1To George Washington from Thomas Jefferson, 19 June 1779 (Washington Papers)
The enclosure presumably was Lt. Col. George Rogers Clark’s letter to Virginia governor Patrick Henry, written at “Kaskaskias Illinois” on 29 April, reporting his capture of the British outpost at Vincennes on the Wabash River. A letterpress of Clark’s letter reads: “A few days ago I received certain...
2To George Washington from Thomas Jefferson, 16 December 1779 (Washington Papers)
Neither Virginia governor Patrick Henry’s nor Col. Theodorick Bland’s letter has been identified, but see
3To George Washington from Thomas Jefferson, 12 November 1792 (Washington Papers)
Virginia governor Beverley Randolph had sent GW a copy of Virginia’s law in a letter dated 15 Feb. 1791, but GW could not find his copy at this time (see
4Thomas Jefferson in Council to Samuel Huntington, 16 December 1779 (Madison Papers)
Official Letters of Virginia Governors
5Thomas Jefferson to Virginia Delegates in Congress, 22 February 1781 (Madison Papers)
Official Letters of Virginia Governors
6To James Madison from Thomas Jefferson, 10 March 1817 (Madison Papers)
Virginia governor Wilson Cary Nicholas appointed JM to the board of visitors of the Central College, precursor to the University of Virginia, and on 18 Oct. 1816 sent him a commission (
7From Thomas Jefferson to George Douglas, 21 December 1800 (Jefferson Papers)
capitol to French architect Charles Louis Clérisseau in January 1786. William Hay wrote to Virginia Governor James Wood in March 1799 that the plans had been sent from France and eventually transmitted to the director of public buildings in the federal city, but that he had not seen them (Vol. 8:368n; Vol....
8From Thomas Jefferson to Francis Taliaferro Brooke, 20 December 1802 (Jefferson Papers)
A veteran of the Continental army and brother of former Virginia governor and attorney general Robert Brooke, Francis Taliaferro Brooke (1763–1851) was a lawyer from Fredericksburg, Virginia, first elected to the state senate in 1800. A supporter of the president, he was elected speaker on 7 Dec....
9Thomas Jefferson to James Barbour, 22 January 1812 (Jefferson Papers)
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10Thomas Jefferson to Hugh Nelson, 2 April 1812 (Jefferson Papers)
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