1Pennsylvania Assembly Committee: Report on the Western Bounds, 7 March 1754 (Franklin Papers)
...surveyor, in Albemarle Co., Va., sat in the House of Burgesses, and was commissioner to the Logstown Indian Conference of 1752. With Peter Jefferson he prepared, 1751, one of the earliest and most useful maps of Virginia. Appointed to command the Virginia forces moving against the French in the spring of 1754, he died in camp at Wills Creek, May 31, and was succeeded in command by George...
2From Benjamin Franklin to William Strahan, 28 April 1754 (Franklin Papers)
2 Fry and Jefferson’s Maps of Virginia, Maryland &c.
3Memorandum Books, 1767 (Jefferson Papers)
, Böÿe, Map of Virginia
4Memorandum Books, 1768 (Jefferson Papers)
A New and Accurate Map of Virginia [R], 29 Sep. 1768; Böÿe, Map of Virginia
5Memorandum Books, 1769 (Jefferson Papers)
[D], 8 Nov. 1776; Böÿe, Map of Virginia
6[May 1770] (Washington Papers)
GW today paid £1 10s. to Col. John Henry (d. 1773), father of Patrick Henry, for a copy of his map of Virginia which had been published the previous February by Thomas Jefferys of London.
7Cash Accounts, May 1770 (Washington Papers)
By Colo. Henry for a Map of VirginiaCol. John Henry’s map of Virginia was published by Thomas Jefferys in London in February 1770.
8[Diary entry: 30 May 1770] (Washington Papers)
GW today paid £1 10s. to Col. John Henry (d. 1773), father of Patrick Henry, for a copy of his map of Virginia which had been published the previous February by Thomas Jefferys of London.
9Memorandum Books, 1771 (Jefferson Papers)
’s map of Virginia (see
10Memorandum Books, 1772 (Jefferson Papers)
Böÿe, Map of VirginiaBöÿe, Map of Virginia
11Memorandum Books, 1773 (Jefferson Papers)
Böÿe, Map of Virginia
12Memorandum Books, 1776 (Jefferson Papers)
Böÿe, Map of Virginia
13From Thomas Jefferson to Horatio Gates, 23 September 1780 (Jefferson Papers)
...sent you from this State for a long time to come. The want of Waggons is a bar insuperable at least in any reasonable time. I have given orders to have Fry and Jeffersons and Henrys Maps of Virginia sought for and purchased. As soon as they can be got I will forward them. I have also written to General Washington on the subject of wintering the French Fleet in Chesapeake. Our New Levies...
14From James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 26 September 1780 (Madison Papers)
...American Philosophical Society. As late as 1782, Jefferson was still waiting for Smith to fulfill his promise to send a copy of what was probably Nicholas, John, and Virginia Ferrar’s “Faithfull Map of Virginia in America,” dating from 1651. Although Smith was a “difficult” man with whom to deal, his unreliability in this instance may have been occasioned by his move, shortly after JM saw...
15From Thomas Jefferson to Horatio Gates, 15 October 1780 (Jefferson Papers)
...place after a fortnights Absence; That of September 11th. acknowledging the receipt of yours which covered Draughts for Money; that of Sept. 23d. on the Subject of Batteaus at Taylor’s Ferry, Waggons, Maps of Virginia, wintering the French Fleet in Chesapeake, our new levies, and Provisions from our lower Counties; and that of Oct. 4. in Answer to yours of Sept. 24th. and 27th. I begin...
16From James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 18 March 1782 (Madison Papers)
The Library Company of Philadelphia owned a copy of the pamphlet, cited in n. 3, in which appears a reproduction of the “Faithfull Map of Virginia in America,” drawn by Virginia Ferrar (Farrar) in 1651. This chart assures its users that the “happy shore” of “The Sea of China and the Indies” may be “discovered to the exceeding benefit of Great... ...see Coolie Verner, “The First Maps of Virginia,...
