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Title: John Murray, Earl of Dunmore to the House of Burgesses of Virginia, 1775 June 14
Identifier(s): text:252148
Description: L. 5p. Copy. (see T.Jefferson. Correspondence...; 1775-1784. no.4.) Printed: Boyd, I, 173ff.
Subject: Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826; Virginia--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783
Date: 1775-06-14

Title: Miscellaneous Notes of Virginia News Concerning the Revolution
Identifier(s): text:252080
Subject: United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; Virginia--History; Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
Date: [1775]

Title: A map of the country between Albermarle Sound and Lake Erie, comprehending the whole of Virginia, Maryland, Delaware and Pennsylvania, with parts of several other of the United States of America.
Identifier(s): APSdigobj3526; APSdigobj3526
Description: The Society asked Thomas Jefferson in 1805 for a copy of his Notes on Virginia. Jefferson wrote 2 May 1805 and presented "a single copy remaining of the original edition printed at Paris, the only one almost perfectly correct, & was never sold, a few copies only having been printed and given to my friends" (Archives).In: Thomas Jefferson, Notes on Virginia.
Creator: Fry Jefferson Scull Hutchins
Source: APS.Printed.Maps;
Subject: Maps; Virginia; Maryland; Delaware; Pennsylvania; Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826; United States--Maps--Early works to 1800
Date: [1786]

Title: Maury, Rev. James to Rev. William Douglass, 1759 November 20; No. 918 Rev. James Maury to Rev. William Douglass
Identifier(s): text:353675
Description: Informs him in detail about the success of their agent in England, Rev. John Camm [in attaining disallowance of the Two-Penny Act], and requests that he contribute to the support of the suit; includes a copy of a circular letter from the Committee of Correspondence [named] of William and Mary College [Williamsburg, Va.], Do Nov. 1759, that requests subscriptions in behalf of Camm.
Creator: Maury, James, 1718-1769et al
Subject: Two-penny act, Virginia, 1758; College of William and Mary; Douglas, William, 1708-1798; Camm, John, 1718-1778 or 1779
Date: 1759-11-20; 2023

Title: Fleming, William to [Thomas Jefferson], 1776 July 27; B J35.51 no.19. Fleming, William, 1729-1795. Letter to [Thomas Jefferson]
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:16693
Description: Letter from William Fleming to Thomas Jefferson about the war in Canada and Hickey Plot in New York. Fleming reflects on his anxiety of the situation and the general state of mind in America. Fleming then turns to specifics about Virginia government, including nominations as well as Jefferson's own nomination. Fleming concludes with a description of the weather, noting there has recently been a drought.; Recipient's copy at the Library of Congress, this is a transcription.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Waging the War; Canadian Invasion, 1775-1776; Canada--History--1775-1783; Hickey Plot, 1776; Virginia. General Assembly. House of Burgesses
Date: 1776-07-27; 2022

Title: Maury, Rev. James to Philip Ludwell, 1756 February 10; No. 923 Rev. James Maury to Philip Ludwell
Identifier(s): text:353642
Description: Discusses depopulation of the frontier because of attacks "by those bloody Instruments of French Policy, the Indians" and describes in detail a plan to build a chain of forts across Virginia.; Moses Fontaine's copy?; includes a transcription of the letter, 15 pp.
Creator: Maury, James, 1718-1769et al
Subject: Indigenous peoples; Indians of North America; Indians, Treatment of--North America; Virginia--History--French and Indian War, 1754-1763
Date: 1756-02-10; 2023

Title: Lee, Charles to Edmund Pendleton, 1776 June 29; B J35.51 no. 18. Letter to --
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:16701
Description: A transcription of a letter from Charles Lee to Edmund Pendleton in which he describes the Battle of Sullivan's Island. Lee provides a very detailed description of the battle including comments on the fortitude of untrained recruits, a lack of ammunitions, the number of killed and wounded. "I shall write when the affair is finished Congress in the meantime I think it but justice to publish the merits of Colonel Montreil and his brave garrison, Colonel Thompson of South Carolina [Rangers] acquitted himself most [] in repulsing the Troops who attempted to land as the other End of the Island. I knew not which Corps I have the greatest reason to be pleased with Muhlenberg's Virginians or the North Carolina Troops, they are both equally alert zealous and spirited." He concludes by asking for more gunpowder to be sent to Wilmington. Lee also references the need for more "shoes, shirts, and Blankets" as "absolutely necessary for the North Carolinians [...] are quite naked."; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Waging the War; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; United States. Continental Congress; Virginia. Convention (1775-1776)
Date: 1776-06-29; 2022

Title: Thomas Jefferson to [Richard Rush], August 14, 1821.
Identifier(s): APSimg8020; APSimg8020
Description: David Library Item Number: 1938; Description from Guide to the Sol Feinstone Collection of the David Library of the American Revolution.
Creator: Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
Source: The Sol Feinstone Collection of the American Revolution, ca. 1760s-1850s (Mss.B.F327);
Subject: Early American history; Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826; Rush, Richard, 1780-1859; University of Virginia; Missouri compromise; Private libraries
Date: 1821 August 21

