1To Thomas Jefferson from Thomas Nelson, Sr., 6 March 1770 (Jefferson Papers)
...his long tenure (1743–1776) as secretary for the Virginia council of state (Tyler,
2From James Madison to William Bradford, 19 June 1775 (Madison Papers)
...from 1772 to 1776, and a member of the Virginia Council of State in 1781 (William H. Whitsitt...
3To George Washington from Brigadier General Peter Muhlenberg, 23 February 1777 (Washington Papers)
The Virginia council of state acted on Muhlenberg’s request in a resolution of 12...
4Session of Virginia Council of State, 14 January 1778 (Madison Papers)
Session of Virginia Council of State
5From James Madison to James Madison, Sr., 23 January 1778 (Madison Papers)
...sworn into office on the Virginia Council of State on 14 January, the day after his...
6Session of Virginia Council of State, 23 January 1778 (Madison Papers)
Session of Virginia Council of State
7Session of Virginia Council of State, 12 February 1778 (Madison Papers)
Session of Virginia Council of State
8Session of Virginia Council of State, 13 February 1778 (Madison Papers)
Session of Virginia Council of State
9Session of Virginia Council of State, 27 February 1778 (Madison Papers)
Session of Virginia Council of State
10To George Washington from Lund Washington, 11 March 1778 (Washington Papers)
...On 27 Feb. the Virginia council of state considered a complaint from Loudoun County...
11To George Washington from Colonel David Mason, 21 March 1778 (Washington Papers)
...organized in November 1776. The Virginia council of state appointed him a lieutenant colonel...
12Session of Virginia Council of State, 7 April 1778 (Madison Papers)
Session of Virginia Council of State
13To George Washington from Patrick Henry, 8 April 1778 (Washington Papers)
...is suggested by the journal of the Virginia council of state for 7 April. “The Board being...
14Session of Virginia Council of State, 30 April 1778 (Madison Papers)
Session of Virginia Council of State
15Session of Virginia Council of State, 1 May 1778 (Madison Papers)
Session of Virginia Council of State
16Session of Virginia Council of State, 25 May 1778 (Madison Papers)
Session of Virginia Council of State
17Session of Virginia Council of State, 12 June 1778 (Madison Papers)
Virginia Council of State
18Session of Virginia Council of State, 2 July 1778 (Madison Papers)
Session of Virginia Council of State
19To George Washington from Andrew Lewis, 8 August 1778 (Washington Papers)
...568). On 18 June the Virginia council of state appointed Lewis as one of the commissioners...
20Session of Virginia Council of State, 10 November 1778 (Madison Papers)
Session of Virginia Council of State
21Session of Virginia Council of State, 17 November 1778 (Madison Papers)
Session of Virginia Council of State
22Session of Virginia Council of State, 27 November 1778 (Madison Papers)
Session of Virginia Council of State
23Session of Virginia Council of State, 23 December 1778 (Madison Papers)
Session of Virginia Council of State
24Session of Virginia Council of State, 29 March 1779 (Madison Papers)
Session of Virginia Council of State
25Order of Virginia Council of State Placing Henry Hamilton and Others in Irons, 16 June 1779 (Madison Papers)
...The accusations which Dodge made to the Virginia Council of State were probably similar to the...
26From Thomas Jefferson to St. George Tucker, 22 June 1779 (Jefferson Papers)
...(1) A copy of an advice of the Virginia Council of State, dated 21 June 1779, reading as...
27Thomas Jefferson to Virginia Delegates in Congress, 22 February 1781 (Madison Papers)
...undated memorial to Jefferson and the Virginia Council of State, complaining that their ship,...
28To James Madison from David Jameson, 3 March 1781 (Madison Papers)
...’s absences from the meetings of the Virginia Council of State, he was at his home in...
29To James Madison from David Jameson, 10 August 1781 (Madison Papers)
...August the Virginia Council of State, “upon reconsidering the propriety of sending on...
30Alexander Spotswood to Virginia Delegates, 19 August 1781 (Madison Papers)
...May 1781 the Virginia Council of State had advised Governor Jefferson to commission Spotswood...
31To James Madison from Thomas Jefferson, 30 September 1781 (Madison Papers)
...twenty-four years of age to the Virginia Council of State, Short served thereon from 10 June...
32Virginia Delegates to Thomas Nelson, 20 November 1781 (Madison Papers)
...November 1781 the Virginia Council of State, with only two members in attendance, discussed...
33Virginia Delegates to Benjamin Harrison, 24 January 1782 (Madison Papers)
...to the present letter, the Virginia Council of State expressed its disagreement with the...
34To James Madison from Edmund Pendleton, 15 April 1782 (Madison Papers)
...sixteen months as a member of the Virginia Council of State on 8 June 1782, after resigning...
35Virginia Delegates to Benjamin Harrison, 7 May 1782 (Madison Papers)
.... On 18 May the journal of the Virginia Council of State noted that “A Letter was writ...
36Benjamin Harrison to Virginia Delegates, 27 July 1782 (Madison Papers)
...Tatham, assistant clerk of the Virginia Council of State, and directed to “The Virginia...
37Benjamin Harrison to Virginia Delegates, 1 August 1782 (Madison Papers)
...Tatham, assistant clerk of the Virginia Council of State, and directed to “Virginia...
38To James Madison from Edmund Pendleton, 25 November 1782 (Madison Papers)
...hard service in the Assembly” had been elected to the Virginia Council of State (
39From James Madison to Joseph Jones, [ca. 6 January] 1783 (Madison Papers)
...James Monroe, a member of the Virginia Council of State, to his uncle Joseph Jones probably...
40To James Madison from Edmund Randolph, 15 January 1783 (Madison Papers)
...’s nephew and a member of the Virginia Council of State; James Henry of Accomack County,...
41Benjamin Harrison to Virginia Delegates, 12 April 1783 (Madison Papers)
...the recess in the meetings of the Virginia Council of State from 15 to 19 April and the...
42To James Madison from Joseph Jones, 8 June 1783 (Madison Papers)
...Essex County, a member of the Virginia Council of State, a former colleague of JM in...
43To James Madison from Edmund Randolph, 12 July 1783 (Madison Papers)
..., 1783). Smith, a member of the Virginia Council of State at that time, opposed the payment of...
44To James Madison from David Jameson, 16 July 1783 (Madison Papers)
...a member of the Virginia Council of State, had perhaps heard Benjamin Lincoln suggest this...
45To James Madison from Edmund Randolph, 27 January 1784 (Madison Papers)
...February 1784 the Virginia Council of State, including John Marshall, a future Chief Justice...
46To James Madison from Thomas Jefferson, 20 February 1784 (Madison Papers)
..., a member of the Virginia Council of State from June 1783 until his resignation in August...
47From James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 16 March 1784 (Madison Papers)
...s oft-quoted condemnation of the Virginia Council of State “as a grave of useful talents” was...
48Endorsement of Philip Mazzei’s Petition, 25 April 1784 (Madison Papers)
...541–62. JM was a member of the Virginia Council of State from 14 Jan. 1778 until shortly after...
49To James Madison from Thomas Jefferson, 25 April 1784 (Madison Papers)
William Short was then a member of the Virginia Council of State.
50From James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 20 August 1784 (Madison Papers)
...to extensive western land speculation. While JM served on the Virginia Council of State in...