1To Thomas Jefferson from James Monroe, 1 June 1784 (Jefferson Papers)
: TJ Papers, 10: 1705): Pages 13–14 of the Journal of the Virginia House of Delegates recording adoption of resolutions acceding to the amendment of the Articles of Confederation as requested by Congress on 18 Apr. 1783 by which state quotas for “the common defence or general welfare” would no longer be based on...
2From George Washington to Thomas Jefferson, 26 September 1785 (Washington Papers)
...to the Virginia legislature calling for the constitutional separation of the Kentucky district from Virginia. A bill to authorize the separation of the Kentucky district from Virginia was introduced in the Virginia house of delegates in December 1785 and was passed by the Virginia legislature in early 1786 (“Act Concerning Statehood for the Kentucky District,” 22 Dec. 1785, ibid., 450–53)....
3To Thomas Jefferson from Hugh Rose, 15 May 1792 (Jefferson Papers)
Rose (1743–1795) was a long-time friend of TJ’s and frequently a member of the Virginia House of Delegates representing Amherst County (Earl G. Swem and John W. Williams,
4To Thomas Jefferson from Powhatan Bolling, 6 September 1792 (Jefferson Papers)
Powhatan Bolling (1767–1802) later served in the Virginia House of Delegates, 1798–99 (
5From James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 23 October 1792 (Madison Papers)
Abraham Bedford Venable (1758–1811) of Prince Edward County graduated from Princeton and speculated in Yazoo lands. He served in the House of Representatives, 1791–99, Virginia House of Delegates, 1800–1803, and U.S. Senate, 1803–4. He became president of the Bank of Virginia and died in the Richmond theater fire (
6To Thomas Jefferson from Charles Everette, [13 December 1792] (Jefferson Papers)
Charles Everette (d. 1848), later a Charlottesville resident, became the family physician for TJ and James Monroe. He also served as a magistrate and as a member of the Virginia House of Delegates for several terms. By 1814 he had removed to Belmont near Keswick in eastern Albemarle County (
7To Thomas Jefferson from Francis Walker, 31 May 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
: probably Thomas Underwood, a friend of James Madison who represented Goochland County in the Virginia House of Delegates from 1777 to 1790.
8To Thomas Jefferson from James Currie, 9 November 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
By a 77–48 roll call vote on 1 Nov. 1793 the Virginia House of Delegates passed a resolution which
9To Thomas Jefferson from John Stuart, 11 April 1796 (Jefferson Papers)
John Stuart (1749–1823) was born in Augusta County and before the Revolution moved to the Greenbrier River, where he acquired large landholdings. Elected to the Virginia House of Delegates from Greenbrier County, 1778–79, he also served as county clerk, 1780–1807, was a lieutenant colonel of militia, and in 1788 was a delegate to the Virginia convention to ratify the
10To Thomas Jefferson from William Cocke, 17 August 1796 (Jefferson Papers)
William Cocke (1748–1828), a legislator and Indian agent who was born in Amelia County, Virginia, had served with TJ in the Virginia House of Delegates in 1777–78. A man of the frontier, Cocke lived in Kentucky, where he became active in the politics of the short-lived colony of Transylvania. In the mid 1780s in the western counties of North Carolina he...