Title: Correspondence Between John Murray, Earl of Dunmore and Robert Howe, 1775
Identifier(s): text:252166
Description: Concerning Norfolk and the war
Subject: Dunmore, John Murray, Earl of, 1732-1809; Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; Virginia--History--Revolution, 1775-1783
Date: 1775

Title: Maury, Rev. James to Rev. William Douglass, 1758 May 31; No. 916 Rev. James Maury to Rev. William Douglass
Identifier(s): text:353588
Description: Discusses his own problems in attempting to serve "the most extensive & inconvenient Parish in the Colony" and mentions his chapel "near Mrs. Jeffersons" [Jane Randolph Jefferson's]; discusses political matters involving [John Campbell], Lord Loudoun, "the antiministerial Party," and [Henry] Fox; discusses fellow-clergymen and sarcastically refers to "that truly constitutional, equitable, & righteous Law, ... the 2 penny Act."
Creator: Maury, James, 1718-1769et al
Subject: Clergy; Two-penny act, Virginia, 1758; Douglas, William, 1708-1798; Jefferson, Jane, 1720-1776; Loudoun, John Campbell, Earl of, 1705-1782
Date: 1758-05-31; 2023

Title: Maury, Rev. James to Rev. William Douglass, 1759 October 25; No. 917 Rev. James Maury to Rev. William Douglass
Identifier(s): text:353584
Description: Urges him to attend a convention of Anglican clergymen in order to consider Rev. John Camm's efforts in England in attaining disallowance of the Two-Penny Act; comments that whatever is baneful to the church is also baneful to the state and that Maury has observed "a long Train of public Measures" whose end is "reducing & degrading the Church from a federal Equality & Alliance with the State, its indubitable Right by the British Constitution"; includes a copy of a letter from [Rev.] Alexander White to Maury, 19 Oct. 1759, and a copy of a letter from [Rev.] Thomas Dawson, William and Mary College, [Williamsburg, Va.], to the Reverend Clergy of Virginia, 15 Oct. 1759, regarding the matter.; Partly illegible
Creator: Maury, James, 1718-1769et al
Subject: Clergy; Anglicans; Two-penny act, Virginia, 1758; College of William and Mary; Douglas, William, 1708-1798; Camm, John, 1718-1778 or 1779; Dawson, Thomas, 1715-1760
Date: 1759-10-25; 2023

Title: Pendleton, Edmund to [Thomas Jefferson], 1776 August 10; B J35.x2. Pendleton, Edmund, 1721-1803. Letter to [Thomas Jefferson]
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:16707
Description: Letter from Edmund Pendleton to Thomas Jefferson about the creation of government in Virginia. Pendleton relays that he has read the Declaration of Independence and that it was "altered [...] much for the worse." He wishes that Martha Jefferson's health will be restored, in part so that Jefferson will not retire. Pendleton then turns to the development of the Virginia government, specifically to the "mode of election". He then discusses "some sad blunder in my Observations about the Pennsylvania line, which you laugh at in your Queries."; Recipient's copy at the Library of Congress, this is a transcription.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Declaring Independence; Political Philosophy; Surveying; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; Jefferson, Martha, 1748-1782; United States. Continental Congress; Virginia. Convention (1775-1776)
Date: 1776-08-10; 2022

Title: The state of Virginia from the best authorities. Engraved for Carey's edition of Guthrie's geography, improved, [1795]
Identifier(s): graphics:10829; 654: [1795]: L585vcg: Large
Description: Adapted from the map of Virginia in the general atlas for Carey's edition of Guthrie's geography improved (Philadelphia: Carey, 1795). See also: Notes on the state of Virginia, by Thomas Jefferson. 3rd American edition. (New York: M.L. and W.A. Davis, for Furman and Loudon: 1801). The American Philosophical Society Transactions (vol. 6) state that Mathew Carey presented the "Materials from which Guthrie's Geography was compiled," on 18 October 1805. This is part of that gift. Wheat: 568. Provenance: Provenance: Presented by Mathew Carey, 18 October 1805.
Subject: Maps.; Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.; Guthrie, William, 1708-1770.; Virginia.; United States--Maps--Early works to 1800.; Carey, Mathew, 1760-1839
Date: 1795

Title: Fleming, William to [Thomas Jefferson], 1776 June 24; Pendleton, Edmund to [Thomas Jefferson], 1776 August 10; B J35.x5. Fleming, William, 1729-1795. Letter to [Thomas Jefferson]
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:16748
Description: Letter from William Fleming to Thomas Jefferson on June 15th, 1776. He writes that the Invasion of Quebec is not going well. Fleming describes his belief that war with "Cherokee Creeks, and other Southern Tribes of Indians" is imminent. Fleming expresses his concern and compares the possible war to the "disaster at the Cedars," a reference to some military confrontations during the Invasion of Canada. Fleming reports that there is no definitive news of Henry Clinton's movements since he had left Cape Fear. He writes that the selection of cavalry officers is not complete and provides a list of names. Fleming describes the formation of a new government in Virginia. He concludes with more personal topics including a reference to Jefferson's "books in the college", a reference to sourcing mahogany and "Lancets" and also writes, "The [] by resolution of Convention was [] appropriated to the purpose of a public hospital; and Commissioners are appropriated to make sale of Dunmore's slaves and personal estate."; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Waging the War; Slavery; Indians of North America--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; Slavery--United States--History--18th century; Virginia--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; Dunmore, John Murray, Earl of, 1732-1809; Washington, George, 1732-1799; Clinton, Henry, Sir, 1738?-1795; United States. Continental Congress; Virginia. Convention (1775-1776)
Date: 1776-06-15;1776-08-10; 2022