17To Thomas Jefferson from James Madison, 18 March 1782 (Jefferson Papers)
in 1650 was Nicholas, John, and Virginia Farrer’s “Faithfull Map of Virginia in America” (1651), which identified the “peacefull Indian Sea” as “10 dayes march with 50 foote and 30. horsemen from the head of the Jeames River” (copy in
18Memorandum Books, 1783 (Jefferson Papers)
Böÿe, Map of Virginia
19To George Washington from Christopher Colles, 17 January 1783 (Washington Papers)
I have lately seen Capn Hutchins’s map of Virginia, & observe that the River Ohio is navigable for large vessels from Fort Pitt to its confluence with the Mississipi, & from thence to the Ocean, except a small distance of 2 or 3 miles where it is...
20To Thomas Jefferson from St. John de Crèvecoeur, 23 January 1784 (Jefferson Papers)
...’ll be Generous Enough to Communicate me Your thoughts on the Subject, which is More a Matter of Curiosity than of real or usefull Import. I am likewise Commanded to ask you whether the Map of Virginia undertaken by Subscription before the Révolution, has Ever been Engrav’d and where it may be had? Least this Shou’d Miscarry through the Imperfection of Aémrican Posts, it will be forwarded...
21Memorandum Books, 1786 (Jefferson Papers)
’s maps of Virginia (
22From Thomas Jefferson to Edward Bancroft, 26 February 1786 (Jefferson Papers)
...copies can be sold for a dollar a piece. I shall finish it in about a fortnight, except the division of the counties of Virginia, which I cannot do at all till I can get Henry’s map of Virginia. This I must trouble you to procure for me and send immediately by the Diligence, and also give me information on the premises as soon as possible. You will perceive that time will press. I hope...
23To Thomas Jefferson from William Short, 26 March 1786 (Jefferson Papers)
another from London arrived to your Address accompanied by a Map of VirginiaAnother from London… . accompanied by a map of Virginia
24From Thomas Jefferson to William Stephens Smith, [10] August 1786 (Jefferson Papers)
P.S. The engraver must absolutely have always before his eyes Hutchin’s map of the Western country, Schull’s map of Pennsylvania, Fry and Jefferson’s map of Virginia, and Mouzon’s map of N. Carolina. The two former I send herewith for him. The two latter I will be obliged to you to desire Faden to furnish him, which he will place against some of...
25To Thomas Jefferson from Abbé Morellet, [10 August 1786] (Jefferson Papers)
map of Virginia was returned with the present letter, and was enclosed in
26Notes on the History of North America, [December 1786] (Hamilton Papers)
Hondius Map of Virginia and Florida.
27To Thomas Jefferson from S. J. Neele, 21 December 1786 (Jefferson Papers)
the Plate of the Map of VirginiaThe plate of the map of virginia
28John Stockdale to William Short, 15 May 1787 (Jefferson Papers)
I shall esteem it a particular favor if you’ll be so good as to send immediately on receipt of this, Mr. Jefferson’s plate for the Map of Virginia &c., as I have had his Book printed and waiting for publishing some time. The Season for Sale of Books in London, is now far advanced. Mr. Jefferson in his Letter dated Febry. 27th. inform’...
29To Thomas Jefferson from John Stockdale, 10 July 1787 (Jefferson Papers)
...would frequently sell the Book without the Map, the necessity of which, I hope will be a sufficient apology for the liberty I have taken. I have taken great pains to procure Smith’s Map of Virginia, but without Success, therefore was absolutely obliged to give up the Idea. I met with three different Copies of the Work, but without the Map, nor does any of our Gentlemen even...
30To James Madison from Thomas Jefferson, 17 September 1787 (Madison Papers)
...of Congress) mr. Rittenhouse, mr. Izard & mr. Ed. Rutledge, which I will pray of you to have delivered in my name to those gentlemen. I have also put into the box 100 copies of the map of Virginia Pennsylvania &c.