1Thomas Jefferson’s Deposition in Fry v. Bell, 9 March 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
boundary line in 1749, and the two collaborated on a 1751 map of Virginia that bears their names. Lieutenant Governor
2To James Madison from William Bentley, 2 July 1810 (Madison Papers)
I have repeatedly sent to Philadelphia, to my Bookseller for Bp. Madison’s Map of Virginia.Map of Virginia from Actual Surveys
3To Thomas Jefferson from Herman Boye, 11 January 1826 (Jefferson Papers)
I regret exceedingly that you should have had the smallest degree of trouble on account of their not been returned before this time. It was my intention, as soon as I had completed the Map of Virginia, to have returned them in person, or to have delivered them to Col
4Isaac Briggs to Thomas Jefferson, 7 May 1816, with Postscript by Mary B. Briggs (Jefferson Papers)
maps; of Virginia [index entry]
5To Thomas Jefferson from Isaac Briggs, 24 February 1823 (Jefferson Papers)
Permit me to introduce to thee my young friend Herman Boye. He is by birth a Dane, very modest and unassuming, yet possessing a handsome stock of science. He has been appointed to complete the map of Virginia left unfinished by Wood, and I think the appointment a good one. I need not say more, as he will present himself to thy observation.
6Joseph C. Cabell to Thomas Jefferson, 4 August 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
maps; of Virginia [index entry]
7Joseph C. Cabell to Thomas Jefferson, 24 December 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
, he went to the map of Virginia, and in a tone, half laughing & half earnest,
8Joseph C. Cabell to Thomas Jefferson, 4 July 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
maps; of Virginia [index entry]
9To 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...
10To 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...
11Peter S. Du Ponceau to Thomas Jefferson, 12 July 1820 (Jefferson Papers)
Map of Virginia. With a Description of the Countrey, the Commodities, People, Government and Religion
12Enclosure: Note on Sources, 1 August 1795 (Jefferson Papers)
5) Tatham’s Large and Small Map of Virginia. Two Copies. With his Analyses of Virginia. Two Copies. I find them announced in the Virginia Gazette 1791. No. 255. but no American Bookseller can procure them.
13From Benjamin Franklin to William Strahan, 28 April 1754 (Franklin Papers)
2 Fry and Jefferson’s Maps of Virginia, Maryland &c.
14Notes on the History of North America, [December 1786] (Hamilton Papers)
Hondius Map of Virginia and Florida.
15From 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...
16From 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...
17Thomas Jefferson’s Notes on the Geographic Center of Virginia’s Population, [before 28 June 1818] (Jefferson Papers)
’s map of Virginia, and for the verification of the numbers, a list of the counties is given, with the white population of each according to the last Census of the US. in 1810.
18Thomas Jefferson’s Notes on Early Career (the so-called “Autobiography”), [6 January–29 July 1821], with editorial note … (Jefferson Papers)
Map of Virginia which had ever been made,
19Thomas Jefferson to James Leitch, 28 May 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
’s map of Virginiamadison’s map of virginia
20From 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...
21Thomas Jefferson to Wilson Cary Nicholas, 19 April 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
maps; of Virginia [index entry]
22Thomas Jefferson to Wilson Cary Nicholas, 2 April 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
maps; of Virginia [index entry]
23Thomas Jefferson to Bishop James Madison, 29 December 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
is an astronomical instrument consisting of a telescope with a large graduated circle that is used to determine a star’s ascension and declination. Madison’s 1807 map of Virginia was posthumously republished with additions and corrections in
24Thomas Jefferson to John Wood, 1 April 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
maps; of Virginia [index entry]
25Thomas Jefferson to Thomas W. Maury, 3 February 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
maps; of Virginia [index entry]
26Memorandum Books, 1805 (Jefferson Papers)
’s map of Virginia, which was not published until 1807. “Mr. Davies” may be , who was Madison’s draftsman for this map, the standard map of Virginia until the nine-sheet Böÿe map of 1827 (
27From Thomas Jefferson to Bishop James Madison, 19 June 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
was part of the surveying team that established this boundary line, as was Joshua Fry, with whom Peter Jefferson later executed a map of Virginia (Freeman,
28From Thomas Jefferson to William Short, 3 January 1826 (Jefferson Papers)
to change the direction of one of your daily walks. a mr Boyé, a Danish Mathematician was engaged in a survey to make a map of Virginia. I lent him a fine Borda’s Circle of reflection 2. or 3. years ago and my best telescope. he has ceased to have occasion for them a year or two. he is now in Philada attending... ...one engaged in engraving the map of Virginia. pardon this trouble. my health...
29Thomas Jefferson to John Wood, 16 August 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
maps; of Virginia [index entry]
30To James Madison from Thomas Jefferson, 3 July 1792 (Madison Papers)
A Map of VirginiaThe Fry & Jefferson Map of Virginia and Maryland