Title: Laurens, Henry to Richard Henry Lee, 1779 September 28; Laurens, Henry, 1724-1792. ALS to Richard Henry Lee
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:16505
Description: Letter from Henry Laurens to Richard Henry Lee.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Political Philosophy; Waging the War; Philadelphia (Pa.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; Great Britain--Colonies--America--History--18th century; United States. Declaration of Independence--Signers; United States--Politics and government--18th century; Virginia--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Campaigns
Date: 1779-09-28; 2021

Title: Weedon, George to William Grayson, 1780 October 29
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:1576
Description: Letter from General George Weedon to Colonel William Grayson relaying positive news from the frontlines and a need for more winter supplies. Referenced is "the people of the Big Knife", or Long Knife, a common term that Native Americans used to refer to white settlers in Virginia.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Waging the War; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Campaigns; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Clothing and dress; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Equipment and supplies; United States. Continental Army--Supplies and stores; Virginia--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; Virginia--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Campaigns; Indians of North America--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; Muhlenberg, John Peter Gabriel, 1746-1807; Nelson, Thomas, Jr., 1738-1789; Cornwallis, Charles Cornwallis, Marquis, 1738-1805; Smallwood, William, 1732-1792; Morgan, Daniel, 1736-1802; Febiger, Christian, 1746-1796; Ferguson, Patrick, 1744-1780; Campbell, William, 1745-1781
Date: 1780-10-29; 2021

Title: Rev. James Maury; No. 924 Rev. James Maury
Identifier(s): text:353502
Description: Letterbook; recipients are Molly [Maury Claiborne], Abraham Maury, Messrs. Thornton, Walker, and Servis (executors of Mr. Jackson's will), Rev. John Camm, Benjamin Waller, Rev. [Alexander] White, Thomas Moore, Rev. [James] Craig, James Eildart, John Blair, John Madison, Peter Fontaine, Archibald Gordon, Unidentified, Peter Randolph, William Byrd, Robert Page, Robert Anderson, John Fontaine, Dr. William Cabell, Thomas Walker, Members [named) of the Parish of Granville, N.C., Rev. William Robinson, Thomas Lewis, Rev [___] James, Daniel Torin, Baylor Walker, John Bolling, John Moore, Mrs. Mary Grymes, Thomas Bolling, Mrs. Mildred Walker, John Blair, Dr. Archibald Campbell, and Ambrose Coleman; subject matter includes domestic life, possible removal to a parish in North Carolina and purchasing land there, the apprenticeship of his son and obtaining a position for the latter as a tutor, a detailed account of the lawsuit related to the Two-Penny Act, including the "treasonable" speech of Patrick Henry (a "little pettyfogging Attorney"), relations between church and state, business matters, borrowing money, his own illness, purchasing servants, •the Stamp Act and Parliament's right to tax America, terms for boarding and teaching young gentlemen, a rumor allegedly spread by his daughter "Nanny" (Nancy), and spiritual rebirth and salvation; also includes a copy of the King's [George II's] disallowance of several specified acts of the Virginia Assembly, 10 Aug. 1759, regarding paying clergymen and paying taxes and debts with money, a copy of additional instructions from the King to Gov. Francis Fauquier, 1 Sept. 1759, and a copy of a testimonial given by Maury to Joseph Messenger, 26 Jan. 1767, a candidate for holy orders.; Disbound; fragment; partly illegible.
Subject: Taxation; Two-penny act, Virginia, 1758; Freedom of religion; Church and state; Clergy; Clergy--Office; William Fitz-Maurice Petty, 1st Marquis of, 1737-1805; Camm, John, 1718-1778 or 1779; Waller, Benjamin, 1716-1786; Walker, Thomas, 1715-1794; Blair, John, 1732-1800; Henry, Patrick, 1736-1799; George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760; Fauquier, Francis, 1704?-1768; Randolph, Peter, approximately 1708-1767
Date: 1763-1768; 2023

Title: Grayson, William to George Weedon, 1780 October 23
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:1606
Description: Letter from Colonel William Grayson to General George Weedon.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Waging the War; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Naval operations, British; Merchant ships--United States--History--18th century; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Clothing and dress; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Equipment and supplies; United States. Continental Army--Supplies and stores; Virginia--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; Febiger, Christian, 1746-1796
Date: 1780-10-23; 2021