution
# Laws
# Colleges, buildings, and roads
# Proceedings as to Tories
# Religion
# Manners
# Manufactures
# Subjects of commerce
# Weights, Measures and Money
# Public revenue and expences
# Histories, memorials, and state-papers

References

★ ''The Life and Selected Writings of Thomas Jefferson''. The Modern Library, 1944.

External links

★ Notes on the State of Virginia Electronic Text Center, University of Virginia Library.

★ PDF version at ''The Online Library of Liberty''.